Pastor Bolarinwa Daniel Jegede was born on the 1st of September 1967 at Ososo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria, to Late Major Michael Adeyemo Jegede and Late Madam Comfort Abiodun Jegede. Pastor Bolarinwa is the 6th. Child and first son of the Jegede family.
Pastor Bola had his elementary education at Command Children in the Yaba area of Lagos, Nigeria and proceeded to Command Secondary School in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. He later went to Auchi Polytechnic, in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria, where he studied Accountancy.
Pastor Bola later performed his one-year compulsory National Youth Service (NYSC) to the nation after graduation at Kaduna State in Nigeria. After his one-year compulsory youth service in Kaduna, Pastor Bola got employed with a private Accounting firm in Warri, Delta State, where he met his wife, Pastor Jemine and they got married on the 6th of June, 1998 in Warri. In 2001, their first child, Timothy Alvin Jegede was born.
Pastor Bola, a dedicated leader at Christ Embassy Warri, was later sent out to pioneer two outreach fellowships at Ekpan and DSC from 2000-2002. In 2002, he relocated with his family to Mississauga, ON, Canada where in 2008, a second beautiful child, Iszabel Atinuke Jegede, was added to the family. Shortly thereafter in 2005 Pastor Bola was formerly ordained a pastor in the Christ Embassy Canada region where he contributed immensely to the expansion of God’s kingdom until the time of his ascension to glory on March 20, 2021.
Professionally in Canada, Pastor B possessed several decades of accounting & SAP expertise. He has deep knowledge of business operations and core processes. Being a Certified SAP consultant with strong ability to successfully lead complex projects made him to be sought after by many corporations. He worked as a Finance Lead and management level SAP Consultant for several multi-national corporations with one of his key roles being the SAP & Finance Manager with Deloitte Consulting.
After leaving Deloitte, he setup his own consulting outfit (Alvin Hayes) and through this platform, he continued to consult for several fortune 500 organizations.
His last role was as a consultant with the Government of Canada before his ascension to glory.
Pastor Bola’s ministry work was exemplary. He Served loyally and dutifully under several of our CEC members and Regional pastors in the Ministry.
Ministry Work In Warri - From 1994 to 2002 as the Senior Pastor In 1992 Pastor Bola joined LoveWorld Nation and he attended LoveWorld Ministerial College (LMC) in 1995. In 1999, Pastor Bola was sent out as a missionary in the newly pioneered Christ Embassy Ekpan Satellite Church. At the time, the membership strength of the Church was just about 7. This Church eventually grew to well over 300 alongside 2 new Churches pioneered within the 3- Year period with a track record of being the highest giving church after the mother Church in those days, until Pastor B. left for Canada.
Today, majority of the Leaders Pastor Bola raised within the period in review are now Pastors and coordinators of Mega Churches across the LoveWorld Nation, including in Warri, Port Harcourt, Abuja and many cities in Nigeria and abroad.
Ministry Work In Canada Pastor Bola was truly an embodiment of the Ministry Vision, an Ardent follower of our Man of God Pastor Chris, an Excellent Mentor with the heart of a Shepherd. Pastor Bola continue the ministry vision immediately he arrived in Canada and was part of the headquarter church, then in Sheppard avenue. Like in Warri Nigeria, Pastor Bola was sent out as a missionary to pioneer a new church in Brampton (Now Brampton West) in 2003. From then, he was sent to pioneer a new church in Etobicoke (Now North York) in 2004. He then moved to take over the Mississauga church in 2005. With his vison and passion, Pastor Bola was transferred to take over another church in Etobicoke (Now Etobicoke Central – Norseman – Toronto South) after Pastor Lanre Adewoye and Pastor Seyi were transferred permanently to Ottawa to continue their mission in 2009. He was then moved to Hamilton church in 2015 to continue his missionary work by Pastoring both Norseman and Hamilton church with his lovely wife Pastor Jemine as the resident Pastor in Norseman. Pastor Bola was giving a higher portfolio to be the group Pastor of the Mississauga group of churches in 2019 till he was transcended unto glory. Pastor Bola passion was contagious, and his faith always produce results. Pastor Bola hunger for God’s work was deeper and strong and demonstrated the Character of the Spirit of God in all things. He combined faithfully his ministerial work with his secular job and excelled in both successfully. Pastor Bola truly demonstrated exceptionalism, perfectionism, and expansionism of the Love-world nation. He won several partnership and achievement awards during his time here. Pastor Bola lived a life of blessings, love, joy, and kindness. His love for people was legendary and always interested in the welfare and happiness of those around him and those that were just introduced to him. Pastor Bola checked out from here to be with the Lord on March 20th, 2021 at the age 53. Pastor Bola was and will remain a legacy unto all that he impacted and will be dearly missed by all. His family,
