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Biography
PASTOR OLUWAFUNMILAYO ADEOLA ALABI
Her Biological Birth
Our beloved Oluwafunmilayo Adeola Alabi (popularly known as PFA) was born on 27th of November 1979 to late Engineer Emmanuel Oluwafemi and Mrs. Winifred Abimbola Awoyinfa who was a school teacher at the time.
She was born at St Nicholas Hospital in Lagos.
As the only daughter from her mother, she was dotted on by the family and it was little wonder that she became her mother's confidant and was cherished by her siblings.
Her Education
She had her early education at Chrisland Primary School, Ikeja and her secondary school at Federal Government Girl's College Sagamu in Ogun State. As a result of her academic prowess and excellent conduct, she became the Food Prefect in 1995/1996.
On completion of her secondary education, she proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 1998 to study Economics and graduated in 2002.
Her Salvation Story (As Written By Her on https://wikisozo.com)
I got born again in 1991 whilst in secondary school. I gained admission into FGGC Sagamu that same year and, being raised in a Christian family that devotedly attended an Anglican Church, I made it a point of duty to be present at my school chapel services every Friday and Sunday.
The message of “Hell is real” was very prevalent in those days, so I gave my life to Christ out of fear. Because I didn’t quite understand the message of salvation, I responded to the Altar Call nine more times (practically every Sunday) until God used one of the visiting ministers to my school to explain to me that I didn’t have to give my heart to Christ every time I remembered something wrong I had done. Rather, I had to trust in the fact that since I had given my life to Christ, His Righteousness was sufficient for me, and God always saw Christ in my stead - that was so liberating!
After this, I became confident of my salvation and although I didn’t know a lot (several ministers came to preach in my school and most times they dwelt on doctrinal issues rather than teach the undiluted Word of God), I started sharing what I knew l, and to my greatest surprise, many of the people I reached out to gave their lives to Christ and started coming to Church.
In 1994, a friend of mine gained admission into my school as a transfer student and introduced me to Christ Embassy whilst we were on holiday. Boy! I cannot literally describe what Christ Embassy did to my faith but I was on fire, preaching with my friends in buses, schools, lessons, markets, streets - everywhere!
We turned our catchment right side up and we were the peer pressure of our time. This went on until I gained admission into University. With a bigger platform, we did the same things - we went, saw, conquered and won, and here I am today, still standing but most of all, eternally grateful to Pastor Chris for teaching me God’s Word so I can understand.
Blessed be God!"
Her Ministry Involvement & Impact
As a result of her exploits and involvement at Believers' Loveworld Inc. (also known as Christ Embassy) while at the university, she was anointed a Pastor in her 2nd year.
Pastor Oluwafunmilayo remained an active member of Christ Embassy for over 25 years. Her life of christian service was unequivocally inspiring. She was vibrant in Spirit, very loyal to the gospel and committed to her dear man of God, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.
Before her transition, she was a General Manager in Loveworld Church Growth International and served for 22 years as a Full-Time Senior Staff of the Loveworld Nation.
Family
Pastor Funmi married her sweetheart, Deacon Wale Alabi in November 2008 and together they were gifted 2 beautiful girls - Morayo and Tomisin.
Pastor Funmi was fun to be with and a delight to many. She lived and enjoyed a fulfilled life.
She was indeed an amazing woman with a beautiful soul and would be greatly missed.
