Ben Awoseyila

Lead Pastor

Ben Awoseyila is the founding pastor of Healing Springs Church, which was established in Basingstoke in October 2012 in obedience to God’s call for the end-time generation. He came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour when he was 9 years old, and has consistently walked with God since then. He is passionate about the Word and Spirit, and has taken time to prove by a personal faith walk that the Word of God is true, alive and powerful.

Ben has always known that he has the calling of God upon his life since he got born-again at an early age and was baptised (filled) with the Holy Spirit. He is a man of vision and purpose who is highly motivated to lead and inspire others in the path of righteousness. He has been involved in mentoring believers ever since his school and university days in Nigeria. He is a firm believer in the divine transformation of lives and situations. He believes that people can become the best that God destined them to be in His ‘good, acceptable and perfect’ will.

Dr Ben came to the UK to study in the early 2000s. He lived in Guildford for some years, where he served as an assistant pastor of a Pentecostal Fellowship, before moving to Basingstoke in 2008. Since then, God has given him the vision of seeing thousands of lives in ‘Basingstoke and beyond’ transformed by the love and power of Jesus Christ. He holds a PhD degree in Mobile & Satellite Communications from the University of Surrey, Guildford, where he has also worked in research and teaching for several years.

Dr Ben is happily married to his beloved wife, who helps him in life and ministry. They are blessed with three sons who love the Lord. Ben is a man who loves God and has a big heart for people, irrespective of their backgrounds or circumstances. He is always ready to offer people a genuine smile and believes that nothing can resist the power of the ‘faith, hope and love’ that is made available in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor Ben is a prolific teacher of the Word who loves to explain divine truths with clarity and simplicity. He believes that the answer to every problem in life is found in the wisdom and power of God’s Word. He is passionate about helping people solve their problems, inspiring them to walk with God, and teaching them divine truths for victorious living.

Pastor Ben believes that we are living in the last generation and desires to see many sleeping believers ‘revived, refreshed and restored’ in their heavenly calling of leading others to righteousness. He is author of a book on ‘the purpose of life’, 4 devotionals on ‘walking with God’, a ‘new life in Christ’ discipleship guide and 2 outstanding books on ‘revelation and the end times’.

Ade Sobanjo

Visiting Pastor

Ade Sobanjo is the founding Pastor of Overcomers Assembly network of churches in Canada. He has been involved in the church since he committed his life to Christ at an early age of 8. He has served in all the Christian fellowships of the schools he attended from high school until his postgraduate program in Canada.

Pastor Ade was the Follow-up Secretary of the Evangelical Christian Union at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Nigeria in 1995. During this time he was responsible for teaching new converts and first year university students the basic tenets of the Christian Faith. Ade was trained as a Christian worker at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, where he was a Sunday School Teacher, and a Youth Minister, ministering to High School Students in Lagos State, Nigeria. Before stepping out in faith to plant Overcomers Assembly in 2005, Ade was the Youth Pastor of Redemption Bible Church in Montreal, Canada. He is still very much loved by the Redemption Bible Church family.

Ade has a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, a post graduate diploma in computer Science and a Bachelors of Arts degree  in Theology.  Pastor Ade has a passion for youths. His passion in life is to help people locate their calling in life, and to be excellent at it. He is well known for his passionate and engaging delivery of the word of God. He hosts a personal blog where he shares his life and some of the lessons he learns on his Christian Journey. You can also get a copy of his book titled “You can be like Jesus” on his website or subscribe to his weekly podcast for Christian workers in the secular world.