Founder and General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Daniel Olukoya, turns 65 today, July 15.
Olukoya is a multi-talented pastor with a lot of footprints in the Youth and Sports ministry in Nigeria, especially his unwavering love for youth development and growth.
Daniel Kolawole olukoya was born on July 15, 1957 and bred in Ondo, Nigeria. His father, Mr. Amos Olukoya was a Police officer while his mother, Mrs. Olukoya, was a trader.
He got his elementary education at St. John’s CAC Primary School, Akure. He continued his studies at the St. Jude’s Primary school in Ebute Metta, Lagos after his family moved.
He later attended the Methodist Boys’ High School , in the same state. This was where he met an Indian teacher who told his class: “Boys if you want to escape poverty, READ YOUR BOOK!” Following this advice helped him become the best graduating student.
Olukoya gained admission into the University of Lagos (Unilag) in 1976. There, he studied Microbiology, graduating with a first class degree in 1980. He later got a scholarship to study Molecular Genetics at the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire in England. This makes him one of the five popular pastors with PhDs.
Pastor Olukoya’s ministry started when he gave his life to Christ in secondary school. This led him to eventually establishing the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM ) in 1989.
In 2019, Olukoya bagged a Doctor of Science at the University of Lagos State, his alma mater, setting a great landmark for his followers to tread upon. He is also the owner of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Football Club, or simply MFM FC, a Lagos-based Nigerian professional football club that competes in the Nigerian Professional Football League.
Olukoya is happily married to Pastor Shade Olukoya who shares same birthday date with him. They are both blessed with a son, Elijah Toluwani.