Rev. Dr. Samuel Modupe Idowu was born into the family of Pastor Okelana Idowu and Comfort Omolewa Idowu in 1924 at Oluwo village in Ibadan. His father served at the Anglican Church, Oluwo and was the founder of the Assembly.
It had been prophesied from his childhood that Samuel Modupe Idowu had a “call” as a servant of God and that he had an assignment for his generation and generations to come after him.

Samuel Modupe Idowu, as a young man, was not privileged to attend any formal bible school, but his calling was extraordinary and supernatural. His wife (Late Evangelist Rachel Adenihun Idowu) invited him to a random prayer meeting led by Prophet Nwaka where he, Samuel Modupe Idowu, was endowed with the Spirit of God and started hearing God’s voice audibly, prophesying with accuracy and precision, and was nicknamed “Woli Dudu” (the black prophet).

He was initially working as an agriculturist at More-Plantation, an Agriculture Institute in Apata, Ibadan. His calling and his zeal for God’s work made him to resign and he became a full-time servant of God, operating under the Prophetic anointing. Sooner than later, he had another encounter with God through a gospel tract that he read and the message in it opened his eyes of understanding beyond the prophetic alone, but into the evangelistic transformation and the pastoral ministry.
The afore-mentioned transformations led Samuel Modupe Idowu into selfdevelopment strategies. His hunger and quests for kingdom advancement and knowledge led him into investing in and building a Christian library, because “a reader is a leader”. It therefore was not a surprise that Samuel Modupe Idowu became a great leader in the Christendom and made great impacts in the lives of all that had an encounter with him. You didn’t have to be a Christian to be around him; his open arms embraced people of other religions, creed and race.

In time and over 60 years ago, Rev. Dr. S M Idowu founded Divine Love Gospel Church International and became the first president of the church. Today, many Pastors, Evangelists, Apostles, Teachers, and Bishops had been raised, mentored, and trained through his ministerial works, which led to the evolution of other independent Ministries universally.
His tentacles spread into non-denominational Christian organisations. He was recognized and admired as one of the few truest men of God of his time and was honoured to serve as the first chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) of the old Oyo State. Also, he became the first Chairman of Operation Good News (OGN) in Ibadan and the Vice Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria Oyo State. He was instrumental to the many city-wide crusades of foreign missionaries like Morris Cerullo, Reinhard Bonnke, Benson Idahosa, Uma Ukpai, Yakubu Yako, and so on; and served as a trusted adviser to the great leaders of The Redeemed Church of God, Gospel Faith Mission International, Assemblies of God, Foursquare Gospel Church, Christian Church and many more.

Rev. Dr. S M Idowu was a devout family man; he was so fond of his family he made them his immediate trusted advisers. He had a lot of prayer times, reading times, travel times, dining times, joy and crying times with his family. He was married to Evangelist Rachel Adenihun (who is now with the Lord) and was blessed with five children: Joseph Folorunso Idowu (who is also with the Lord), Moses Sunday Idowu, Bayonle David Idowu, Babatunde Isaac Idowu and Oluseun Elizabeth Idowu. He was further blessed with grandchildren in England, South Africa, in America and in Canada; and shortly before his passing, he was blessed with a great grandchild in America.
May the Lord continue to rest the soul of our father, our founder, our mentor, our counsellor and our leader, Rev. Dr. Samuel Modupeola Idowu.