Timothy Oluwole Obadare

Obadare was born in Ilesa, now part of Osun State, southwestern Nigeria, to David and Felicia Obadare, a pastor and petty trader, respectively.^[3] The majority of documents date Obadare's birth to 1930.^[3]

Obadare was educated at the Apostolic Church Primary School in Ise-Ilesa but dropped out due to blindness resulting from a chronic smallpox epidemic.^[3]

Obadare was baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1949.^[3] He worked as an evangelist with The Apostolic Church (TAC) from 1953 to 1957, following which he joined the Christ Apostolic Church at the behest of Joseph Ayo Babalola.^[3] In 1954, he studied at the Apostolic Church Theological Seminary.^[3]

Obadare founded the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry.^[4] Prior to his death in March 2013, he was the President of the Interdenominational Ministers’ Association of Nigeria (IMA).^[3]

Obadare received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Trinity College of Ministerial Arts^[5] and an honorary Doctor of Ministry degree from St. John's University in Missouri.^[3]