MEET OUR FACILITATORS
Dr Olumide Emmanuel
Pastor Olumide Emmanuel is an anointed servant of God. He is a man of multiple graces, spanning across Spiritual, Business and Relationships. He is a Bible Scholar with over 25 years experience in ministry. He is currently the Overseer of Calvary Bible Church, a Bible-believing Church that has spread her nets all over the world, including Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa and so on, preaching the Word of God and winning souls into God’s Kingdom.
Dr Akin John
Started ministry in 1988. Has now been in ministry for years.
Pastored 5 denominational churches in the space of 8 years.
Started Church Growth Ministry in 1994 after hearing God said “go and strengthen pastors and
support churches to grow and be healthy”.
Has held hundreds of conferences across Nigeria, Africa and Europe with combined attendance of
over 30, 000 church leaders.
Has written over 80 books that have sold thousands of copies such as ‘Grow the Pastor, Grow the
Church’, ‘The Impact-driven Church’, ’22 Laws of Church Growth’.
Founded International Institute of Church Growth that has trained over 10, 000 pastors and
leaders with attendant growth testimonies.
Has written and produced hundreds of materials on various aspects of church growth, leadership
and health that are being used by thousands of church leaders.
Has mobilized and equip men to become real men through seminars, resources and tapes.
Has sold thousands of tapes-audio, DVD, CDs that continue to bless and edify thousands of
ministers and church leaders.
Dr Niyi Akinsanya
NIYI ADESANYA was ordained as a Pastor at the Daystar Christian Centre in 1998,
where he
served for 8 years before delving into Itinerant ministry. He preaches averagely every other
Sunday in different churches/ denominations globally.
While at Daystar Christian Centre, he was awarded twice as the best Pastor in the house
fellowship system. He was also in charge of the ministries that were responsible for bringing in
the crowd when the church experienced the increase from one Sunday service to four services
in ten months. Afterwards, he was moved to the membership ministry which ensuredthat the
members were/are retained.
His consulting experience has seen the transformation of multinationals and indigenous
business move to profitability, and has also helped churches in experiencing stability,
relevance and growth. He is an eloquent speaker, counselor, advocate, teacher, and friend
whose messages are full of insight, revelation, truth and the whole counsel of God. He has
stayed committed for over 2 decadesin raising commercially astute entrepreneurs via several
mentorship platforms. Some of which now set the pace for their industries and contributing a
significant quota to the national economy.
Niyi Adesanya has grown to be one of the highest paid speakers in Nigeria and his clients
include one out of top three organizations in the major sectors of the economy. He is an
unrivalled and renowned Performance Strategist, whose strong business acumen has helped
business owners to grow their businesses by leaps and bounds using his innovative MACE
procedure template that he developed from his years of leadership management practice.
He was awarded Nigerian’s foremost Performance Strategist (Middle East Africa Business
Award), Leadership Coach of the year by Top 10 Magazine and awarded the African Prize for
Leadership Excellence. He is also the author of six dynamic books on Public Speaking,
Leadership, and Peak Performance.
Niyi is a game-changer who is passionate about personal and corporate effectiveness and
believes people don't build successful businesses. Systems build successful businesses
nevertheless; people must work on and through the systems to build and sustain businesses.
Bishop Akan Lawnrence
Bishop Greatness Akan Lawrence got born again the 23rd of May 1990 at Holy Ghost Storm
Tabernacle (The Chapel of Vision Christian University, Uyo). He had served as a leader in
various capacities such as Nigerian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (NIFES), University of
Port-Harcourt from 1991 till graduation, served as an associate Pastor in Glory Ministry for
three years(1993-1996) in Port-Harcourt, Foundation Faith Church worship ministry as the Youth
Pastor for seven years (1997-2003), organizing secretary of Nigerian Christian Corpers, Apostle
in Destiny International Missions (DIM) in 2012, appointed as the National Presbyter of Destiny
International Ministry in 2013 and on the 5th of December, 2019, he was consecrated as a Bishop.
In December 2019, he was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of DIM Global
Being an astute teacher of the Word, he was given a position as a senior faculty member of
Lead Impact University, Colorado USA where he lectures on Leadership, Capacity Building and
Project Management. Bishop Greatness Lawrence headed Ecclesiastical Endorsements for the College
of Apostolic Ministers and Bishops Lead Impact alongside His Lordship, have done the work of
ministry in many African states
On the 15th of September 2021, the Vision Embassy of Change Global Mission was officially
unveiled after 5 years of serving at DIM and several discussions of his vision to Archbishop
(Dr) Cletus Bassey. Apart from the church arm of Bishop’s ministry, he runs a teaching ministry
Revelation on all social media platforms. His writing ministry is The Lampstand, he has written
many books and tracts such as, Fruitfulness, Leadership Matrix and I am not Cain, just to
mention a few. Bishop Greatness Lawrence is also graced with music ministry and has produced two
worship albums.
Bishop Greatness is not only a man of God with the knowledge of His words, he is a
competent Engineer in his field of study who has worked with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and Nero Communications Ltd. He is a member of professional bodies like
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and Harvest
International Ministerial Fellowship (HIMF), USA.
Pastor Charles Abu
Charles Abu trained as a Fine Artist from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU), Zaria. He has taken several courses on management from several
organizations/institutions like the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF), Centre for
Management Development (CMD), Daystar Leadership Academy (DLA), and the
University of Lagos. Some of his works are documented in the collection, “101
Nigerian Artists” and in private and public collections in Nigeria, South Africa,
Europe and the USA.
Charles considers himself as a bridge builder, driven with a passion for people and
world events, he manages HANDS Media Coy (Help, Aid, Nurture Development and
Skills). Annually he speaks to thousands of young people in conferences and
leadership seminars. He has also authored a few books including ‘’Don’t Be Afraid
to Start” and “Breakthrough Thinking”.
He and his wife Toyin, both pastor the Empowerment Assembly (TEA), Ikeja, Lagos.
They also run the Couples Hearts Ablaze Services (CHAS), an outreach to married
couples in retreats, seminars and to singles.
