Dr. Ezekiel Alawale
Pastor Ezekiel is a General Practitioner. He is the senior pastor of God’s Vineyard Ministries. He holds two fellowships in both the West African College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He and his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Funmi Alawale founded God’s Vineyard Ministries in March 2001, whilst he worked as a Registrar in Paediatric Surgery of Royal Alexander Hospital for sick children in Brighton U.K and his wife working as Clinical Specialist in Respiratory Physiotherapy with the University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham.
Dr. Funmi Alawale
Pastor Funmi is currently the resident pastor of God’s Vineyard Church Nottingham. She also oversees the Women of Excellence Ministry of GVM. The couple both believe that the gospel is the hope of humanity and this is reflected in the mission statement of the ministry – ‘Empowering lives and building society’. They both are persons of prayer, who have intense love for God and are passionate about sharing the gospel and impacting the next generation.
Dr. O. O. Olubowale
MBChB, MSc, FWACS, FRCSI, FRCS (GenSurg) is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon with the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster. He qualified as a Doctor in 1992 and was registered as a specialist with the GMC in December 2008. He is married to Yinka and they have two children. Pastor Muyiwa, as he is fondly called, is very passionate about the gospel. He oversees the Music, Children and Teenage Ministries, and the Workers Directorate of GVM. He is a member of the Ordination Committee and he is also the Chairman of GVM Board of Trustees.
Dr. Joseph O. Nipah
Trained and worked for several years as a Senior Research Scientist in Ghana, Ivory Coast and England. He is now in full time ministerial service. He is married to Evelyn and they are blessed with three children. Pastor Joe, as he is affectionately called, is a teacher by calling and he is the Head Pastor of the Loughborough church. He is the Director of Training, Research and Development of God’s Vineyard Ministries. He oversees the GVM School of Ministry, the Ordination Committee, the Prison Ministry, The Sunday School, House Fellowship and Discipleship Units of the Ministry.
Owolabi Mebude
Popularly known and called as P. Labi is the Youth Pastor of God’s Vineyard Ministries. He oversees the Radical Youth Fellowship (The Youth arm of the Ministry) currently active in 26 universities in the United Kingdom. He also pastors God’s Vineyard Church Birmingham. ‘Labi Mebude studied Bio-Medical Science at Nottingham Trent University and graduated in 2010 with BSc (Honours). In March 2017, he was appointed a Senior Pastor in the ministry.