THE SANCTUARY OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC., a registered Charity Organization in Canada, was initially inaugurated in Lagos, Nigeria, in December 1999. However, several events and ministry services culminated in the birth and inauguration of the ministry. On the 21st day of July 1989, as a student at the defunct Oyo State College of Arts and Science (OSCAS), Ife-Ife (Now Osun State), the set man of this ministry, Reverend. Wisdom Akinola Babalola had a genuine encounter with the Lord during a campus fellowship meeting and became born again. Two weeks later, he submitted himself for water baptism at the famous Opa Dam of the Obafemi Awolowo University and received the Holy Ghost baptism with the evidence of speaking in tongues the same day. That experience started his spiritual training/development and commitment to Kingdom service. His early spiritual nurturing was received from the Scripture Union Nigeria (a part of Scripture Union Worldwide) and several leading Christian ministries in Nigeria.
During his undergraduate studies between 1991 and 1994 at The Polytechnic Ibadan (Eruwa Campus), Nigeria, Reverend Wisdom Akinola Babalola (Known as Bro. Sanya Babalola) was active in Campus Christian service, as the Bible Study Coordinator and eventually the President of the Christian Union Fellowship (the largest student Fellowship on that Campus at that time). He was very passionate about the body of Christ among students. The Holy Spirit led him to coordinate the formation of the Central Christian Body (CCB) in 1993, an organization that brought all the Christian fellowships on campus together through ‘joint evangelism/crusade activities,’ ‘occasional corporate fellowship,’ ‘joint fellowship’ among other activities. That body celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023. Thirty years after, the CCB is still very vibrant, and the vision has expanded beyond what Reverend. Wisdom saw over thirty years ago. He has been very active, leading and guiding the body for the last thirty years. During the 30th anniversary of CCB, despite being the visioner and founder, he chose to step aside and relinquish the leadership to one of the leaders who had been consistent for over twenty-five years to guide and lead the body in the future to breed new leaders and enable him to focus more on the Sanctuary of Life Ministries Inc.
Also, as a student in a bid to reach out to his course matés in the Mass Communication Department, and with the support of a Christian lecturer, a departmental fellowship, “Christ Communicators,” was inaugurated in 1994; this fellowship is actively involved in inter-departmental evangelism to date on that campus. The hands of the Lord were evident and strong in his life during and after his college days. After college, he pioneered several Christian works and outreaches and was ordained into the Ministry in December 1999. Reverend. Wisdom’s calling to the work of the Ministry was revealed and confirmed from the book of Isaiah 49:1-6.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:1-6(KJV)
Shortly after his ordination, the Sanctuary of Life Ministries Inc. was inaugurated. He served as the Lead Pastor of its Church arm (Full Redemption Bible Church) in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, Nigeria, for seven years between 1999 and 2006. Afterwards, the Ministry focused on outreaches. As an outreach ministry, SOLM helped and supported other ministries/churches in Nigeria in various capacities to advance the Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
He relocated to the United States of America and arrived in the state of California on Thanksgiving Day of 2015; God instructed him not to start a new work of ministry at that time, but to serve with the Ministry that warmly received him. In obedience, he served at the Blood of Jesus Prayer & Deliverance Ministries, with headquarters in Los Angeles, California. The General Overseer and the entire pastorate and membership warmly received him, and he served in various capacities at one of the ministry locations in the city of San Bernardino from 2016 to 2019. After four years of serving, the Lord told him it was time to re-commission the Sanctuary of Life Ministries Inc., in North America. The ministry was recommissioned in December 2019 in the city of San Bernardino by the General Overseer of the Blood of Jesus Prayer & Deliverance Ministries in Los Angeles, California. Making it exactly twenty years after the first commissioning in Lagos, Nigeria.
As of 2019, the instruction received was to focus on electronic ministries, using all social media platforms to preach and broadcast the Gospel. Reverend. Wisdom was very reluctant to go that ministry route despite being a Mass Communications graduate. Until that point, he had never done any live or recorded gospel videos using social media platforms. He was camera-shy, so he was very reluctant. This instruction from the Lord was given before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He eventually yielded to the Lord, and the outcome was amazing, with online broadcasting of the gospel messages daily, weekly, and monthly, and with specialized conferences from 2019 throughout the pandemic period, as God drives him further into the center of the ministry operations, Reverend. Wisdom Akinola Babalola moved to Canada in 2021, and God gave the new marching order that it was time to start a location-based church. The Sanctuary of Life Ministries Inc. is a registered not-for-profit organization in Canada.
The Sanctuary of Life Ministries is an Evangelical, Pastoral, and Teaching-based ministry that focuses on the continent of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Americas (North, South, and Central) regions. Aside from location-based ministry operations, the ministry takes full advantage of electronic media to preach and advance the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Sanctuary of Life Ministries’ core teachings focus on abundant life, faith, love, prosperity, hope, and capacity development/building. The ministry believes in “Holy Ghost Fireworks” and emphasizes the ministry of the Holy Spirit’s personality, whose indwelling enables Christians to live Godly lives. A praying ministry that operates and encourages the full manifestation of the gifts and fruits of the Spirit to the service of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sanctuary of Life Ministries is the umbrella body of this commission and the church arm and is responsible for all its operations and activities in the Americas, Africa, and Southeast Asia. A separate mission work covering intercontinental supports and crusades is under the umbrella of Wellspring Alliance for Better Global Outreach (WABGO). WABGO also focuses on achieving sustainable global human development from a scriptural and spiritual point of view in Africa and Southeast Asia through preaching, teaching, and the practical demonstration of the Words and Works of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
"To raise a purified Kingdom minded generations with clear identity of who they are in Christ Jesus; people of faith & power; with great capacity for development & excellence; prospering in all areas, changing lives, affecting destinies in their sphere of influence."
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