Apostle Jacob Célestin Obaker stands as one of the last living apostolic pillars of the Cameroonian Pentecostal awakening. He is not merely a veteran minister; he is a custodian of foundations, and a bearer of spiritual continuity in the land.
He belongs to the earliest generation of Pentecotal ministers whom God raised during the formative years of revival Christianity in Cameroon. From the 1960s onward, his life and ministry became intertwined with the advance of Pentecostal faith, prayer culture, and revival fire across the nation.
He laboured when the ground was hard, the Church misunderstood, and the cost of obedience was high. Apostle Jacob Célestin Obaker is rightly acknowledged as one of the fathers and pioneers of the revival Church in Cameroon. He did not inherit an established system; he helped lay foundations, strengthen altars, and nurture ministries during the defining spiritual renewals of the twentieth century.
Now at 93 years of age, Papa Apostle Obaker remains a living testimony of covenantal longevity. He continues to preach, to pray, and to stand among God’s people with spiritual clarity and moral authority. His presence in national Christian gatherings and prayer conventions is not ceremonial; it is governmental. When he speaks, history speaks. When he prays, generations are represented.
The consistent burden of his heart has never shifted from the unity of the Church in Cameroon and the awakening of believers to genuine spiritual life. His voice carries no bitterness, no rivalry, and no ambition, only the gravity of a father calling the household back to the altars of revival.
In a nation where many ministers burn brightly but finish poorly, Papa Apostle Obaker stands as prophetic evidence that it is possible to fulfil one’s days, run the race with integrity, and finish the course with honour. His longevity confronts careless ministry. His consistency judges spiritual frivolity.
Papa Apostle Jacob Célestin Obaker is not a memory of revival; he is a living monument. He is proof that apostolic labour, when rooted in obedience, consecration, and humility, produces not only impact, but endurance.
May the present generation pause, listen, and learn because fathers are still among us. Foundations still speak. Finishing well is still possible.
© Rev. Dr. Bobbs Lyonga Elive
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