Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, is dead.
Pastor Taiwo Odukoya’s death was announced on the official Instagram page of the church moments ago.
The church’s post reads thus:
“The Fountain of Life Church Family, in total submission to the will of God Almighty announces the passing unto greater glory of our Father, Teacher, a great servant of the Most High God, Pastor Daniel Taiwo Odukoya, Founding Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, who passed unto glory on the 7th of August 2023 in the USA.
“We are in total submission to you LORD!!!
“We thank the Lord for the gift of a great leader!!!”
Pastor Taiwo Odukoya marks one-year remembrance of his late wife, Nomthi Odukoya
Kemi Filani recalls that months ago, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya marked the one-year remembrance of his late wife, Nomthi Odukoya who passed away on November 9th, 2021 after years of battling cancer.
Marking her one-year remembrance, Pastor Taiwo took to his official Instagram page to pay tribute to his late wife.
He noted how the late Nomthi Odukoya was a gift to the world.
The clergyman expressed gratitude to God for the times they spent together as he admitted that he still misses her.
“You were truly a gift, never to be forgotten. I am forever grateful to God for the life we shared. I miss you Nomthi”.
Pastor Taiwo speaks on his wife’s death
Breaking silence on her death, Taiwo Odukoya, had said he would not question God’s will.
Writing on his Instagram page, Pastor Taiwo said he loved Nomthi with all his heart and he cannot fight with the will of God.
“With deep regret and gratitude to God, I have to announce the passing of my wife, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya.
“She stood on the Word of God, and she fought. She gave me 11 beautiful years of marriage and two wonderful boys, who I know will be very significant in life.
“I loved her with all my heart, but who am I to fight with the will of God.
“The truth is, at one point in our lives, we all will have to say goodbye. So for now, till we meet again in glory, Goodbye Nomthi,” he wrote.
Pastor Taiwo lost his first wife, Pastor Bimbo Odukoya, on December 10, 2005, in a Sosoliso plane crash.
In 2010, he married Nomthi, who is a South African.
