“I am still finding out what He is worth, and He keeps being worth more than what I have to give up to know Him.”
Jemiriye Fakunle
Pastor. Author. Bible Teacher. Founder of YETI.
I am a pastor, author, and Bible teacher whose ministry helps people know Christ deeply, grow spiritually, and live faithfully as serving disciples in the Kingdom of God.
I currently serve a United Methodist congregation in Illinois and am the author of Understanding the Power of Prayer.
Beyond the local church, I founded YETI, the Young Elites and Trendsetters Initiatives, a Nigerian organization dedicated to forming gifted young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. That work grew from a simple conviction: nations cannot afford to lose the potential of their next generation.
Whether through preaching, writing, teaching, or leadership development, my desire remains the same: to help people know Christ deeply and live faithfully in His Kingdom.
The presence of God is an objective reality, not a subjective feeling.
I have learned to stay with what God gives.
I was formed in the Nigerian Baptist Convention local church ministries, where prayer was not theoretical and the supernatural was not embarrassing.
From an early age I learned that God was not merely a doctrine to be studied but a living presence to be known.
That conviction has never left me.
It still shapes how I read Scripture, how I pray, how I preach, and how I understand ministry.
Over the years I have returned again and again to one lesson: do not abandon what God has placed in your heart simply because circumstances become difficult.
I have learned to stay with what God gives rather than with what circumstances promise.
And God has proved faithful.
What drives me is simple.
I love God.
I love people.
And I love helping the two find each other.
Everything else grows out of that.
Today I serve a congregation in the American Midwest and devote the rest of my energy to helping people know Christ and make Him known.
The work is simple. The calling is not small.
If you ask what this ministry is ultimately about, the answer is straightforward.
It exists to help people know Christ, not merely as an idea, but as a Person worth giving everything to know.
It exists to teach Scripture with depth and patience.
It exists to form disciples whose character is being shaped into the likeness of Christ over years rather than moments.
And it exists to equip believers to serve faithfully in the mission of God wherever He has placed them.
I sometimes summarize the calling in four words:
- Reach.
- Teach.
- Disciple.
- Empower.
Four dimensions of one mission:
Raising faithful, serving disciples whose lives reflect Christ in character, service, and mission.
Everything I write, preach, teach, and build serves one purpose:
To know Christ and make Him known.