Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has revealed the reasons behind his relocation to the United States.<\/p>\n
He said this during a virtual interview with Seun Okinbaloye on his programme \u2018Mic On\u2019 podcast, where the duo discussed Leadership Beyond Governance Politics and the Role of the Younger Generation in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The video, lasting one hour, thirty minutes, and forty-seven seconds, was streamed on the Mic On YouTube channel on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Adeyemi explained why the older generations of Nigerians must put their act together and make Nigeria work.<\/p>\n
He said it was important for the older generations, including the political and religious leaders, to retrace their steps and get the country working because the younger generation would soon begin asking questions.<\/p>\n
Adeyemi revealed that COVID-19, EndSARS protests, and, notably, troubling dreams about Nigeria, prompted the relocation.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cWhen COVID-19 started, all our children were in the US, so everyone stayed with their families. We stayed with our children. The week services resumed was when EndSARS started, so we were preparing to return to Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the EndSARS protests ended in violence, we stayed back a bit. When we were ready to return to Nigeria, a different experience altogether happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife had a dream in which she travelled to Nigeria and returned to the US, which was a bad dream. I told her I wouldn\u2019t say I liked this dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree days later, I had a dream. We both travelled to Nigeria in my dream, and I was in a big fight. I was being attacked violently, and I had to ask the Holy Spirit in my heart what to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said I should call the name of Jesus Christ. I shouted \u2018in the name of Jesus Christ\u2019 in the dream and didn\u2019t realise I shouted out loud in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gospel preacher and motivational speaker, who hails from Kogi State but was born in Niger State added that whenever they plan to return to the country, a bad dream brings a setback.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife woke me up at 2:00 a.m. by hitting me and asking what was going on. We decided to take it seriously, especially considering a dream we had three days earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe prayed fervently, sensing danger. Three hours later, I fell back asleep and had another dream. We were in Nigeria this time, and I was in a fight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The president of Success Power International, an NGO that specialises in organising leadership, financial, and motivational seminars, revealed that whenever they (he and his wife) set dates and booked flights to return to Nigeria, he would have a bad dream about something terrible happening to him there (Nigeria).<\/p>\n
He further stated that he had never experienced two dreams about the same event in one night.<\/p>\n
\u201cA few days later, we called family members in Nigeria, and one person said, \u2018I\u2019m feeling very uncomfortable about you travelling to Nigeria.\u2019 We called another family member who said, \u2018I feel uncomfortable about you coming. What is going on?\u2019 We just turned and looked at each other, pondering the situation. Then I said, \u2018You know what? I\u2019ve been a Christian for 40 years.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this point, if God is speaking to me, I should have an idea that it is God speaking. Something is going on. I don\u2019t know what it is, but I want to pray more.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd at that point, we called a meeting of all the leaders in Daystar Christian Centre\u2014the top 120 leaders on Zoom.\u201d<\/p>\n
The President of Success Power International noted that he informed the elders of Daystar about the situation, and they agreed to keep the church running.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey said you\u2019ve never deceived us before. If God asks you to stay, stay as long as He directs. We\u2019ll continue this journey,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n
The host of the radio and television \u2018Success Power\u2019 programme heard and seen in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East said he and his wife stayed in the US after the church leaders\u2019 Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months later, we were still in the US for one year, tearing me apart. I discovered that, until COVID-19, I\u2019d been out of Nigeria for eight weeks. To now be away when you had the church with 40,000 members,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
He added that the experience in the US highlighted Daystar\u2019s strengths, including investments in training and established systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m passionate about building systems so the church does not collapse. It is fantastic, and we call it an organisational miracle. It was almost three years before we had the Holy Spirit\u2019s clearance to return to Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what eventually the Holy Spirit would tell me was that he wanted me to shift my focus from just being the pastor of a local church to that global walk that I had known that I would do.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo right now, the focus shift is to do that global walk while we keep Daystar running, leveraging technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daystar Christian Centre is based in Lagos State, was inaugurated on November 18, 1995, and now has branches across various states in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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