About Me
Pastor Oladele Bamgboye is the Founding/Head Pastor of Highflyers’ Christian Centre, Port Harcourt Nigeria, which took off on the 7th of February 2016.
He was a successful banker for several years (1986-1994) before answering the call of God to full-time ministry in 1994.
He served meritoriously as a full-time Pastor for twenty-two years under his father in the Lord Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel International), after years of faithful service as a part-time pastor.
While there he was privileged to serve in various pastoral and administrative capacities at home and abroad. These include the following:
- One of the pioneering missionaries sent out to kick off the Africa Gospel Invasion Programme of the Living Faith Church Worldwide. He pioneered the mission in Sierra-leone in 1995 which within a space of one year witnessed a gathering of over four thousand worshippers.
- Pioneering pastor of Winners’ Chapel International Ghana (January 1997) which grew to about five thousand worshippers in one and a half years.
He later served as Regional Overseer for the West African Region consisting of eighteen churches in sixteen countries of West Africa. - He was also Regional Overseer for the Mission to North and South America of the Living Faith Church, Winners’ Chapel International with headquarters in New York, overseeing eighteen churches as well as twenty- one fellowship centers across North and South America .
By the grace of God at work in his life, Pastor Dele Bamgboye has pastored many churches which grew to mega churches ranging in average attendance from four thousand to eighteen thousand. These include Winners’ Chapel Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Warri where he served as Resident Pastor, Senior Pastor, State Pastor, District Pastor, Regional Pastor, etc. at different times.
Between 2002 and 2005, he served as Diocesan head of Port Harcourt Diocese with over forty churches under his supervision; the first non-Bishop Pastor to hold that position.
Administratively, Pastor Dele Bamgboye has also served in the following leadership positions in the ministry: Secretary of the National Church Council of the Living Faith Church, Winners’ Chapel International(2003-2005), member of the Executive Council, the apex governing body in Living Faith Church, Winners’ Chapel International worldwide (2009-2012)
Between August 2009 and 2010 he served as Resident Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, the 50-thousand seater; world’s largest church auditorium, under the leadership of his father in the faith Bishop David Oyedepo who is the Senior Pastor.
Pastor Dele Bamgboye shares the word of God with great passion in a down-to-earth, relatable manner with attendant proofs and testimonies of changed lives and destinies. His ministry, by the grace of God has witnessed the dead being raised back to life, deaf ears open, lumps dissolved, barren conceive babies among other notable signs.
Pastor Oladele Bamgboye is the Director of Highflyers’ Business Caucus whose core mission is to create platforms of leverage for aspiring entrepreneurs.
He is the Director of Highflyers’ Bible Institute (named HIT) which was inaugurated in April 2017 and has graduated over 300 students as at the time of this write up.
He is also the Director of The Leadership Institute and New Frontiers Leaders Network with a vision to raise leaders and nation builders out of the upcoming generation of youths.
He is the president and visionary of the Breaking the Limits Summit, an entrepreneurial program that has hosted great entrepreneurial minds such as Fela Durotoye, Olakunle Soriyan, Dr Dala Alphonso and Pst Matthew Ashimolowo.
He is also the president and visionary of Highflyers’ Creativity Village a platform for skill development and capacity enhancement; which aims at giving equal opportunity to anyone (literate or illiterate) to express their creativity by creating an enabling environment that would help develop their capacity to be productive in the society.
He obtained his Masters degree in Christian Counseling in 2012; and Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) in Ministry in Nov. 2018 from The Triune Biblical University Global Extension, Brooklyn, New York. USA.
Pastor Dele Bamgboye is married to namesake Dele Bamgboye, an ordained minister of the gospel and award-winning gospel artiste, and they are blessed with three wonderful children.