This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Pastor (Mrs) Yemisi Adeloye . We will remember her forever.
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Leave a tribute(A tribute by Christ’s School Alumni Association - 73/74-78 set) - 30/08/2018
Forty-five years ago, our friendship journey with Pastor Yemisi Adeloye, then Yemisi Agbaje; started at Christ’s School Ado Ekiti.
Forty-five years ago, we studied, competed, played together like children and behaved like children.
Looking back now and fixing all pieces together like a jigsaw puzzle; we can see that Yemisi was destined for her pastoral role even forty-five years ago.
Yemisi was kind as a child; she was gentle and amiable.
If we, at that time in Christ's school, were to be ranked by our pranks and pricks; Yemisi would be graded “cool” in the good sense of the word. She was caring and cool while we were at school and still caring and cool in her relationships with classmates after we left school. Comments from people close and near her over the years were that she was caring, cool and calm.
Yet, Yemisi was full of warmth and fire that lit up the candles of many people; to the glory of God. We are so proud of her.
We were so much looking forward to meeting Yemisi again at the school's annual Homecoming reunion in October. It is our 40th year of leaving the school and our turn to host the the grand reunion. She had contributed financially towards the events. However, God knows best and has taken her to her eternal home ahead of the events. We take our rest and consolation in Him and in the assurance that there will be a grander reunion in heaven. But till then, we shall all surely miss Yemisi.
Today, we of the 73/74-78 set celebrate the life of a friend and a gallant soldier of Christ.
Today, we celebrate the life of Pastor Yemisi Adeloye as a worthy ambassador of Christ's School where the motto is “Christus Victor”.
Today, we celebrate our dear friend as a loyalist to Christ; she was taught about Christ at Christ's School, and she served the Lord Jesus Christ and died in Him.
That is why we say goodbye and goodnight until the glorious morning of resurrection; when we shall meet to part no more.
Rest on, at the breast of your Saviour;
Rest on our dear friend and classmate.
Rest on Pastor Oluwayemisi Adebowale Adeloye.
We love you but God loves you best.
Toyin (Adetoro) Akinwolemiwa and Kemi (Bolarinwa) Ajayi.
(For 73/74-78 Alumni set)
WIFE OF PASTOR AYO ADELOYE
AGO (CHURCH GROWTH) & PIC, RCCG, South Africa Region 1
I first met our departed Sister when I joined the Church at Ladipo Oluwole, Ikeja.
Sister Yemisi, as we all fondly call her back in the days, was first a Woman of God who was very consistent in her CHRISTIAN walk. She was a fervent Prayer Warrior, passionate Teacher of the Word, compassionate Counsellor, a generous Giver and above all A MOTHER to many; both her biological and spiritual children. She lived her entire life for the service of the kingdom of God.
Pastor Mrs. Adeloye has a warm personality that drew both young and old, male and female; regardless of Christian/social status. She was not discriminatory in her relationship with people. She touched a lot of lives; both national and international. She will be greatly missed.
Sister Yemisi Adeloye was a woman of prayer and the Word. She believed so much in prayer and often declared there was nothing prayers could not achieved. She was fearless and did not know how to retreat in the place of spiritual warfare.
My wife had the opportunity to pray with her and to travel with her on various preaching tours.
She was a peace-maker. Always working to foister peace and unity among women and brethren within her local parish.
She was an encourager and mentor. During our days at ACME parish, she particularly looked out for senior or matured single sisters, had regular special counseling and prayers sessions with them until they all got married one by one. Many of them became her close friends because she always looked out for them.
She was a giver. She freely gave from her resources, discreetly, without show, without noise - helping the needy.
She was a woman of few words, not given to flippant talk, no frivolity - serious minded, fervent, in the service of God.
She was a Christian as the Bible says it. Phil. 2:5.
Simple, selfless, loving, caring, friendly. She was truly a mother in Israel who made it a duty to replicate herself everywhere she went.
Her passion for the things of God was infectious and her fire was unquenchable and ever burning.
Our prayers go to our parents in the Lord, Daddy and Mummy GO, her immediate family and the entire Body of Christ. May the Lord keep and uphold us all till we meet on the Resurrection Morning.
Adieu our dearly Beloved Sister
Pastor Pitan Adeboye
Christiana and Joseph Olawale (Mohammed) Solomon Islands RCCG
Heaven truly gained an angel in you!
Mummy taught us and showed through her selfless life that it is possible to live by faith. You were humorous but sincere, compassionate but also disciplined. You have been such a blessing to me and my family, though you were so highly placed in ministry, yet you were so accessible. Mummy you taught us through practical examples of how God can change and use ordinary lives for His work. Your words of comfort echoes in our heart.
Your passion for the things of God is clear to see in all that you did. To say you will be missed is an understatement, our comfort lies in the fact that we will surely see you again, rest on ma till we meet again.
May God's goodness abide with Daddy and the children.
Abraham & Funmi Oni
JCM RCCG MANCHESTER
On behalf of brethren in RCCG - Australia/Pacific Region.
I pray dat d Lord will keep and comfort Pastor Ayo and d boys. Rest in perfect peace.
CLARA MOPELOLA STEELE(former Kumolu)
We shall miss you greatly..
May God console all the family and the church.
Adieu for now Pastor(Mrs) Adeloye
Foluke & Bunmi Ayo.
A FAREWELL TRIBUTE TO
PASTOR (MRS) OLUWAYEMISI ADELOYE
FROM REV. DR. MOSES ARANSIOLA
How do we write a befitting tribute to a dear and beloved sister and spiritual daughter upon her passing? And how does one encapsulate a special relationship and interaction of many years in some terse tribute statement? But I’ll somehow begin with a fascinating story of spiritual consolation that I have personally profited from.
A story was told about an incident at St. Louis in the U.S.A. many years ago about two strong men stood embracing each other, and, with faces aglow, sang with all their might, “Hallelujah”! tis done! I believe on the Son”, while others praised the Lord with great joy. The illumination on the faces of these two men was unusual. A light never seen on sea or land, the solar light of heaven lit up their eyes and beamed from their countenances, and they looked to be carefree; two of the gladdest men in the world. Their joy was clean and pure, unutterable and without alloy.
Who were these men? Were they carefree, in the blush and glory of life's morning, untouched as yet by its sorrow and unsmitten in its strife and conflict? With all its full pleasures, triumphs and prizes before them, were they yet to prove the sweet, pure joys of wedded life and home, and listen for the first time to the prattle of their children and the music of her voice who was to be all their own, who was to be their very other self?
Some months before, one of these men left his home early in the morning and returning within a few hours, found his wife and children burnt to ashes. He had drunk sorrow's bitterest cup to the dregs, and had been swept by desolation's fiercest storms. The other was a precious brother who had stepped on to the ship at Liverpool a few weeks before, to return to his darling wife and seven young children, only to be met on landing by the awful word that she was dead and the children were motherless.
They were not young men any more, nor were they old. They were too old to begin life over again with the bounding enthusiasm and confident hopes of youth, and too young to lie down and die. Life's morning was past, and the fierce heat of a noonday sun had smitten them.
What, then, was the secret of their joy? Where is the hiding-place of their triumph? One of them to drown his sorrow had plunged into dissipation and sought to soothe his heartache with liquor, only to find that he had forsaken the Fountain of Living Waters and hewed out for himself, cisterns, broken cisterns that could hold no water.
But that night he had returned back to the Saviour. After a struggle, he had found Jesus, and found peace in believing and joy in the Holy Ghost. And there he and the other brother stood embracing each other, rejoicing, comforted, with their broken hearts healed by the healing touch of His pierced hands, triumphant over all the crushing sorrows of earth and all the malice and rage of hell.
Such depth and exceeding comfort in sorrow, matchless consolation in grief and an incomparable joy in the Holy Ghost is what the Triune God will mightily administer to all who are mourning for the sudden and painful departure to glory of our dearly beloved Pastor Yemisi Adeloye.
Pastor Mrs. Yemisi Adeloye was a beloved sister and spiritual daughter to me. She, along with her exceptional, loving, highly anointed, well-gifted and humble husband, Pastor Ayo Adeloye, who is also my special spiritual junior brother, had played regular and memorable hosts to me and our ministry in their various postings in the Redeemed Christian Church of God for almost three decades.
On hearing of her illness, our prayer network was activated instantly, and we alongside with countless others laboured on in travailing prayers for her healing. But alas! God had His way and has had the final say. After all, He is Yemisi’s Creator, Father, Redeemer and Saviour; He has just claimed (for a closer and sweeter fellowship with Himself) what originally belonged to Him. The unquestionable God! Yemisi’s name is already written in gold in the annals of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. She was an epitome of Christian virtues, an ideal wife, mother, ministry worker and an exemplary woman. She had such an unobstructive, self-effacing demeanour that enabled her to get along smoothly and peaceably with others with whom she had any dealings. She was spiritually deep, well-cultured, soft-spoken, hospitable, versatile, fluent, hardworking and ideal prayer-warrior-intercessor, an addicted worshipper and a giver. In fact, she was a rare combination of multiple graces.
As a wife to an evangelist, missionary, and a global pastor, she manifested to the world what it is to be a Christian woman. She preached the gospel and lived its tenets. Her husband, Pastor Ayo Adeloye loved her passionately, and doted on her always. Her children are not only well brought up by her, but, because of her exemplary life and compelling Christian virtues, decided on their own volition to function in the Christian ministry even at very tender ages.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Christian world have lost a brilliant star, a gem and an ideal Christian worker.
Our consolation is that she surely reposes in the bosom of Jesus Christ who she served with unwavering zeal, single-minded devotion and distinction while on earth. “Vox Populi Vox Dei” Everybody acknowledges that Sister Yemisi “is” a child of God. Yemisi Lives On...
“Requescat in Pace”. Rest in Peace, Beloved Christian Warrior.
Rev. Dr. Moses & Pastor (Mrs.) Funmi Aransiola
President, Gethsemane Prayer Ministries International
National Director, Nigeria Prays
I remembered how you used to carried all women along during regional programs in Yola Adamawa region/province then.
Hmmm! Kokoro ko je ki agbadun obi togbo.
You will be forever remembered as London as Jesus tarry.
Sleep on ma.
The Ayandeles.
The long chats we had on phone were always about one fabu or the other and how we ‘survived’ Agidimo. I was truly looking forward to seeing you again this October during our School Set’s 40th year Homecoming ceremony. I was so certain you will be there....
Though painful....Yemisi, your work here on earth is completed and there is the consolation that you are at rest with your Maker whom you diligently served ‘without looking back’.
Sleep on dear friend....❤️
Fadeke Coker Okoba
We salute you Pastor Mrs Yemisi Adeloye. A woman of great grace! We salute the galant soldier of Christ that you were! A prayer warrior! We salute the model of kingdom womanhood, kingdom motherhood and kingdom wife that you exemplified in your life!
We thank God for the opportunity of knowing you. We thank you for allowing us the rare privilege of teaching Joshua, Emmanuel and Daniel at S.I.S
We know the Lord will comfort and keep your beloved husband, Pastor Ayo and the children.
Sleep on beloved sister. Fare
thee well. Until we meet at the feet of Jesus.
Ija dopin, Ogun si tan
Olugbala jagun molu
Orin Ayo lao ma ko
Hallelujah
Oluwayemisi omo Agbaje,Aya Adeloye, a gallant soldier of Christ.You were bold,strong,kind and courageous to the very end,unwavering and unshaken in the faith of Our LORD and saviour Jesus Christ.You were a mouthpiece and priest of the LORD to many. You were a mother and a strong pillar to myriads, both young and old .Your works do already speak for you and will continue to speak.
The news of your passing on was like a bad dream from which one would wake up and it was only a dream.We however bless the Spirit of God by whom you fought a good fight,ran a great race with God driven speed and you prevailed.
Mummy Josh, we are already missing you .It is tough to come to terms with this. We take comfort in the wisdom and power of Our LORD Jesus Christ who is able to save to the uttermost. We are also comforted by wonderful memories of your unfeigned love and steadfastness.You indeed were a letter ,an epistle of Christ, clear for all to read. How could we possibly forget the wonderful times we spent together.
Thank you for Pastor Ayo and your wonderful sons,Joshua,Emmanuel & Daniel .We praise God for your devotion to the cause of The Lamb of God to the very end.
Sun re o. Oluwayemisi till the resurrection morning.Good Night.
‘Sola [Your PM] & Tokunbo Soneye
You are so frank with the word of God to me when I was asking questions, you taught me to take of the immediate and God will take care of the future.I am standing and marching on today by the grace of God and people like you that God planted in my life. I will greatly miss you and pray that on that glorious day we will see again by and by.
All your labour of love,God in His infinite mercy will remember and take care of your husband and the children you left behind. Sleep on and good night.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Philippians 4:7: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Pastor Ayo and Yemisi Adeloye are our torchbearers, they show us, youth can lead and gave us the required confidence to follow, For Pastor Yemisi Adeloye to be taken home now is heavy in our heart and a definite blow to her husband but our consolation and assurance is that She lived her life prepared for Heaven. The measure of a life is not in its duration but in its donation.
When we think of Pastor Yemisi Adeloye’s donation… what she contributed… what she invested… we have much to be thankful for!!!
Consider the investments of love and devotion that she made in her marriage.
Consider the investments of godliness and nurturing that she made into the lives of her children (Biological and Spiritual)
Consider the investments of the Word of God that she made into the lives of so many people… not only members of this church, but all of the people, including ministers, that she poured her life into.
But her passing will not be the end of her story, because the memory of her life and the influence of her life remains. Pastor Yemisi Adeloye Lives on.
Your life was a life giving aroma to the people that came your way. You did not peddle the word of God you delivered the word as sent by God.
You gave some of us the foundation that has kept us anchored to the truth.
Rest on beautiful sister, you will be forever missed.
Yours was a well lived journey gallant soldier of the cross.
You were a shining light whose radiance touched my life and I know you are resting in the bosom of the Lord till we meet to part no more
I thank God for the opportunity of relating with you at close quarters and for being their as a confidant when the need arose. I am also grateful for the wonderful time we had together when i visited you in Zambia in 2015. How could i have believed that it was the last opportunity of such close fellowship with you.
I do not know what anyone could say to comfort Pastor Ayo, Joshua, Emmanuel or Daniel. However, I pray and I believe that the Great Comforter will envelope them with the warmth of His love and comfort. He will show forth His light into their hearts and paths in this hour of darkness. You loved so much, you gave so much, you served so much. Thank God you have entered into your deserved rest. Sleep on beloved until, by His grace and mercy, we meet on the resurrection morning. GOOD NIGHT MY BELOVED SISTER.
Our chats on drives to your numerous ministrations or in your kitchen at Gowon Estate/Redemption Camp lingers on in my memory as clearly as the scripture God gave you for me when I was having doubts about my christian walk.
You were a shining light whose radiance touched my life and I know you are resting in the bosom of the Lord till we meet to part no more.
Words fail use to describe your awesome impact on many lives but for our family - your house fellowship was a launch pad for us standing in the faith today- commendable selflessness and giving life. A resolute soldier, mother, mentor, backbone, humble vessel, Mother-in-Israel and a great compliment to Pastor Adeloye. You will be missed greatly but we take solace in the Promise that we shall meet again at the feet of the Father. Your passing to glory has given me a reflective check on my walking with the Lord.
Sleep in the bosom of your Maker.
I have lost my Mentor, a Sister and a friend; a relationship of over 27 years from Ladipo Oluwole. You were a Prayer Warrior, a Teacher of the Word, a generous giver and my Confidant. Your doors were always open to me; all the time. You impacted my life in so many ways and I am who I am, by the grace of God, because of your investment in my life and that of my family. Every time spent with you was always an opportunity to receive fresh insight into the Word of God. Everything about you was about the Kingdom of God and making sure we run the grace well and finish strong. Distance was never an issue because you were always only a phone call away. To say I am going to miss you is an understatement. I thank God for your life and you will forever remain in my heart.
You have fought a good fight, you have finished your course, you have kept the faith ....
May the Lord comfort Pastor Ayo, Joshua, Emmanuel and Daniel.
Sleep on dearly beloved, Pastor (Mrs) Yemisi Adeloye, till we meet again on Resurrection Morning.
Pastor Yemisi - Kind,passionate,prayer champion till the end.
It is well!!
Good night ma,a very down to earth preacher of the word,you were such a huge inspiration to us.Your life was well lived for God,we definitely will miss you greatly,sleep on beloved of God.Praying that the Holy Ghost will comfort Pastor Ayo and the boys in Jesus name .Amen.
Pastor Wole & Grace Ajayi
RCCG THRONE OF GLORY,SHERWOOD PARK CANADA.
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Sister Yemisi, you have never been afraid of Death
The story that comes to mind, was a time we were both at Sister Tokunbo Soneyes place in Surulere. You were very ill and the only one at home. I came back home to see you well again and lively. Then you told me the story of your miraculous healing. You said you became so weak that you could not stand up from the couch you were lying on. With the awareness that no one was around, you became aware of the hovering of the Spirit of death!.You said you then managed to mutter strength and spoke directly to the devil and death in the words of Paul in Philipians 1:21 For me to live is Christ and to die is gain! You told the devil 'Make a choice; if i live i will continue to torment you and depopulate hell and if i die, i am going to rest with my Saviour triumphantly, for me it is win win but for you it is loose loose' You told me immediately life returned and you lived and have done so much exploit for God! Now you have gone to rest triumphantly with your Saviour. You have won and won! and the devil lost and lost! Halleluyah! Goodnight my darling Sister
5am Every day, our mum would wake us us for Morning Glory, a prayer session with neighbouring mothers gathered at your house in Gowon Estate. Although we were to young to comprehend the significance but you were always rejoicing, dancing , singing and praying.You made being a Christian look very beautiful and every time I loved coming to your house at every opportunity and listened while you counselled.Ma you were a gem of indescribable virtues. We are thankful for the beautiful life you lived and exemplary acts of kindness.Our loss is heavens gain.
Rest in the eternal peace of Gods glory dear Mummy Adelo
It is a reality but still feels so unreal that I won’t see my dear friend “Mummy Yemisi” on this side of eternity anymore. I sat in the same classroom for five years and was in the same boarding house with Pastor Yemisi at Christ’s School Ado – Ekiti; where we had our secondary school education. She had that air of maturity around her, to stay on top of issues; even in 1973 when we met. She also had that look that makes one feel that all will be well; even before the ever comforting words were uttered. Needless to say, I loved hanging out with her for positivity; especially when one didn't feel like smiling - such as when provision lockers were almost empty before another monthly visiting day's supply.With her, there would be no need to cry and be homesick; as a child, she had always had a way and the words to make me feel all would be alright.
Yemisi was fun to be with and our friendship continued after school. In fact, everything I remember about her makes me laugh even when the tears flowed. I still remember vividly, visiting family members together in Ado in our school uniform; jolly trotting back to girls section. I also remember a particular brief visit to her in Lagos, some days of attending ceremonies in Aramoko and a visit to Ilorin in our college years. I cannot recall a single incident of anger in all of those times as she had a gift of disarming anger and diffusing tension. That smile on her ebony face would make one forget the intention to accuse her of stuff. I believe she had the gift of wisdom too; she knew how to handle situations. You can imagine your own friend CALMLY shushing you not to call her by her nickname; without a blink. Incidentally, that happened when she came with her husband to conduct the burial ceremony of a church member in the quarters where I was residing. These were days before the mobile phones became common in Lagos. We had not seen each other for a while, but she knew what to do and how to do it; as she sighted me. She handled that so well that I was forced to behave and not shout out. I also observed wisdom applied in her conduct with women of various ages on another church occasion and just blessed the name of the Lord for her gifts.
I never said this to Pastor Yemisi, but her friendly association over the years has had a positive influence on me. Her calls in her busy ministry days were just as great as our school days conversations at the beginning; full of words of hope and prayers. I can only thank God again for knowing her and pray that God of all comfort consoles her entire family.