Taiwo Odubiyi
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Born | Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi 29 May 1965 Abeokuta, Nigeria |
Occupation | Author, pastor, counsellor |
Language | English, Yoruba |
Education | Federal University of Technology, Akure |
Genre | Romance, children's literature |
Spouse | Sola Odubiyi |
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Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi |
Taiwo Odubiyi (born 29 May 1965) is a Nigerian author, international speaker, a marriage and relationship counsellor. She is the senior associate pastor, alongside her husband, Reverend Sola Odubiyi, of The Still Waters Church International with headquarters in Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. Taiwo has written over 20 award-winning inspirational romance novels;[citation needed] children's books; and self-help books on rape and relationships, with new novels/books being published every year. She is the president of TenderHearts Family Support Initiative[citation needed] and the founder of the Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. She is also a televangelist;[citation needed] a columnist in The Nigerian Canadian News,[1] The National Mirror, and The US immigration Newspaper; and the host of the Nigerian radio and television programme It's All About You.[2]
Life
Taiwo Odubiyi was born into the family of Jonathan Olufemi Soyombo and Victoria Olubamwo Soyombo. She and her twin brother are the youngest in the family of seven children. She was born in Abeokuta, and was raised in Lagos. She attended Reagan Memorial Baptist Secondary school and graduated from a Polytechnic University, with an HND in Accounting. She also has her masters in Business Administration from FUTA, Akure. She and her husband, Reverend Sola Odubiyi, were ordained as pastors in 1996, under the leadership of their "Parents in the Lord" Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and the late Pastor Bimbo Odukoya (the general overseers of the Fountain of Life Church). She has three daughters.
Counselling programmes and seminars
Taiwo expresses her strong passion for relationships through counselling and regular programmes and seminars, such as:
- Covenant Keepers Club (for teens)
- SinglesLink
- Woman to Woman
- When Women Pray
- Couples Line Live
Church
Taiwo Odubiyi is the Senior Associate Pastor of The Still Waters Church International, located in the City of Ikorodu, Nigeria. She attends the headquarters branch with her husband, Reverend Sola Odubiyi, who is the senior pastor and general overseer. There are several branches of the church across Nigeria.[3]
Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries
The Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries[4] is responsible for publishing the award-winning inspirational novels and informative books; counselling individuals on relationships and how to live better lives; spreading the Word and the love of God everywhere through the TV and radio programme It's All About You!; and holding regular programmes (programs) and seminars for teens, singles, women and married couples. The Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries Blog contains inspirational notes and Bible Verses to help encourage individuals from every walks of life.
TenderHearts Family Support Initiative
TenderHearts Family Support Initiative is a non-governmental organisation that deals with supporting, counselling, and encouraging rape victims; reaching out to the less privileged; organising (organising) Christmas programmes (programs) for children living with disabilities;[5] and rendering emotional & financial support to orphans.
Books
Inspirational romance novels
These award-winning novels[6] encourage, counsel and guide those in relationships (the single & the married). Quite popular in Nigeria, they are read all around the country, and internationally.
- In Love for Us[7]
- Love Fever[8]
- Love on the Pulpit[9]
- Shadows from the Past[10]
- This Time Around[11]
- Tears on My Pillow[12]
- Oh Baby![13]
- To Love Again[14]
- You Found Me[15]
- What changed you?[16]
- My First Love[17]
- Too Much of a Good Thing[18]
- With This Ring[19]
- The Forever Kind of Love[20]
- The Came You[21]
- The One For Me[22]
- Sea Of Regrets[23]
- Shipwrecked with you[24]
Children's books
Taiwo believes that it is never too early to teach and educate children on the dangers of sex before marriage, and on being aware of child molesters.[25]
- Rescued by Victor
- No one is a Nobody[26]
- Greater Tomorrow[27]
- The Boy who Stole[28]
- Joe And His Step Mother, Bibi[29]
- Nike and the Stranger[30]
- Billy the Bully[31]
Other books on relationships and rape
- 30 Things Husbands Do That Hurt Their Wives[32]
- 30 Things Wives Do That Hurt Their Husbands[33]
- God's Words to Singles[34]
- Devotional for Singles
- Rape & How to Handle It [English Version]. (This book is to encourage, counsel and advise those who have been raped and their loved ones; to deter it from happening to others; and to inform the public on the seriousness of the issue.)
- Ifi'pa bani lopo (Yoruba version of Rape & How to Handle It)
See also
- Nigerian woman novelists
References
- ^ "Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi". Nigerian Canadian News. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries – Home". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Cleric lifts disabled children with gifts, books". Thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 29 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Novels/Books – Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. 20 May 2019.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2002). In love for us. Lagos: Redels Techniques. ISBN 978-978-34540-4-0. OCLC 51785904.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2003). Love fever. Lagos, Nigeria: Victory Printers Nigeria Ltd. ISBN 978-978-059-515-9. OCLC 54697163.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2004). Love on the pulpit. Lagos, Nigeria: Tender Heartslink. ISBN 978-978-062-684-6. OCLC 56918202.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2005). Shadows from the past. Lagos, Nigeria: Tender Heartslink. ISBN 978-978-37509-3-7. OCLC 65223012.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2006). This time around: (strong arms of justice). Lagos, Nigeria: Tender Heartslink. ISBN 978-978-38515-5-9. OCLC 1130267229.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2007). Tears on my pillow. Lagos, Nigeria: Tender Heartslink. ISBN 9789783750944. OCLC 890580289.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2008). Oh baby!. Lagos, Nigeria: Tender Heartslink. ISBN 9789783750982. OCLC 733972856.
- ^ "To Love Again by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (8 December 2013). You Found Me. TenderHeartsLink.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (2021). What Changed You?.
- ^ "MY FIRST LOVE – a novel". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Too Much of a Good Thing". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (24 October 2013). With This Ring. TenderHeartsLink.
- ^ "The Forever Kind of Love by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele. Then Came You.
- ^ "The One For Me". Goodreads. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Sea of Regrets by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele. Shipwrecked with You.
- ^ "Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "No one is a nobody – a storybook for children". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Greater Tomorrow by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "The Boy Who Stole – a storybook". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Joe and his step-mother, Bibi by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Nike and the stranger by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Billy the Bully by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ Odubiyi, Taiwo Iredele (February 2009). 30 Things Husbands Do That Hurt Their Wives. EGE YAYINLARI. ISBN 978-978-088-916-6.
- ^ "30 Things wives do that hurt their husbands". Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "God's Words to Singles by Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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