{"id":4225,"date":"2023-09-17T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2023-09-17T21:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T21:30:34","slug":"nollywood-star-jimmy-odukoya-now-senior-pastor-of-fountain-of-life-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/nollywood-star-jimmy-odukoya-now-senior-pastor-of-fountain-of-life-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Nollywood star Jimmy Odukoya, Now Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"digic-4245111656\" class=\"digic-bedfore-post digic-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4104817480020566\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4104817480020566\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church has been announced as Jimmy Odukoya, son of Bimbo and Taiwo Odukoya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the church&#8217;s headquarters in Lagos on Sunday, the news was made during the service.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Odukoya\" class=\"wp-image-4226 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya.jpg 1424w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/577;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The late Taiwo Odukoya told the members of the Board of Trustees about the succession plan before he passed away, according to pastor Rotimi Okpaise, who was speaking to the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Okpaise, Jimmy was unanimously chosen by the Board of Trustees to serve as both the Senior Pastor and Board Chair.<\/p><div id=\"digic-660961641\" class=\"digic-get-free-material digic-entity-placement\"><p>Get <a title=\"TikTok SEO Cheats\" href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/download\/tiktok-seo-cheats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TikTok SEO Cheat<\/strong><\/a> here<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Pronouncement of Jimmy Odukoya as Pastor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement was made on Sunday during worship.Pastor Rotimi Okpaise of The Fountain of Life Church addressed the audience and claimed that before his passing, Pastor Odukoya confided in members of the board of trustees (BoT) about the succession plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mr. Okpaise, Jimmy was unanimously chosen by the BoT to serve as both the senior pastor and board chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy will be installed on Saturday, September 30, 2023, according to the board, he stated. Fountain of Life Church was started in 1992 by his father, Taiwo Odukoya, who served as senior pastor until his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Odukoya died less than two years after his South African-born wife Nomthi lost her fight with cancer on November 9, 2021, after a two-year battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His 11-year marriage to Nomthi gave birth to two boys. Pastor Odukoya was previously married to Bimbo for 21 years before Nomthi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The television program &#8220;Single and Married,&#8221; which is aired both domestically and abroad and discusses real-world problems in marriages and relationships, was hosted by Bimbo.<br>Bimbo, however, perished in the Sosoliso plane tragedy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does being a pastor impact my acting career, he asked? Some individuals hold alternative beliefs, such as the notion that if I am an actor, I ought to be a Christian actor, but I refuse to accept this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy wed Oluwakemi Odukoya (n\u00e9e Banjoko) in London in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/cbn-governor-yemi-cardoso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newly appointed CBN governor Yemi Cardoso<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/best-rooting-apps-root-apk-for-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Best Rooting Apps (Root APK) for Android Phone in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Jimmy-Odukoya-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Odukoya\" class=\"wp-image-4229 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 296px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 296\/170;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some facts you never knew about Jimmy Odukoya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nollywood actor and singer Jimmy Odukoya began acting in 2016 after appearing in the movie &#8220;Baby Shower.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He portrayed Oba Ade, one of the main characters, in the Netflix film &#8220;Woman King,&#8221; and he has also been in a number of other films, including &#8220;Lifting the Veil,&#8221; &#8220;I Am Nazzy,&#8221; and &#8220;Oga Pastor.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy is a motivational speaker, dancer, and fitness fanatic in addition to being an actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has received a nomination for the &#8220;Best Supporting Actor of the Year&#8221; Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award.<\/p><div id=\"digic-4181264667\" class=\"digic-content_2 digic-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4104817480020566\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4104817480020566\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"in post\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2021, in an interview with actress, Iretiola Doyle, he revealed that being a pastor does not in any way affect his acting career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senior pastor of the Fountain of Life Church has been announced as Jimmy Odukoya, son of Bimbo and Taiwo Odukoya. At the church&#8217;s headquarters in Lagos on Sunday, the news was made during the service. The late Taiwo Odukoya told the members of the Board of Trustees about the succession plan before he passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[153],"class_list":{"0":"post-4225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stories","8":"tag-odukoya"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}