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Evelyn Joshua

Nigerian pastor and televangelist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ115127163 ↗
Source-derived summary

Evelyn Joshua (born December 17, 1968) is a Nigerian pastor, media personality and entrepreneur. She was the wife of TB Joshua, and succeeded him as head of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) following his death.

Personal life

Evelyn was married to T. B. Joshua from 1990 until he died in 2021.

Becoming new leader of SCOAN

In September 2021, SCOAN named Evelyn as its new leader.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Evelyn Joshua” as nigerian pastor and televangelist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968, 1990, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-12-17. The account is most persuasive where Evelyn, Joshua and Nigerian can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as nigerian pastor and televangelist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “Evelyn Joshua” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.