From one District to 15 Districts: The Ketu DCC story of Pastor Yusuf
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| Pastor M.O Yusuf |
The send-forth service organized by Christ Apostolic Church,
Ketu Districts Coordinating Council (DCC) for their immediate past Superintendent,
Pastor M.O Yusuff who happen to be the Akinyele Regional Superintendent was
held on Sunday 13th May, 2108. CAC
NEWS Publisher, ‘Gbenga Bankole who
was there writes on the achievements of Pastor Yusuff while at the helm of
affairs as the Superintendent of Ketu DCC.
In the beginning
When Pastor Michael O. Yusuff was transferred to CAC Oke
Igbala Ketu on the 1st of
June, 2004, nobody could have ever image
that the district headquarters would transformed to DCC headquarters within 11years
of his administration.
Pastor Yusuff came to Oke Igbala as the 3rd
District Superintendent on the 1st of June, 2004. He was promoted to
the rank of Zonal Chairman on the 1st of November, 2007 by the
authority of CAC Worldwide. Due to his zeal for the growth of the work of God,
expansion of His kingdom and enviable passion for church planting, the
authority of CAC Worldwide promoted him to the status of DCC Superintendent of
Ketu DCC on the 1st of March 2015.
His Achievements
According to the Ketu DCC Secretary, Pastor A. Akin
Oniwinde, some of the achievements of Pastor Yusuff at CAC Oke Igbala Ketu DCC
Headquarters are appointment of the new elders and Deaconess that increased the
number of Elders to 38 and Deaconess to 28 in 2006, the purchase of 3 brand new
buses and 1 fairly used pick-up van, establishments of a full-fledged youth
church fully air conditioned, construction of 6 classrooms blocks at Omusoko
for the proposed Nursery and Primary school, commencement of pension scheme for
church workers in 2006 and building of the new mission house whose foundation
was laid in 2014 and dedicated in December 2017.
Pastor Oniwinde noted that God used Pastor Yusuff to plant
so many churches which are CAC Oke Igbala Agbede, CAC Oke Igbala Magboro, CAC Oke Igbala
Agunfoye, CAC Oke Igbala Assembly Camp Ground Express way, CAC Oke Igbala
Likosi, CAC Oke Igbala Igbo Olomu, CAC Oke Igbala Mowe 3, CAC Oke Igbala Simawa
and CAC Oke Igbala Ogijo among others.
According to him, Pastor Yusuff met over 20 assemblies in
Ketu District in 2004. In 2017 Ketu District grew into over 30 assemblies which
metamorphosed into 4 districts namely; Ketu, Mowe, Mercyland Akute and Owutu,
adding that later the existing Ojodu Abiodun District joined them to make a
Zone in 2007.
He explained further that the zone started on 1st
of November, 2007 and comprises of 5 Districts as follows; Ketu districts with
14 assemblies, Ojodu Abiodun districts with 12 assemblies, Mercyland Akute
districts with 6 assemblies, Mowe district with 8 assemblies and Owutu
districts with 4 assemblies.
“The achievements of the Ketu Zone under the leadership of
Pastor Yusuff are as follows;
i.
Soul winning (Church planting): Five
full-fledged local assemblies with landed properties financed by the zone
between 2008-2013.
ii.
Adoption of Sierra-Leone church: The Authority
of CAC Worldwide gave us an official letter dated 24th June, 2009 to
adopt Sierra-Leone church which had almost closed down. Ketu Zonal headquarters
and the zone spent a lot of money on Sierra-Leone foreign mission.
iii.
Financial contribution to CAC Worldwide: In
2014, Ketu Zone came 3rd in CAC Worldwide with N19, 418,101.75
contributions.
iv.
Pastoral
ordination: On 17th December 2014, five ministers were ordained as
Pastors in Ketu Zone by the authority of CAC Worldwide.
v.
Creation of 3 new districts: In early 2015, 3
new districts were created. They are Egbeda, Salvation and Ebenezer district,”
he stated.
Pastor Oniwinde further disclosed that; “Ketu Zone was
elevated to a DCC on the 1st March 2015. There was creation of 7
other Districts at the end of 2015 making 15 Districts in the DCC. The 7
Districts are Palace of joy district (from Ketu District), Solution District
Alagbole, Magboro District, Fountain of life District Mowe, Laburo District,
Daleko District, Apeka District.”
“Part of the achievements of Pastor Yusuf is the ordination
of 24 ministers of God from Ketu DCC on the 17th December, 2015 by
the authority of CAC Worldwide.”
“There was youth football league competition in 2016. This
came up in 3 stages: knock out, semi-final and final between the old eight
districts in the DCC on 21st February to 6th march 2016.
The four districts in the final stage of the competition were Ketu vs Salvation,
Ogijo, Ojodu Abiodun vs Mowe. The final result was: Mowe- 1st, Ojodu
– 2nd and Ketu – 3rd.The three districts were presented
with trophies on 13th march 2016.”
“It must be noted that 12 pastors were promoted to the rank
of district superintendent in Ketu DCC. They are Pastor M.A.O Ajetunmobi,
Pastor J.A Adelakun, Pastor A.O Solomon, Pastor J.A Bamiro, Pastor J.A
Ilesanmi, Pastor J. Ola Osunkoya, Pastor P.A Oladejo, Pastor J.O Babatunde,
Pastor I. A Ajayi, Pastor S.O Awofodu (acting), Pastor J.T Abioye (acting) and
Pastor Dare Ajibola (acting),” he said.
The clergy noted that another remarkable achievement Ketu
DCC recorded during the administration of Pastor Yusuff was the creation of two
zones from Ketu DCC, stating that the zones are Ojo Abiodun and Mowe Zone.
Pastor Yusuff’s
speech
While preaching during the programme, Pastor Yusuff ascribed
all the achievements to God, noting that it was God, not him that did the
works.
He appreciated the effort of the Elders, Good Women, CACMA,
the youth, the choir and all other units in the DCC.
Pastor Yusuff also appreciated his wife who stood by him at
all time, not forgetting his children.
He charged the church to give more support for his successor,
Pastor S.A Adedayo.
According to him, Pastor Adedayo by the help of God and with
the support of the church will be more successful than him.
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