Pastor Paul Adeleye (formerly Mohamed Adeleye) is a Christian minister, evangelist, author, and educator with an extensive international ministry background. A former practicing Muslim who observed the five daily prayers, Pastor Paul is now a devoted follower and preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria; a Master's degree in Evangelism, Church Growth, and Missions from Newburgh College, Indiana, USA; and an Advanced Diploma in Ministry (with Merit) from Christ the Redeemer's College / Middlesex University, UK. He is a trained disciple of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries School of Disciples.

Pastor Paul is a licensed and ordained pastor in the United Kingdom. A trained evangelism trainer, street preacher, prayer teacher and a media evangelist since March 2008. He has preached the Gospel in churches, on the streets, online and through one-to-one evangelism across the United Kingdom, Germany, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Netherlands, Spain, Pakistan, Cyprus, the United States of America, Portugal, France, and Italy.

He is the author of three Christian books:

1. How Can We Know the Way (2007)
2. Winning the Lost to Jesus (2012)
3. GO (2024)

Pastor Paul is also an active Christian blogger and content creator, using digital media to share the Gospel, with his writings and videos reaching audiences in over 100 countries worldwide.

He has served as a volunteer support teacher with Faith in Schools in the United Kingdom, teaching Religious Education and the Bible, and has also led school assemblies as a Christian religious leader.

Professionally, Pastor Paul has worked as a school teacher, teaching Chemistry and Mathematics. He also pursued a career in banking after undergoing professional training with IBFC (Agusto Training) and Restral Consulting, Nigeria. He worked with Platinum Bank Ltd in various roles including Cash & Teller, Head Cash & Teller, Cash Officer, Banking Business/Relationship Officer, and later Investment Analyst, before leaving the bank in 2003.

In the United Kingdom, he later worked as a Practice Manager in a Solicitors' firm (2004–2008), following specialist training in Solicitors' Accounts Rules, Financial and Business Growth, and Anti-Money Laundering / Proceeds of Crime Act compliance with Altior Consulting.

During his university years, when he was known as Mohamed Adeleye, he served as President of the University of Lagos Students' Union (1997/1998). His tenure, during the era of Nigeria's late military ruler General Sani Abacha, is remembered for being peaceful and successful, earning him a letter of commendation from the university authorities.

Pastor Paul Adeleye is married to Wunmi Adeleye, and they are blessed with children.

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Welcome to 12 Minute Converse with Jesus Believers.

God chose first to have a conversation with us, his creation.

Our prayer is that this listening space brings growth and transforms your life forever.

Praise God for you, Paul.

Thank you.

It's a great pleasure to connect with you.

What part of the world are you in today?

I'm in Dagenham in London, United Kingdom.

Tell us about your transformation from being a Muslim to Christianity.

What was the trigger?

In the month of Ramadan, like they're fasting now, but that was in October 2005.

So I was fasting during that period.

So there's a light called, in Islam it's called the light of destiny.

That's the night that they believe that the Quran was revealed and all the rest.

So that night I was praying in Islam as a Muslim.

And I was praying that I want to, I'm praying for God to show me the right way and for peace in my home, in my life, because I was going through some issues, marital and some other issues, not my major, but issues that were disturbing my peace.

So I was praying for peace.

I was praying that everything goes on well.

But apparently I was really praying that I know God more.

That's Islam.

I was praying the Islamic way.

So that fast track, that was on a Friday.

So last Sunday, I was asked to take a little girl, the little girl of my first daughter, because I was a Muslim and my wife a Christian, you know.

So those are the times that you feel there's some tensions going on.

So I was told, take this child to meet the mother in the church.

So I picked the child, dressed up.

I was just going there to just get this child to the mom in the church.

So that was where I was going to the church that day.

So I went there, parked the car and entered the church.

And I was, I just felt, I just sat down anyway.

I gave the child to the mom and sat down.

So as I sat down, the old man started to preach.

So he preached along John 14, 6.

Let not I be troubled with believing God, believe also in me.

And he said that Jesus is the only way to heaven.

So I got convicted anyway, I would say.

And I did the altar call or the call to faith and I stepped forward.

Little did I know that he stole his family members because he came from Nigeria.

He was a guest minister.

That God has told him that someone will be saved on that day.

He's going to be the only person that will come forward.

And that person will be used by God mightily.

So there I was, I got saved.

I became a Christian and everything changed.

How important would you say your wife was in that crossover for you?

Okay, she said this recently.

Those are days of tension.

So one day she had a dream and she told some friends and family members that I saw this man and he was standing preaching in a church setting and all the rest.

But she's been praying.

She's been praying.

Apparently, she wanted to marry a Christian but ended up marrying a Muslim because she saw a dream that God said that this is your husband.

But she's been praying, standing around that.

I got saved, you know, sowing seeds.

So she was very, I would say God used her a lot to get me to where I am now.

She's been the pillar.

Otherwise, only God knows who I would have been.

She's a praying woman, you know.

She's a praying lady, very prayerful.

And she was determined to see that I come to Christ.

She was not forcing about it but she wanted it to happen anyway.

What's on the horizon for you?

Oh, I see an evangelist that we get into different nations to impact people with Christ.

You see, I found out because I'm coming from Islam and Christianity and worked in the bank, have some secular experience and all the rest.

And with my encounter, I found out that without Jesus, life will not be better.

It will not be sweet.

People don't understand that but that's just the truth.

Without Jesus, life can be full of crises and troubles we can't understand, we can't handle.

But with Jesus, things will get better.

So I see more of my evangelism work ahead.

I see more wisdom to get to nations and people who are resistant to the gospel.

I see making friends deliberately with people who are opposed to the faith so that we can get the gospel preached to them.

That's what I'm seeing.

I'm seeing a lot of salvation, a lot of revival in the nations of the world.

That's what we are pushing and that's why we do the videos we do.

And we pray for nations every Sunday in our church because I have this vision of making sure that this gospel is preached and those who don't have the opportunity of knowing Jesus come to know Jesus and be saved.

Is it that you're getting inspiration seasonally and that's when you turn to the writing or is it just tremendously challenging and you don't get to write as much as you'd like to?

I have a lot of books but I don't write them until I'm inspired to write them.

I have so many manuscripts and materials that I've done so many of them.

There are hundreds of them.

But I do them when I get inspired to say, okay, it's time.

Then I realize that people need to be inspired.

You know, there's some amount of lukewarmness and complacency regarding evangelism and all the rest.

So we did a training and it's out of that training that the book came, Go.

Again, the bedrock of who you are today still lies in education and still lies in wanting to know and learn more and then teaching to others.

Is that accurate?

That's accurate.

That's absolutely accurate.

Tell me about this childish smile I see.

It's a joy that made me smile when I saw the picture before me.

Was it always a joyous life as growing up as a child?

I'm the last son.

So I've been a happy child as I grew up, you know.

But challenges came when I lost my parents.

Mom after A-level and my dad as I went to a foreign university.

So that took away part of the smile.

But then along the line, I met my wife now, Sigia Fine.

And then that picture was taken after I became a Christian.

And the joy just came.

You know, Christianity has given me joy I can't understand.

I can't complain.

That's why I'm passionate about it.

For a person that's listening that may not be in that place where they have the joy that we're speaking about, what's the first step you recommend they take?

It's to know, realize that there is someone who is a giver of joy.

The Bible says it's a glad tiding of joy to everyone.

So your religion or whatever you are now doesn't matter.

All he needs from you is, like he said, the great invite.

Come.

So you come to him and that joy is yours.

It's as simple as that.

That's all I did.

Just hear the voice of God and you will see that you'll be joyful at all times.

In closing, is there anything else you'd like to share?

Yeah, I want to share that, like what I do.

I saw my dad, who was a Muslim.

Apparently he was crying.

So I asked my dad, it was in a vision, in a dream.

Why are you crying?

And he said, it's because of you.

I said, why?

He said, because of the things you do.

He said, the things you do is making him to be punished.

I said, oh, that confirms my dad is in hell.

And the devil does not like the preaching of the gospel.

That's why I do this thing personally.

Because I don't want anyone to end up being punished like my dad is being punished in hell.

That's it.

That's the passion behind what we do.

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It's a pleasure.

I treasure.

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