Bro. Gbile Akanni in his message titled: Blessed Are They Which Are Persecuted said, “When we take our stand before the lord in the face of persecution we are blessed.”
He continued, “Every persecution you are going through is because of Jesus. When we stand for the truth we are a partaker of the suffering of God and we shall be glorified with him.
“Persecution is a trying of your faith but you need patience in times of persecution because it will produce endurance and steadfastness.”
Daddy Gbile Akanni, who is popularly called Bro Gbile Akanni, is a Nigerian preacher, author, and renowned teacher of the World.
He holds an interdenominational fellowship that attracts Christians of all backgrounds. He doesn’t run a church; he is an itinerant preacher who moves from one denomination to another on invitation.
Popularly known for his simplicity and preference to introduce himself as “Brother Gbile Akanni from Gboko”, he is a mentor to both the young and old across the nation. He is among the breed of Christian leaders disciplined by Pa Elton, to take the message of God’s kingdom to the very ends of the earth through the Holy Spirit.
Gbile Akani was born into an “Ifa” (idol worship) family, in Masifa, Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
He graduated from the University of Ibadan and alumnus of the Baptist Student Fellowship.
He traces his spiritual upbringing to his childhood friend, Rev. Dr. DurosinJesu Ayanrinola’s grandmother who was always interceding for him to be a shining light out of his dark family.
According to Bro, Gbile Akanni, “She brought me and my very bosom friend, DurosinJesu, who is her grandson, on her knees every blessed morning between 1970 and 1973, for deep prayer and intercession before we left for school and on our return in the afternoon, she gathered us again around her waist for more prayers and thanksgiving. She wished and prayed for me to become “a shining light” out of my very dark family.”
