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"Overseer" is an alternate translation of "elder" or "bishop" (from the Greek: episkopos), which are recognized offices in most Western Christian churches. "Dad
by humanrebar 9y ago
"Overseer" is an alternate translation of "elder" or "bishop" (from the Greek: episkopos), which are recognized offices in most Western Christian churches. "Daddy Go" also sounds strange to my ears, but I'm not Nigerian.
- sah2ed 9y agoThe correct parsing should be "Daddy G.O." -- G.O. being the abbreviation of General Overseer.
- humanrebar 9y agoAh! That sounds a bit better. I could see children calling their grandfather or older family friend that.
- vidarh 9y agoDaddy/mummy/auntie/uncle/cousin/sister/brother pretty much indicate age/seniority/importance/familiarity in Nigeria without necessarily saying much about actual blood relation. So the use of "daddy" in itself is just cultural and nothing specifically to do with the church.
- adventist 9y agoThank you for putting more context into that! I was a bit confused at first.