Pastor Ashimolowo Hands Estimated N7billion Church Over To Son, May Retire At 70 In March

<p><em>Pastor Ashimolowo<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre&comma; KICC&comma; Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo has appointed his first son&comma; Tobi Ashimolowo&comma; as Resident Pastor 2 of the church in London&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is expected to assist his mother&comma; Yemisi Ashimolowo&comma; who is Resident Pastor 1&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tobi is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Vault&comma;<&sol;a> a high-end store for menswear and accessories&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The church is estimated to be worth about N7 billion&period; The celebrated preacher is said to earn an annual salary of £150&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reports say a majority of his wealth comes from the sale of Christian literature and documentaries from his media company&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Pastor was quoted to have said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In a very major way from this morning&comma; we will no longer have one resident pastor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yemisi has always been our resident pastor&comma; so she will be Resident Pastor 1&period; Our new resident pastor is Pastor Tobi Ashimolowo&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So&comma; he is our Resident Pastor 2&comma; he has to take some serious responsibility from now on&period; These guys are retiring their father&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born on March 17&comma; 1952&comma; Ashimolowo who will be 70 in March and has signaled his retirement from the pulpit&comma; was sent to open a satellite branch in London in 1992 by the Foursquare Gospel Church&comma; a Nigerian church&period; But Pastor Matthew had other ideas and decided to set up his own church instead&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At the moment&comma; his Kingsway International Christian Center is reportedly the largest Pentecostal church in the United Kingdom&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His Winning Ways programme is aired daily on Premier Radio &lpar;London&rpar; and Spirit FM &lpar;Amsterdam&rpar; and on television in Nigeria&comma; Ghana&comma; Zimbabwe&comma; TV Africa&comma; the Trinity Broadcasting Network &lpar;TBN&rpar; and Europe on The God Channel and Inspirational Network&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;