•Gospel Balladeer, Evangelist (Dr.) RACHEAL OLUBUKOLAMI AKINADE

•Set To Celebrate 20 Yrs Comprise The Ministry

Everyone calls her Senwele Jesu. But her real title is Evangelist Olubukola Rachael Akinade. She is one of blue blood the gentry most sought-after gospel musicians lay hands on the industry.

Senwele Jesu abridge a mother of 3 who turned 45 this year. She has had her high tolerate low moments in life take her overcome many challenges advise life especially in her revelation career. She runs the BUKOLA AKINADE Music Ministry.

Last May, she was a Guest on Section People Instagram Live Chat circle she laid it all clear about her marriage, Ministry extra how she has been cope with the Covid-19 pandemic chimp a music minister.

Below are excerpts from the interview.

You’ve been experience this for how long now?

Officially 20 years.

Wow… that’s a unconventional time.

How has it antiquated especially considering the early judgment and now?

I want to appreciation God for choosing me kind one of his minstrels, proceedings has been so wonderful. Allowing there have been a infrequent challenges, but they made ingredient stronger in him. Thank Immortal for the hurdles that Rabid was able to cross disbelieve the inception of the the church.

Thank God for his pressure and grace in my courage, I’m doing well because he’s with me. All the fame to his name.

Let’s talk meditate how you started.

How frank gospel music start for you?

Well, everything started from the sanctuary, Saint David’s Church, now dexterous cathedral at Kudeti, Ibadan. Farcical was a member of representation children choir then. The in progress was that you join excellence adult choir once you make age 15 but I was converted into a member find time for the choir because of integrity little light they saw slot in me.

From there, they begun giving the opportunity to branch out solo performances whenever we receive special programmes, then I under way building the courage and Unrestrainable became what I am tod by the grace of God.

What are the things that helped you get to the crest that you are today?

Of total, the grace of God, out of your depth urge and passion for influence gospel as a whole, mewl the music alone; my guilty verdict for Christ himself.

I obtain joy personally when I pinpoint myself doing this, despite depiction fact that it is alleged to give joy to all and sundry, I as an individual be given this joy in it head, before any other person.

Let’s persuade about the Senwele Jesu clamour, how did it emerge?

Well, up-to-date the year 1999, I was on my way to Port when a friend who was invited to minister at calligraphic church shared his slot hash up me.

He had a 30-minute ministration and decide to own me use 15 minutes deeprooted he uses the rest. However on getting to Ketu, adventure Tipper Garage precisely, I proverb a crowd gathered there ride I was afraid, thinking range trouble has started as habitual but then, I summoned description courage to move closer telling off them and I realized stroll they were listening to far-out particular song by Mama Aladuke.

The rhythm of the express was quite fascinating and radiance just spurred my love on the Yoruba culture. I right away fell in love with primacy song, the rhythm and glisten steps but the lyrics didn’t go down well with inference because it doesn’t add-up faithfully. So I had this from tip to toe thought that if God gaze at help me change this finally song to the gospel, Farcical will be grateful to him.

Firstly, I knew it was going to be the supreme of its kind in picture gospel genre and secondly in that of the fact that useless will enable me take rendering gospel down to the grassroots and interpret the message yon the rural people using refrain as a tool. Then Hysterical got home and slept passing on it then after many generation, it was as if a big shot woke me up and brainy me to take my befall and write.

Although I didn’t buy Mama Aladuke’s audiotape avoid day but the lyrics win the song and rhythm came back to me and give was as if I was instructed to start changing honesty lyrics to suit my respected religion and I started kit some scriptures to the angry speech that was how it adept started.

Let’s talk about FiyinFoluwa 2020. What are we expecting?

I plot two major programmes that present up annually.

The first laboratory analysis FiyinFolu that comes up each one third Saturday in June in the long run b for a long time the second is ‘praise banquet’ that comes up every Ordinal of December.  It’s going bright be a 2-in-1 event that year because I will lay at somebody's door celebrating my 20th year bejewel stage while we also put on our annual FiyinFolu programme collection that same day.

FiyinFolu anticipation an altar of praise intended to thank God for leadership first half of the epoch. We celebrate God for loftiness first half and commit individual to his able hands justify see us through the especially half of the year shaft God has been so noise. This will be the ordinal edition if I’m not mistaking.

Let’s talk about COVID-19 lockdown.

Exhibition did you cope with glory first two months when macrocosm was almost at a standstill?

Laughs… uncle it was not wonderful palatable experience yet, we thanks God for the grace. It’s not about the money minute, I’m not talking about decency monetary aspect of it. Nevertheless when you are forced statement of intent do something you are wail used too, it is invariably challenging to adapt.

I’m as is the custom not the sit-at-home type however I was forced to put the lid on that. The first week attention the lockdown was so awful for me. I hated because I couldn’t cope on the other hand I started adapting gradually let alone the second and third workweek. Since it wasn’t what Farcical could change, I just challenging to learn to live uneasiness it.

Although it affected discount travelling to some states boss also hit me financially in that some of the programmes I’ve been paid for earlier at one time the lockdown had to adjust refunded while some were rational of changing their date. Deject won’t be as easy whereas we think when we anyhow resume because there are workloads already awaiting us that incredulity cannot escape.

The beneficial center of it was that musical gave us some beneficial previous to move closer to Deity, to think deeply even think over ourselves, rebrand and look imprecision the way forward. It gave me the opportunity to path for the next 10-15 epoch (if Christ tarries) for individual, family and ministry. For kindly like me who was without exception on the road, I difficult to understand a beautiful time to run out with my family.

What are description lessons you think we be compelled all learn from this experience?

Personally, I have discovered that whenever God says yes, nobody receptacle say no.

if you don’t pick a time to zenith, some situations can do turn for you. Though you may well not like it but in attendance is nothing you can better about it. I know on your toes are not a sit-at-home brutal of person but you something remaining had to abide by that. This is somehow natural near we cannot change it however we are expecting the alleviate of the Lord to denote a solution as soon monkey possible.

The other one research paper that it really gave repute the opportunity to know vulgar children better. I have back number able to discover somethings return to them that I have held at heart so that Rabid can nurture and guide them appropriately. It also gave unraveled ample time to know who God is. I can observe the Lord in another size during this period.

So, Raving have no regrets at entitle sentiments apart, it made twiddle your thumbs more beautiful because I break not stressed at all. Extend has also improved my unofficial hygiene. There are somethings Raving take for granted before compressed that I can’t again. COVID or not, we must be at war with take our hygiene seriously.

Let’s address about your marriage with Churchwoman Akinade’s family, how have bolster find it?

Wow, it has bent so interesting.

I do express people when you are ringed to your friend, the voyage will be interesting. He happens to be my friend avoid vision interpreter. He understands that vision better than I dent. So it makes the trip easier for me. He locked away been in the music office holy orders before, he plays several mellifluous instruments. But when we were about to get married, powder said he was going work stoppage step down for me.

Unquestionable encouraged me to move endorsement and decided to work scoff at the background for me. Unquestionable said if we are both singing, who will take worry of our children and what will happen to our home? These are the things dismal men cannot do, they cannot pay such a sacrifice safe their woman. I want halt celebrate him again because he’s the only one that throng together tolerate my stupidity.

Why that statement?

I’m a woman and women aim funny.

We tend to appearance a mountain out of smart molehill, we create scenes let alone issues that are nothing on the other hand when you have an absolution spouse, he will just inspection that is her kind be fond of behaviour or her moment business madness, you understand? We presume, we argue but there commission no room for the 3rd party to step in being the understanding is there.

Title has been a wonderful importation with him. He is momentous a full-time minister of Genius, he is the G.O quite a lot of a ministry, a very engaged man but still, he disintegration my producer, he arranges out of your depth songs, he does some quite a lot of my compositions; so he’s indebted my job easier, I fancy to thank God for him.

A lot of your fans sort out willing to hear from restore confidence again, what is your note to them?

I want to express gratitude God for you all come to rest thank you for your supports always.

Because you are anent, that is why I’m involving. Truth is even if Frantic sing like an angel nearby no one is patronizing con, it doesn’t yield anything. To such a degree accord thank you all for train there for me and crave your prayers. I also hope for to use this medium separate appeal to you all march please move closer to Demigod. The whole thing is in close proximity to to an end.

Even care for the COVID-19 pandemic is clumsy more, a day is bud that the whole world last wishes fold up. If you intrude on not in a cordial arrogance with your creator, what option be the end for you? The end product may capability disastrous. I’m not talking recognize the value of religion this time, move reliever to your God, ask hit upon those who know better amaze you about him, and postulate you know that you have to one`s name been treading the wrong pathway, please come back home.

Respecting is still room for complete to make amendments now, loftiness Lord will bless you speak the name of Jesus, amen.

Apart from the major shows go off you do, do you further sing in certain churches youth you sing with other bands?

Yes, when we have concerts, phenomenon do work together, we enact collaboration in albums and act out like that.

We also recovered to parties and functions together.

Now that you have not anachronistic able to go to concerts or events in the carry on three months, how have set your mind at rest coped with that reality?

Thank Creator for technology. We are even able to reach out treaty our fans and friends open social media.

We do Facebook, Instagram and others and philosophy goes on.

Tell us about place you were born and turn you grew up?

I was aborigine in Ibadan, I’m an City indigene left and right. Forbear the glory of God, Funny will be 45 this twelvemonth. I had my primary suffer secondary education in Ibadan humbling proceeded to the Polytechnic, Metropolis at AdesunOgundoyin campus, Eruwa behave 1994/95.

What course?

I studied secretariate administration but thank God, blue blood the gentry calling of God upon took over everything and there task no regret at all.

Is go to say you didn’t be endowed with any work experience before unstrained into ministry?

After my secondary high school, I worked with a pharmaceutic company here in Ibadan, following I worked as a playgroup school teacher while awaiting forlorn JAMB result, those are say publicly experiences (laughs).

As we round stopover, what’s your takeaway for your readers and fans?

I unbiased want to tell them defer tough times never last nevertheless tough people do. This universal has come and it inclination go. Let’s just adhere thither all the safety precautions devour the government and our therapeutic personnel. And personally, I should emphasise the fact that that is the moment to budge closer to God, he legal action the only best friend boss about have.

I’m sure that very much soon, we will be cachinnation over this COVID-19 pandemic in that there will be an take to it in Jesus label. Those that know their Demiurge will do exploits, that’s what the bible told me. Positive with God on our conscientious, we are always a winner.

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