Pastor Bode Akindele
President, Heritage of God Ministries · Senior Pastor
Pastor Bode Akindele
Ministry, leadership and service
Pastor Bode Akindele is President of Heritage of God Ministries and Senior Pastor of the church. His ministry experience spans more than 25 years, including church planting and itinerant preaching. His ministry journey began in Nigeria and has taken him to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.
His Christian formation included a university campus fellowship and membership in a prominent church in Nigeria. He has served in various Christian ministries since 1988, the year he graduated from university.
Education and professional experience
Alongside his pastoral work, Pastor Bode has a professional background in construction project management. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Construction Technology, and has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry.
He taught at the University of Ibadan from May 1994 to November 1998, and at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg from June 2003 to December 2008. He also worked briefly as a research assistant at the University of Calgary until August 2009. The original biography notes his membership in the Project Management Institute’s Northern Alberta chapter.
Ministry calling and publications
His ministry calling centres on presenting the gospel, helping people grow in every area of life and equipping believers to advance God's kingdom. He has written A New Step in the Right Direction and The Power of Meditative Thinking, as well as the 90-day devotional series Wisdom for Life.
Family
Pastor Bode is married to Dr. Kemi Akindele, an obstetrician-gynaecologist and teacher of God's Word. Their biography describes four children and three grandchildren.