Biography of Pastor (Dr.) Jerry Uchechukwu Eze

Pastor (Dr.) Jerry Uchechukwu Eze was born on August 22nd, 1982, in Item, Bende Local Government of Abia State, Nigeria. Of a humble background, he grew up in the city of Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria with his poor single mother. He is a passionate preacher, Pastor, leadership coach and international conference speaker. 

Popularly known as PJ, Pastor Jerry Eze is the founder and president of the Streams of Joy International Ministries (@streamsofjoyinternational). He founded the Streams of Joy International Church in 2011 and currently leads over 5,000 worshipers in various branches, headquartered at Kilometre 4, Ikot Ekpene Road, Umuahia. In the same year 2011, Pastor Jerry was spiritually led to start the Streams of Joy Devotional, a bestseller which has spread across 5 continents of the world with testimonies of impact in many lives

Growing up, Pastor Jerry Eze attended the Ibeku High School in the city of Umuahia for his secondary education and later proceeded to the Abia State University (ABSU) where he obtained a degree in History and International Relations (HIR). While in Abia state university, Pastor Jerry  Eze became the pastor of the school Chapel, All Saints Chapel. Upon graduation, Pastor Jerry proceeded to bag a Masters Degree (M.Sc) in Human Resource Management.

After his graduation from ABSU, and in between his masters degree programme, Pastor Jerry briefly worked in broadcasting before his official call to ministry. He also engaged in community driven work through his role in the World Bank project on HIV/AIDS, and  the United Nations. In 2009, Pastor Jerry Eze officially resigned following God’s instruction, and went fully into the work of ministry. 

What God Cannot do does not exist

With a deep passion to see people achieve their God-given mission on earth, Pastor Jerry Eze was aware of his calling into ministry at a tender age. He is the Lead Pastor of Streams of Joy International. He is also the convener of one of the largest online prayer meetings – NSPPD [New Season Prophetic Prayers & Declarations] which is watched by over 100,000 people daily. Streams of Joy International holds 6 services every Sunday at its headquarter church located at km 4 Ikot-Ekpene road Umuahia, Abia State, with branches in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Houston Texas United States, Calgary Canada, Abuja Nigeria and many other branches across Nigeria. His teachings and messages offer hope to people and show them how they can become better. Pastor Jerry is a direful itinerant preacher with the gift of the supernatural. He is a highly sought after speaker and has spoken on major platforms around the world and has a passion for Church growth and Pastoral Effectiveness. Pastor Jerry) is also the author and publisher of the Streams of Joy Daily Devotional and A bestseller that has made its way into 5(five) continents on the globe. 

Pastor Eno Jerry, who has been a tremendous supporter of his ministry, and they have a gorgeous daughter Samara and a son Jerry. Pastor Jerry Eze Author PJ began the Streams of Joy Devotional in 2011, following the leading of the Holy Spirit. 

Pastor Jerry is happily married to his heartthrob, Pastor Mrs. Eno Jerry, with whom they have a lovely daughter named Samara and a son named Jerry. 

According to his interview with PunchNG, Pastor Jerry was raised by a Christian mother who instilled godly virtues in him. His mother introduced him to God by saying that he would become a  voice in his generation and that he was going to serve God. That was how I grew up and continued in my journey with God. I grew up in a poor home; I must not forget to say that my mom was quite indigent. I already mentioned the fact that she is a single parent. That was how our journey started. Maybe, I would just say that poverty was one of the factors that made us seek the Lord because there was nothing else to hope on than to just cling to God. And the rest is history; that’s my journey to where I am right now.

My background actually brought me to a place of humility and prayers. So, till today, I don’t know any material acquisition or gift that could make me proud.t prayer wasn’t accidental; it was something that started since I was young. God used my background, the issues, everything, to bring me to a place where I had an intimacy with Him. And also right now, it’s easy to be broken with God but it was situations that started breaking me down. It was the apparent (material) lack that we faced that broke me down.  Away from that, loving God and being into God come from my background when you know that nothing else mattered except God.

People are hurting in different ways, regardless of the big mansions and other material acquisitions.le, I want to see people set free. Every time I see God do all these miracles in the lives of the people, it just brings a new lease of life to my spirit.

Beyond prayers, what other help do you provide for people whose challenges may not be spiritual in nature?

We have what we call the Spring of Joy Foundation. But let me correct As a ministry, we have built a house for a widow, we pay bills; we are constantly trying to do things to better the lives of people around us. It’s a part of our ministry and one project I’m going to be unveiling during my 39th birthday anniversary coming up on August 22, 2021, is a tuition-free primary school in a rural area. 

I am a man of prayer

You said you’ve prayed every night for the past 13 years; has this not affected your health?

It can never affect my health. The prayers were why NSPPD was birthed because for every move of God, He took his time to prepare the man behind it. So, I am a man who wasn’t prepared on the stage; I was prepared behind the scene.

NSPPD wasn’t intentional about putting the crusade on the social media. During the COVID-19 lockdown, I called a few of my church people and told them that there was a need to strategise on what we were going to do differently and they said they couldn’t come because of COVID-19. At that point, I became angry and said to my wife, ‘Let us go online and be sharing the word of God and encouraging people.’  At the time, I just concluded the Psalm 91 series, so I told my wife we would go online with the Psalm 91 I just concluded and we could use it to encourage others. That was the beginning of NSPPD. It wasn’t like God told me to use the platform; it was all in the programme of God. I was sensitive to the season I was in; God didn’t give me the full picture but He told me, ‘A time is going to come when I would shift the trajectory of your ministry.’ By the time we started, we discovered that people who had COVID-19 were healed. So, we started taking time to pray for those who had COVID-19, then other miracles began to happen in quick successions.

He found love in the university. I had gone to a fellowship to preach and while I was about to preach, they were introducing the executive committee of the fellowship and they called my wife’s name and a voice just told me, ‘That’s your wife.’ So, I looked at where she was. I asked someone who is a member of my church about her and that was how I found love or love found me. I told her, ‘I want to marry you.’ I didn’t woo her or ask her out. That was how primitive I was in such things.

Books by Pastor Jerry Eze

Asides from authoring the Streams of Joy International Devotional for glorious Christian living since 2011, Pastor Jerry Eze is the author of several other books. They include:

• Book Title 1
• Book Title 2

Pastor Jerry Eze is active on social media. You can connect with him via his official handles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. You can also follow the ministry's official YouTube Channel here or visit Pastor Jerry Eze’s official website here (www.jerryeze.com)