115:) where in 1961 he passed the West African School Certificate Examinations that would enable him to qualify for admission to a bachelor's degree program. While at Olivet Heights, Oyo, Babalola pastored the Baptist Church at the Fashola Farm Settlement and later Emmanuel Baptist Church, Oyo. Upon completing his education at Olivet Heights, he briefly pastored Oke-Ado Baptist Church, Ibadan (January to August 1962), from where he was admitted for the seminary Bachelor's degree program at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Pastor Babalola returned to the seminary for another three years and earned the Bachelor of
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Certificate in Theology from the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Babalola was appointed pastor of the First Baptist Churches of two adjoining Nigerian towns, Masifa and Ishoko. During his pastorate in these two churches in the Zion Baptist Association, Babalola met
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Baptist Association level, Babalola served at various times as Financial Secretary, then as the Moderator of Ibadan Baptist Association, served as Coordinator & Moderator of Dunkwa Baptist Association, Ghana, and served as Adviser to the Ibadan and Paku-Awaye Baptist Associations. He also
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Babalola started school in Oke-Ila but to complete Primary education to Standard 6, he had to travel the 12 miles (almost 20 km) to resume each school term in Iresi across hills and bridgeless rivers. On one of his trips, he came close to drowning while wading across a flooded river but
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Adeniyi Babalola, died on November 3, 2021, enjoying the care of his 5 biological children, his 5 children-in-law and his 16 grandchildren, in addition to the awe and admiration of his 11 great-grandchildren to which a 12th was born shortly after his passing. Rev. Dr. Babalola was
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Rev. Dr. Babalola was married on Dec 16, 1952, to
Victoria Titiloye Alao, a daughter of Prince Isaac Adewale Alao of Ara, the founder of her hometown's First Baptist Church. Babalola and his new wife departed Nigeria by sea one week after their wedding, to commence a missionary assignment in Ghana
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In the various sojourns in Canada and the United States (for academic pursuits or visits to his children) between 1981 and 2002, Rev. Dr. Babalola also ministered among immigrant
African communities (with prayers & confidential family/youth counseling) in Wolfville (Canada), Columbia (South
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Babalola pastored the Dunkwa
Baptist Church, now the First Baptist Church, Dunkwa-on-Offin and was also a Travelling Pastor across the region. Mrs. Babalola used her vast experience of her youthful activities within the Nigerian Women's Missionary Union to organize similar programs across the
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Secretary, Western Baptist Conference (later constituted into 3 Conferences and now consisting of 5 state conferences), during which he founded and was Editor of "ALORE", the magazine of the Western Baptist Conference, served as
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his future wife during activities of the association. Victoria
Titiloye Alao was the leader of various Women's organizations in her churches - growing up in Ara and teaching in Olla, and she was Young People's Leader for the Zion Baptist Association.
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Houston, they joined to teach in the Yoruba Language School established by the socio-cultural organization, Yoruba Omo Oduduwa, and donated more than two dozen books to the organization.
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of Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun State, Nigeria until his death, his father Babalola Adekeye reigned as the Head of the Arefa (the kingdom's most senior High-Chiefs of king-maker cadre) and he was co-founder of the First Baptist Church of Oke-Ila.
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in 1995. Prior to this, he took training as a Mental Health Specialist which qualified him to work in that capacity for the State of South Carolina, and enabled him to pay his way for his Doctor of Ministries studies.
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pastor from December 1952 to December 1955. The second was when he was a sponsored candidate to Switzerland (one of only two Nigerian Baptist pastors) attending
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was rescued by a farmer who was providentially nearby. He was recruited to the seminary from his Iresi school after his call to ministry.
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