# Taiwo Odubiyi

Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi (born 29 May 1965) is a Nigerian author, pastor, international speaker, and a marriage and relationship counsellor. Married and blessed with children, Taiwo has written over 29 award-winning inspirational romance novels; 9 children's books; and self-help books on rape, relationships, and Christian living, with new novels/books being published every year. She is the founder of the Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries. She was a columnist in The Nigerian Canadian News, The National Mirror, and The US immigration Newspaper. She is the host of the podcast, It's All About You, and the YouTube program, TenderHeartsLink (teachings on relationships for the single and the married).

## Life

Taiwo Iredele Odubiyi was born into the family of Jonathan Olufemi Soyombo and Victoria Olubamwo Soyombo. She and her twin brother are the youngest in the family of seven children. She was born in Abeokuta and was raised in Lagos. She attended Reagan Memorial Baptist Secondary school and graduated from a Polytechnic University, with an HND in accounting. She also has her masters in Business Administration from FUTA, Akure. She and her husband, Sola Odubiyi, were ordained as pastors in 1996, under the spiritual leadership of the both now late pastors Taiwo Odukoya and Bimbo Odukoya (the co-founders of the Fountain of Life Church in Lagos, Nigeria). She has three daughters.

## Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries

The Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries is responsible for publishing the award-winning inspirational novels and informative books; counselling individuals on relationships and how to live better lives; spreading the Word and the love of God everywhere through the TV and radio program It's All About You!; Tenderheartslink on YouTube; and holding regular programs (programs) and seminars for teens, singles, women and married couples. The Taiwo Odubiyi Ministries Blog contains inspirational notes and Bible Verses to help encourage individuals from every walk of life.

### Counselling programs and seminars

Taiwo expresses her strong passion for relationships through counselling and regular programs and seminars, such as:
* Covenant Keepers Club (for teens)
* SinglesLink
* Woman to Woman
* When Women Pray
* Tenderheartslink, an online program for Christian singles and couples on YouTube.

### TenderHearts Family Support Initiative

TenderHearts Family Support Initiative is a non-governmental organization that deals with supporting, counselling, and encouraging rape victims; reaching out to the less privileged; organizing (organizing) Christmas programs (programs) for children living with disabilities; and rendering emotional & financial support to orphans.

## Books
### Inspirational romance novels

These award-winning novels encourage, counsel and guide those in relationships (the single & the married). Quite popular in Nigeria, they are read all around the country, and internationally.
* In Love for Us
* Love Fever
* Love on the Pulpit
* Shadows from the Past
* This Time Around
* Tears on My Pillow
* Oh Baby!
* To Love Again
* You Found Me
* What changed you?
* My First Love
* Too Much of a Good Thing
* With This Ring
* The Forever Kind of Love
* The Came You
* The One For Me
* Sea Of Regrets
* Shipwrecked with you
* She Who Has a Man
* Marriage On Fire
* If You Could See Me Now
* Accidentally Yours
* Life Goes On
* When A Man Loves A Woman
* My Desire
* I'll Take You There
* A Christmas to Remember
* Comfort and Joy
* Broken Together
* Friends to Forever
* Made A Way
* To Have and To Hold

### Children's books

Taiwo believes that it is never too early to teach and educate children on the dangers of sex before marriage, and on being aware of child molesters.
* Rescued by Victor
* No one is a Nobody
* Greater Tomorrow
* The Boy who Stole
* Joe And His Step-mother, Bibi
* Nike and the Stranger
* Billy the Bully
* Jonah's First Day of School
* Bimbo Learns a Lesson

### Self-Help Books on Relationships, Christian-Living, and Rape

* 30 Things Husbands Do That Hurt Their Wives
* 30 Things Wives Do That Hurt Their Husbands
* God's Words to Singles
* Devotional For Singles
* Rape & How to Handle It [English Version]. (This book is to encourage, counsel and advise those who have been raped and their loved ones; to deter it from happening to others; and to inform the public on the seriousness of the issue.)
* Ifi'pa bani lopo (Yoruba version of Rape & How to Handle It)
* God's Words to Couples
* God's Words to Women in Ministry
* God's Words to Older Adults
* Real Answers Real Quick For Couples
* Real Answers Real Quick For Singles