Pastor Babalola Jonathan OGUNKOLA is the Pastor In-Charge of Province 2 of the Caribbean. This Province consists of the branches of The Redeemed Christian Church of God in Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Commonwealth of Dominica, with the Headquarters situated in Barbados. This was created in January 2021.
Pastor Babalola Ogunkola was ordained Assistant Parish Pastor and Full Pastor of the Redeemed Church of God in August 1995 and August 1998. He was trained as a disciple by attending School of Discipleship in 1995. He attended the Redeemed Bible College in the year 1996. He served as the Assistant Parish Pastor, Parish Pastor, Area Pastor, and Zonal Pastor for different parishes, areas, and zones in Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu-Igbo, and Ago Iwoye. He actually became the Province Youth Pastor for Ogun Province.
He, along with his wife and children, left Ijebu-Ode in Nigeria for Barbados in 2009, started the parish in November 2009 and he became the Barbados Country Coordinator. He was the first pastor to be there. Pastor Babalola Ogunkola obtained PhD in Education Evaluation in 1997 which qualified him to teach in Olabisi Onabanjo University in Nigeria. He later transferred to teach in the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados in January 2009.
Pastor Babalola Ogunkola served as the Zonal Pastor in Barbados over some other countries before he was elevated to Pastor In-Charge of Province 2 of the Caribbean in January 2021. To the glory of God the Province is over five (5) countries of the Caribbean.
