Bola Odeleke

Bola Odeleke (born 1950) is a Nigerian pastor, evangelist, preacher, founder and general overseer of Power Pentecostal Church.

Early life Odeleke is from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. She had her primary and secondary education at Ilesa, her mother's hometown. She became a Christian in 1970 but began her evangelism in November 1974, celebrating her 40th anniversary in the ministry in August 2014. She became a bishop on 28 May 1995, and was the first African woman to become a bishop.