Joe Jesimiel Ogbe is a prolific author, youth minister, educator and senior pastor at Greathouse Mandate Church, Lagos, Nigeria.

He is the Founder/President of Young Disciples International (YDI), a non-denominational, non-governmental Christian youth ministry committed to raising godly successor leaders.

Sometime in 1994, while working in public relations/advertising, Pastor Joe Jesimiel began to feel a call from God to reach more young people with the gospel of Jesus Christ, especially those at risk, not just those under his guardianship at the church. . Next, he served as a youth pastor at Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, in Lagos. He even toyed with the idea of using office space at Johet Communications Ltd, a company he co-founded with his wife, Hettie, to deal with street youth.

In 1995 he held a three-day prayer retreat with brothers at Redemption Camp to seek the face of God regarding his vision. After the retreat, he was brought to share the vision with his mentor and father in ministry, Bishop David Oyedepo, who gladly blessed and encouraged him. On December 31, 1995, he and his wife were appointed to full-time ministry.

On January 30, 1996, a month after commissioning, a take-off ceremony was conducted by Bishop David Oyedepo and the doors of YDI were opened to the youth.

Pastor Joe Jesimiel sees education as a ministry to shape great destinies, hence the creation of WITTY CLASS ACADEMY, which he owns.

Pastor Joe Jesimiel believes in the power of the printed word. The Bible says, “The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those who published it.” 68:11

He demonstrated his conviction by founding Young Disciples Press, a publishing house that was given the heavy responsibility of publishing his many life-transforming titles such as: The Youth God Uses, Essentials of Career choice, Get motive who say you can’t make it?, Teens and relationships, Paths to a happy courtship, Understanding courtship and premarital issues, Youth and friendship, Strategies for a stress-free relationship, Questions singles ask, How to gain God’s favor and Man, Can Boys and Girls Go to Hell Too?, Youth and Opportunity, Child Neglect: Is the Church to blame? Etc

Pastor Joe Jesimiel and his wife, Hettie, live in Lagos, Nigeria with their children, Jesse, David and Bode.