Remembering Bishop Fadeyi

              'Bishop' Bode with his Bible during the interview
               
          ......Went into trance for 21 days
             ........ Rejected chieftaincy title
          ........Did not mix juju with his faith
            .......Performed miracles



                     
    One of his  children,Bode spoke with this reporter in America

   In the compound of St. Moses Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Owo is the  grave of this great man of God , Archbishop Samuel Aderinsoye Fadeyi  resting  peacefully  and waiting for the trumpet to sound and wake up on the day of resurrection.
He was a man of God who distinguished himself .He was  respected and honored. He was given many awards in his life time and bagged his doctorate degree in Theology.
                In the  beginning
   In 1930  a baby boy was born into the  Ojumu royal family , Owo. .Before he was born it had been predicted that the child  would be a pencil ,and a tool in the hand of God like the Biblical Samuel.

     According to history  when he was born  there was a  change of weather and  many who were around saw mysteries and glory around him.The  baby who later became God's instrument  was Fadeyi who later grew up in the Lord like the Biblical Samuel and walked in the Lord to become a  an Archbishop in the Aladura Kingdom .
              FELL   INTO TRANCE
   According to history , the late  Fadeyi's father was a peasant farmer  and while the young Fadeyi always go to the farm to assist his father  until  one day, according to Bode, one of his children  said  ''At the age of 16 while   my father was  coming back from  his father's  farm , he was struck  and the Holy Spirit catapulted him through the window and  he fell into  trance for 21 days . After that  trance he came out and waxed stronger in the Lord''. 
 Stories abound  about his prophetic   predictions that  always came to pass and this made  his name to  become a household name not only in Owo but in Ondo Province [ now Ondo State] as a whole. He performed miracles and prayed for the sick, barren and what have you , infact his contribution to the Aladura was great.

Armed with  the Holy Bible, the man, Bode who lives in  St. Louis , Missouri,America and following his father's footstep in Gospel does not joke with the words of God , he   said '' I am the last born of the late Archbishop   Aderinsoye  Samuel Fadeyi. I fervently believe in God and the coming back of Jesus Christ.



He continued '' My father left behind a wife and children when  he passed away on Feb 10, 2015 at the age of 85 . He was buried in May 9, 2016 at the church premises''.
Talking of marking his remembrance , the dutiful son of the late Man of God said '' We mark his remembrance every year .In Nigeria it was marked and also in  America here in every 10th of February every year  and we have just marked the fourth year of his remembrance''.
          FOUNDER OF C and S
According to Bode, his father was the founder of   St Moses Cherubim and Seraphim, Owo      ''but after the demise of our father the mantle of leadership of the church fell on my brother who is  now in  charge  and steering the ship of the Church , the name of my that brother   is Tubosun Fadeyi''
             HE REJECTED TRADITIONAL TITLE

Bode is proud of his late  father for his consistency  and said his  late father was a good Christian to the core and never mixed his Christian Bishop tittle  with any traditional tittle , he said ''my late father  was the second in Command to the Olowo of Owo as the traditional title of the town is concerned , he was from the Ojumu Royal House, the title which is next to Olowo of Owo''. Asked why his father  did not become the Ojumu, Bode replied '' Oh, he rejected the offer and said he wanted to serve God      

''While some  Bishops or men of God attached traditional  titles to  their names   Bishop Fadeyi refused to accept the offer '',   Bode emphasized. said Bode ''  my father  was from Ojumu family and was called to come and take the tittle but trust my father , he rejected it


                    HE SERVED THE LORD
     HE HAD FEW FRIENDS
 While some men of God would boast of having friends and connections in social circle my late father was a principled man said Bode , he added  ''my father  was a principled man who did not have friends in social circle except among the Clerics where the words of God is their watchword, and pointer'',  Bode continued      '' my father  had few friends and most of his friends  are dead among them were the late Bishop Famakinwa , Lawyer Adebiyi Ajayi, and few others . He didn't have a lot of friends, most of the time he was always in the church doing God's work , attending to people, praying  for them and  worshiping''    .

      Jide Tububo  who had lived all his years in Owo  said '' Bishop Fadeyi was a reputable spiritual Pastor and Prophet of note''.
Michael Abiodun described the late Bishop as one of the highly respectable Bishop in Ondo state , '' he was a kind man apart from  his spiritual work , he was a very nice man as I remember one of his children assisted Owo  indigenes when he was a Personnel Manager of many companies, Bishop  left a good legacy behind for the children'',

        Olawande Lawrence Asojo described the late Bishop  as a real man of God, he said '' I never met him in person , I  went to the same school with one of his children, Bode who showed that he was well trained and what I heard about his late father is encouraging .He was an epitome of good character and honesty''.
           An old man who begged for anonymity said '' I remember this Bishop all the time because he was good to me. When I was sick , he prayed for me and I was healed''. 
Arcbishop Fadeyi's memory lingers on.
In St.Louis , Missouri , Bode is also called  ''Bishop'' as he goes out with his Bible always and active  in church activities.
Adieu Bishop Fadeyi.