Pastor (Dr.) James Akanbi is the Founding General Overseer of God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM), an international apostolic and prophetic ministry with the mission of “countering the devil’s revival at this end-time.” GOMERM has its international headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, with over 40 branches in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Ghana, Gambia, Republic of Benin and Canada.
Long before leaving his very successful accounting career to answer God’s call to full-time ministry in 1999, Dr. Akanbi had made his mark as an exemplary Christian youth leader in fellowships at some of Nigeria’s leading educational colleges and universities. These include the Divisional Teacher Training College, Ipetumodu where he was President of the Students Christian Movement Fellowship at just 19 years; and the College of Education, Oyo. He was also a prominent leader of The Apostolic Church Students Fellowship of Nigeria (TACSFON). Many of the young Christian converts he nurtured in these campus fellowships are today fire-brand ministers of the gospel within and outside Africa.
Born in Ode Omu, a sleepy community in what is now present-day Osun State, South-Western Nigeria, Akanbi gave his life to Christ as a 17-year old boy. In barely six months of becoming a born-again, Akanbi finished his first complete reading of the Bible. He would repeat the exercise many times over within the first few years of his conversion. His fervent love and devotion to God’s word would mark the beginning of a remarkable teaching ministry several years later.
Some of the great ministers of God who significantly influenced Dr. Akanbi’s life and ministry include Bishop Caleb Oloyede, Presiding Pastor of Soul Winning Miracle Crusade, Ibadan, who preached the message that got him to give his life to Christ; Pastor Williams Kumuyi, General Overseer, Deeper Life Bible Church; Apostle T. A. Adibite, a prophet and minister of the gospel who belonged to The Apostolic Church and conducted Akanbi’s ordination when he launched into full-time ministry and the popular Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). Others include Kenneth Haggins, Oral Roberts, Kathryn Kuhlman, and leadership expert, John Maxwell among others.
Aside being a voracious reader, Dr. Akanbi is also a prolific writer. He has authored about 20 books. Some of these include best-selling titles like Paralysing Devil’s Strategic Control, Mystery of Believers’ Destiny, Battle for Inheritance, Empowered to Prosper andUnravelling the Mystery of Divine Selection.
Daily Pulpit, a daily devotional guide to contextual analysis of the scriptures, which he writes, continues to be a must-read for many believers and families within and outside the ministry. Testimonies also continue to come in from Nigeria and overseas on how the devotional has been a blessing to many lives. In Dr. Akanbi’s words, the Daily Pulpit is ‘‘our Lord’s canteen where you can visit every morning for a solid food of the word of God.’’
He is an anointed preacher, an apostle, a prophet, a teacher, a seer, a church planter, a truly anointed man of God, a mentor to many and a philanthropist among others. He is also the Pro-Chancellor of Mercy School of Ministries (MSOM), the training arm of GOMERM which was set up to meet the immediate needs for ordination, orientation and church planting assignments in the ministry. The school, which has been graduating students since 2004, runs certificate, diploma and advanced diploma courses for workers and church leaders within and outside the church every year.
Dr. Akanbi is a recipient of academic degrees from Nigerian universities like Abia State University, Uturu, University of Lagos, Akoka, and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. He also studied at Life Theological Seminary of the Four Square Gospel Church in Nigeria, where he obtained his B.A. in Theology and holds a Doctorate in Church Growth and Ministry from Kingsway Christian College and Theological Seminary, Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
He hosts Empowered Destiny, a cable TV programme that airs to millions of peoplewithin and outside Nigeria.
Miracles, signs and wonders, breakthroughs and testimonies of diverse natures continue to take place in the lives of God’s people through the apostolic and prophetic ministry of Dr. Akanbi within and outside Nigeria. Long-standing barren cases have been shattered, years of stagnation have been destroyed, his prophecies to individuals, nations and on the international scene have enjoyed uncommon accuracy, the poor have been made prosperous while many have been delivered from the demonic bondages through Dr. Akanbi’s ministry. These and others testimonies are always published in Herald of His Mercy, the monthly newsletter of GOMERM.
Yearly, Dr. Akanbi receives invitations to minister in churches and conferences in Africa, Europe and America. He devotes his time, resources and energy to fulfilling the ministry mandate of ‘countering the devil’s revival at this end-time’ which God has committed into his hands.
Dr. Akanbi and his wife, Deborah, who also ministers powerfully in the Holy Spirit, live in Lagos with their two lovely daughters.
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