Leadership

Our Pastors

Pastor Godman  Akinlabi

Lead Pastor

Godman Akinlabi is the Lead Pastor of The Elevation Church, Lagos, a non-denominational church founded in 2010 with a God-given mandate to ‘make greatness common.

Pastor Bolarinwa Akinlabi

Co-lead  Pastor

Bola Akinlabi, the Global Co-Lead Pastor of The Elevation Church, is a finance professional with over 10 years of experience in treasury and financial management. She is also a publisher, speaker, and mentor dedicated to empowering women, children, and families within and outside the church.

Pastor Olayinka Favour-Alaka

Global Teens Pastor

Olayinka Favour-Alaka
OFA is a chartered secretary with a first degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Lagos. She currently
serves as the Global Pastor of Teenz
Nation at the Elevation Church.
Previously, she held roles as Head HR & Corporate Services Chief of Staff and Office Manager at Greenpeg Engineering.
Wakanow, Alterra Capital, and Carlyle Nigeria Investment Advisors. Additionally, she runs an event management company called PUSHOFA Concepts.

OFA is also a certified counsellor from ICN and has recently authored her first book titled "Olayinka; My Rebirth." Her life's passion and vision are to influence her generation and establish herself as a troice and a force to reckon with. In her leisure time. OFA enjoys singing, dancing, reading, and watching movies.

Pastor Molade Adeniyi

Expression Lead PPC

Molade Adeniyi is a visionary leader dedicated to empowering children and youth across West Africa. She is the CEO of Teach For Nigeria, an organisation focused on ensuring that every Nigerian child has access to quality education. She serves on the board of West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) where she supports the team to achieve its organisation goals. Her diverse expertise spans business development, operations, fundraising, and people management. She leads the PCC Lekki expression and believes that every young person has a seed of greatness within them. She works with he mentors to help nurture this seed to it’s full potential.

Oluwatobi Olajide

Expression Lead, Maryland 

Oluwatobi Olajide is a passionate teens coach and mentor,
who maximizes his God giving potentials to continually add value to the generations of teenagers.
His focus on teens empowerment and an ardent interest in seeing teenagers unleashing their talents for God and His kingdom, created an enabling ground for teens to become the best version of themselves in Elevation Church.

Jemima Nnamdi-Iweha 

Expression Lead, Alimosho 

Jemima Nnamdi-Iweha, a dedicated and spirited Mentor for our teenagers. She is deeply passionate about igniting a fervent love for Jesus Christ in the hearts of our youth. With her exceptional teaching abilities, Jemima delivers God's word in a manner that resonates profoundly with Generation Z, serving spiritual nourishment in a way they truly connect with and cherish.

Min. Victoria Moore

Expression Lead, Ikorodu North 

Min. Victoria Moore is a woman who is passionate about teenagers and is on a mission to ensure that teenagers burn for God even in this generation.

She also desires that teenagers live a balanced life and are set apart for greatness within the Elevation Teenz family.

Ojuolape Onajobi

Expression Lead, Greater Lekki

Ojuolape is a dedicated mentor and advocate with a deep passion for guiding teenagers and young adults to realize their full potential, regardless of the challenges they face. Drawing from her own journey of overcoming life’s adversities and navigating an accelerated transition from adolescence to adulthood, she is committed to empowering others to transform their stories into the victories God has destined for them.

With years of experience mentoring teenagers, Ojuolape recently established Aaron & Hur, a ministry devoted to supporting abused teenagers, mentoring young people, and promoting holistic well-being—both physical and mental—through the lens of faith.

Her professional journey includes significant roles in educational administration, having worked in multiple schools. Currently, she serves as the Administrator for the Teens Church at The Elevation Church, where she continues to inspire and nurture the next generation.

Remilekun Sonaike 

Expression Lead, Ikorodu West

Remilekun is a firm believer that every teenager is filled with God-given potentials that ought to find expression early. She is devoted to providing guidance to teenagers in navigating life and living a well-rounded life into adulthood. Her connect-to-correct approach in mentoring the teenagers she is called to serve makes her endearing to many. 

Oloruntoba Agboola

Expression Lead, Festac

Oloruntoba Agboola is a transformational leader whose heart beats for one purpose: helping young people uncover their true potential in their formative years. As the Team Lead for Festac Expression, he works alongside fellow mentors to provide holistic development opportunities for young people, focusing on their spiritual growth, mental well-being, and personal development.
His calling is to help young minds understand their unique identity early in life, nurturing them into confident and well-rounded individuals.

Chisom Ilodianya

Expression Lead, Ogba

Chisom is an ardent lover of Abba. She expresses this love by writing and teaching God’s Word. She writes on her blog, Conversations With Chisom, and does a weekly Instagram vlog.

Chisom is passionate about teenagers and strongly believes she has been given an assignment by God to use the skills, talents, and gifts He has blessed her with to shape the next generation.

Professionally, Chisom has 7+ years of experience in business development, leading sales, operational, and strategic initiatives. She is building Founders & People, a consultancy business for leadership and people management in the Tech Startup ecosystem.