“He should have died hereafter
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. …..”
Heard no more?
No, not Tayo, no, not Adeyemi
His voice has rung in my house every Sunday morning for the past many many many years.
He read the Word and guided me step by step to a closer walk with Jesus.
He was erudite, forthright and incisive
I quoted him freely in my sermons as a local preacher of the Gospel in a Ghanaian congregation in the harbor city of Tema in Ghana.
The news of the passing away of Pastor Tayo, on the airwaves, Tuesday morning, hit me and left me dumbfounded and staggered.
My first reaction was, won’t I hear his voice again? And for several moments I panicked. Who, where, do I turn to for guidance?
Thanks to technology, Pastor Tayo will continue to speak to me for several more years.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
But thanks be to God, (in the life of Pastor Tayo Adeyemi), which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray for his wife, his children, his family of New Wine Church, that the Spirit Divine, may strengthen and guide them in this hour of deep, shared sorrow.