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= Wale Olasoji = Wale Olasoji (born 10 September) is a Nigerian Pastor, Speaker, Author, Singer/Songwriter, Coach, and Business leader. For close to three decades, Wale Olasoji has been in forefront of driving change within his sphere of influence. Wale is the senior pastor of Living Impact Christian Centre in Lagos.

= Early Life = Wale Olasoji was born on 10 September in Ife-Ife, in Osun State, Nigeria, to a family of six children. He went to Seventh Day Adventist Primary School and later proceeded to Moremi High School, both in Ile-Ife.

= Education = He studied Accounting at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, from which he obatined his Bachelors of Science degree in 2001. He obtained an MBA at ESUT Business School in 2005. In 2013, he was awarded a Doctorate in Ministry by the International Miracle Institute, Florida.

Wale is a Chartered Accountant by training.

He has undertaken several trainings over the years including London School of Management and Leadership (Euromoney), 7 habits of highly effective people (Restral Consulting), Company Direction Course (Institute of Directors of Nigeria) and Improving your Interpersonal skills (Lagos Business School).

He was a pioneer member of the Global CEO programme, a joint top executive programme of IESE Spain, Lagos Business School, Nigeria and Strathmore Business School, Kenya.

He is a Fellow of Chartered Managememnt Institute, United Kingdom (CMI). He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He is a member of the Institutes of Directors, Nigeria (IoD).

= Professional Life = Wale had a stint in the banking industry before moving over to the oil and gas industry where he has spent about two decades. He has been involved in delivering IT solutions for business automations.

He is a mentor to many young professionals. He has organized a lot of mentoring sessions with Young African Leaders Initiative in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. Wale was a guest speaker during a YALI Network event held from June 24 - 25, 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria.

In conjuction with American Corner and YALI in Nigeria, Wale has hosted mentoring sessions tagged "Leadership Cafe." On July 9, 2021, Wale spoke on "The power of Ideas" at the leadership cafe held at the American Corner in Lagos Nigeria.

He is a resource person on the subject of youth development. On December 6, 2021, he was featured as a panelist during the The Future is Now Conference organized by Jet Age Nation Builders in partnership with the Lead Generation Initiative at Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Wale was the convener of the "No to Domestic Violence" campaign held on May 22, 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.

He is a member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria.

He served as the General Secretary of the Total E&P Nigeria Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society from 2015 - 2018 and as President from 2018 to 2020. During his tenure, the Cooperative won several awards.

= Ministry = Wale had a personal encounter with Jesus in 1993 in his house. Earlier that day, a brother from Deeper Life Bible Church had preached to a couple of his friends in the neighbourhood.

Years after, he was ordained into ministry by Apostle I.D. Lawon, founder and pastor of FullStature Missions International with headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria.

In 2003, he started an interdenominational ministry called Crusaders of the Cross ministry in Lagos. The ministry has been involved in organizing crusades in different countries in Africa.

In January 2010, Living Impact Christian Centre started from under Crusaders of the Cross ministry in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Wale has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ in different continents across the world. Wherever he ministers, souls are saved and God is glorified.

Apart from being a preacher, Wale is also a musician. He is both a songwriter and a piano player. Some of his published songs include Let the King take His Place, Our God Reigns and Welcome the King.

Myriads of people find his sayings inspirational. Some of his sayings are featured as quotable quotes on Kingdom Grace Mediaand All Christian Quotes.

He is the convener of LIFT, a network for Christian ministers. In this network, ministers gather together regularly for knowledge sharing, prayers, encouragement and spiritual impartations.

He is also the host of Purposeful Living on Inspiration FM, a Christian radio based in Nigeria.

= Personal Life = He is married to Tina and together they are blessed with 4 children.

In his spare time, he plays chess, draughts, scabble.

= Bibliography = Wale Olasoji has published the following books:


 * Winning In Life


 * In The Footprints of Jesus

= External Links =
 * Facebook : Dr Wale Olasoji
 * Twitter : Wale Olasoji
 * Instagram : Wale Olasoji
 * Webpage : Wale Olasoji
 * YouTube: Wale Olasoji
 * Ministry website: licc.church
 * https://kingdomgracemedia.com/31-inspirational-quotes-by-dr-wale-olasoji/
 * https://www.allchristianquotes.org/authors/1738/Wale_Olasoji/
 * https://guardian.ng/news/church-seeks-united-front-against-domestic-violence-sexual-abuse/
 * https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/05/26/church-holds-campaign-against-sexual-abuse-domestic-violence/
 * https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/live-simple-lives-pastor-charges-nigerian-youths/
 * https://africasecurityinvestigation.com/2022/05/13/asuu-strike-wale-olasoji-calls-on-nigerian-youths-not-to-give-up-on-the-country/
 * https://www.legit.ng/1267299-opinion-focusing-strength-by-wale-olasoji.html
 * https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/02/25/yali-newtwork-equips-nigerian-youths-for-global-business-success/
 * https://guardian.ng/news/youths-advocate-collaboration-for-economic-growth/
 * https://www.insideoyo.com/why-we-held-the-future-is-now-conference-shina-peller/
 * https://businessday.ng/news/article/institute-revs-youth-leaders-shows-path-to-prosperity-in-business-world/
 * https://guardian.ng/features/economic-summit-building-youth-empowerment-on-entrepreneurial-skill/
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