The man of God, Temitope Balogun Joshua commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian pastor.
T.B. Joshua is a famous Nigerian televangelist and pastor.
He is also a self-proclaimed prophet and as such, his services attract a huge number of people. Below are 5 things you should know about the synagogue founder.
1. Personal life
Joshua is married to Evelyn Joshua. They have three children. His eldest daughter Serah Joshua is a graduate from the London School of Economics, Department of Law. And his second daughter, Promise Joshua.
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2. Community support
Joshua has come to the aid of several communities in distress, notably providing two transformers to a local community after theirs was burned beyond repair. He donated over N26m towards restoring electricity and putting an end to over two years of power outage in four councils in Akoko area of Ondo State.
3. Awards
He has been awarded various accolades, notably receiving the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the Nigerian government and being voted the Yoruba man of the decade by Pan-Yoruba media outlet Irohin-Odua.He has been called one of Africa's 50 most influential people by Pan-African magazines The Africa Report and New African Magazine.
4. Education
Joshua funded the building and running of a school in Lahore, Pakistan named 'Emmanuel School'. He also rebuilt a school in a rural area destroyed by the 2016 Ecuador earthquake.
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5. YouTube channel
Emmanuel TV's YouTube Channel is one of the most subscribed Christian YouTube channels worldwide and the most subscribed in Nigeria, having amassed over 700,000 subscribers and 300 million views since its inception.