Rev. Simeon Afolabi was born in 1962 in a place called Ipee in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. His early education was in that little community. A typically agrarian community, there he learned the virtues of hard work which prepared him for the larger role he is now known for. After his secondary education at Government Secondary School Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria, he proceeded to the Kwara State College Of Technology (Now Kwara Polythenic).
This was the place where he began to show flashes of ministry, but the time for full involvement in gospel work was yet to come. It will not be until his stint at the Nigerian premier University, the University of Ibadan where he obtained B.Sc and M.Sc in 1985 and 1987 respectively Shortly after his degrees, Simeon Afolabi became a staff of the Living Faith World Outreach Centre. He served here in various capacities for a period of ten years before the founding of the Firstlove Assembly.
The dynamic ministry of Simeon Afolabi has taken him to several cities in Nigeria and to several countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East and America
