AAYE EKITI CHURCH

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AAYE EKITI

          Seventh-Day Adventists got the opportunity of establishing the Church in Aaye Ekiti, through Mr. Ajiboye, Femi - a Lecturer at Ekiti State University. Mr Ajiboye was in the house of Elder Babatunde, M. A. where he met Pastor Olona, S. O. There was a discussion concerning one of the beliefs of the Seventh-Day Adventists on the state of the dead. It was this discussion that Mr. Ajiboye Femi embraced. He therefore invited Pastor Olona, S.O to the palace of Oba of Aaye Ekiti, His Highness Oba Theophilus Adegoke. Before this time there was a weekly programme championed by the Deeper Life Bible Church at the palace of Oba of Aaye headed by Mr. Ajiboye Femi.

          Pastor Olona, S.O. was formerly invited to continue the weekly bible studies in the year 2012.

          It was this weekly programme that enabled Opopogbooro District in Ado-Ekiti to conduct an evangelism tagged, “Aaye for Christ” in July, 2013. The evangelism was conducted by Pastor Olakunle E. Obebe, the Sabbath School/Personal Ministries and Evangelism Director of Ekiti Conference, as well as opopogbooro district pastor then. At the end of the outreach (16) sixteen souls were baptized. Other churches that played significant roles at the evangelism were Ido and Ifaki Churches.

          After the crusade, in order to make the effect of the crusade be in the mind of the new souls, Pastor Olajide S.O. was posted to Aaye Ekiti as a pioneer Pastor of the Church.

Other members on ground were:

1.       Taye Osannilusi’s family

2.       Mr. Charles, an NYSC member

3.       Seun

4.       Omolayo Atilola

5.       Kehinde Osannilusi

          For the new church to have a site of her own, a plot of land was bought from Mr. Ajiboye Femi, the same person through whom the church got to Aaye Ekiti in the year 2012.


A FACELIFT IN AAYE CHURCH
The Opopogbooro District Council in her meeting on June 3, 2018 decided to give Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Aaye Ekiti a facelift. The Leader of the district Pastor Olaoye T. O. assigned Elder Ogunmola S. O. (from Oye Church) to visit the church, assess and come out with estimates. 
A two-man urgent committee was set up comprising Elder Ogunmola S. O. and Evangelist Adeyemo Mayowa from SDA Church, Igbemo Ekiti.
Without delay, the work started. The initial estimate was put at N38,550.00 (thirty eight thousand, five hundred and fifty naira). Thanks to God as few that were contacted responded in raising the money. 
Elder Akinwumi from Iworoko church.
Elder Olatiilu O. I
Dr (Mrs) Bisi Deji-Dada.
Pastor T. O. Olaoye.
Elder (Dr) Awoyinka (Opopogbooro)
Elder Ogunmola S. O.
Evangelist Adeyemo Mayowa.

The work was completed without delay and has been a source of encouragement for the members at Aaye.
The Aaye church members rendered their maximum labour to the work.

On the left was Elder Ogunmola S.O and on the right was Pastor Olajide

It was during this time that the Department of Health organised their health mission which was very successful.
Many souls were blessed.