Physically strong, bold and resourceful, Brother T was a good planner  with a very keen foresight. He was very intelligent and naturally endowed  with great talents, which made him to be a jack of all trades and master of  all: carpentry, building, farming, architecture, cooking, nursing,  midwifery and music to mention a few. He was very dutiful, reliable,  patient and calculating, always weighing the far-reaching effects of his  decisions before he acted. He was very neat, a lover of beauty who had a  very high taste for the best in all things. He was a great disciplinarian but  very tolerant, loving and generous.  

He was a humble man of God with unshakable faith in his Creator.  He followed God blindly till the very end of his life. He was a prayer  warrior, a lover of the Word of God and a diligent Bible student. He was  blessed with a rare nature of being able to sleep late and wake up early. He  usually got up at about 3am to spend the early hours quietly with the Lord  and Saviour by praying and studying the Bible. He was dedicated, deeply  consecrated and full of self-denial.  

He threw himself into the fray of the Gospel not minding the  cost. He was a prolific soul-winner, talented teacher and preacher. He  taught and preached the Word with authority and lived by it. He was a  stalwart soldier of the Cross.  

As a disciple of Jesus Christ and a leader of the Gospel work of this  organization in Africa, Brother Timothy Oshokoya led a unique life of  hard work and outstanding evangelistic zeal. He was gifted with a rare  sense of responsibility and sagacity which qualified him as a competent  supervisor in all the phases and sections of the Gospel activity. He was  very conscientious and scrupulous in Church business. Rain or shine, in  season and out of season, he was at work. He often expressed his wish to  die on active service for the Lord and indeed God graciously granted his  desire. 

Reverend T.G. Oshokoya was a minister of indomitable faith in God. He was well known to be optimistic and unruffled in time of  emergencies. “Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the  mountains shake with the swellings thereof,” he was always calm,  collected and patiently waiting for God's guidance before he moved. He  made the Word of God his chart and compass in all the events of his life,  whether they were pleasant or difficult. He trusted implicitly in the power  of the Word. His prayer life too was worthy of emulation as he followed in  the footprints of his Saviour. 

Brother T was a dear friend to his congregation. He was a man rich in  experience, courteous, and had good human relations. He was a leader of  great intelligence, a wise and prudent minister of God who made himself  accessible without protocol to the young or old, church members or  visitors. He was also a broad-minded father to everyone. People could  safely divulge their personal secrets to him and he would keep them. In  counselling, he opened his mouth with wisdom being led by the Holy  Spirit. Only Heaven can enumerate how many burdened souls he prayed  with on his knees until solutions were found and victory won.  

From his records – “February 28, 1949 – On Monday I went to Abulenla,  Apapa, to assist Sisters Lydia and Mary in prayer. Sister Mary was lectured  on salvation and she was saved. Sister Lydia was lectured on sanctification  and was sanctified. Praise God.” 

 Although he was that much compassionate and burdened for others, he  was a Christian of strong principles, a faithful watchman of the Gospel  standards and passionate keeper of the policy, principles and methods of  the Apostolic Faith Church. As a good disciplinarian, he himself was a  well-disciplined man. 

In many respects his fortitude, exemplary dispositions in health and in  sickness and his method of executing missionary undertakings are really  challenging. He did bequeath a heritage which should inspire his  successors to continue to strive to win Africa for Christ. 

From his total commitment to the Lord's work, before his death he  willed his own house at 35 Isaac John Street, Igbobi, Yaba, to the Apostolic  Faith organization, the Church he loved, worked and died for.