OREADE ABEL ADESINA WAS BORN TO THE FAMILY OF EMMANUEL ADEDEJI ADESINA AND DEBORAH AWELE ADESINA OF ATOTINRIN COMPOUND IN IGBOHO,NIGERIA ON 12TH DECEMBER 1944.

HE STRATED HIS PRIMARY EDUCATION AT BAPTIST CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL,IGBOHO; THEN PROCEEDED TO LA MODERN SCHOOL,SAKI.
HE LATER ATTENDED BAPTIST BOYS HIGH SCHOOL,IDIARABA,SAKI FROM 1958 - 1965. HE COMPLETED HIS SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH GRADE 1 WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE IN FLYING COLOURS.
HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN FROM 1966 - 1970 AND GRADUATED WITH A B.SC (HONOURS) IN GEOGRAPHY.
AFTER GRADUATION HE ATTENDED THE SURVEY SCHOOL,OYO FOR A POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA ,WHERE HE QUALIFIED AS A LAND SURVEYOR.

HE WORKED BRIEFLY AS A GRADUATE TEACHER AT BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL,IBADAN BETWEEN 1970 AND 1971 AND AS A PUPIL SURVEYOR FROM 1972 - 1973.IN 1973,HE TOOK UP APPOINTMENT WITH NIGERIAN TOBACCO COMPANY, N.T.C (NOW BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO, B.A.T) AND RETIRED VOLUNTARILY IN 1994. DURING HIS CAREER WITH NIGERIA TOBACCO COMPANY, N.T.C HE SERVED IN AGO-ARE,ISEYIN,IBADAN AND ZARIA. HE ALSO SERVED IN KENYA AND UGANDA ON SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.
HE WAS A BOARD MEMBER OF ODU'A INVESTMENT LTD.


OREADE GAVE HIS LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST AND GOT BORN AGAIN IN 1987. HE WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN 1990 AND GOT FULLY INVOLVED IN PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.HE HAD A BIBLE STUDY GROUP THAT MET AT HIS HOUSE EVERY TUESDAY.HIS MINISTRY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST MINISTRIES CUT ACROSS ALL PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE,ETHNICITY,RELIGION OR EDUCATIONAL STATUS. 
HE WAS INVOLVED IN VILLAGE EVANGELISM BOTH IN NIGERIA AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA. FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH VILLAGE OUTREACH AT IGBOHO IS ONE OF SUCH OUTREACH PROGRAMMES.
HE DERIVED A LOT OF HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT IN MAKING DISCIPLES OF BOTH CLERGYMEN AND LAYMEN.
HIS RURAL OUTREACH EVANGELISM INCLUDED CO-ORDINATING THE SHOOTING OF ''THE JESUS FILM'' IN VARIOUS TOWNS AND VILLAGES.

OREADE WAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND,A GREAT FATHER AND FRIEND TO BOTH HIS BIOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL CHILDREN,A MINISTER,A TEACHER OF GOD'S WORD AND A COUNSELOR

HE LIVED A LIFE GIVEN TO PRAYER AND WHOLLY TO JESUS CHRIST.