Nigeria: Newsweek Lists Adeboye Amongst 50 World Most Powerful Persons

10 January 2009

One of the 50 most powerful people in the world is a Pentecostal preacher and church planter, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, from Nigeria whose mission is to save souls. So says Newsweek magazine in its January 5 cover story, which includes Pastor Adeboye, general overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in its list of 50 world powerbrokers.

Newsweek lists the Nigerian pastor as one of the world's 50 most powerful people. Adeboye and Pope Benedict XVI are the only Christian leaders on the list, which features both revered and reviled influencers, including US president-elect Barack Obama, the Clintons, Oprah Winfrey, Chinese President Hu Jintao, al-Qaida leader, Osama bin Laden, and Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

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