Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant."

“Using the power of words to lighten the journey to divine destiny.”

Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo was raised in a missionary family. She accepted the Lord as her savior at the tender age of five. She also responded to an altar call at twelve.   At sixteen, after reading the book, Rees Howell, Intercessor, Rebecca was intrigued by the power of prayer and also challenged to give her life unconditionally to God for his use. Not long afterwards, her life was a test of that power.  In her senior year, her basketball coach commented that she seemed sluggish and suggested she see a doctor. She went from the doctor’s office to the hospital for more tests. Her condition worsens. By the time she was transferred to the University hospital, she was in a coma, paralyzed, at death’s door. The specialist gave her parents no hope. She was diagnosed with a rare blood disease that was almost always fatal. Her parents were told even if she were to live; she would be a vegetable.

As faith missionaries, her parents had learned to depend on God for everything else so they took their daughter’s condition to the Lord. They asked all of their supporters to pray and also requested prayer when the local paper asked what could be done. Articles requesting prayer were soon in papers around the country.

Rebecca is alive today due to the prayers of many ordinary people. But she credits more than just her physical life to prayer. The prayers of others are what have gotten her through life’s challenges such as completing college without money or a high school diploma, a cross-cultural marriage, living in a foreign country, death of her mother and sister in the same year, helping to raise her sister’s two younger children, death of the same nephew, other significant deaths, working, running a small business, overseeing a ministry, and more.

Rebecca has accepted the call to prayer as part of her divine destiny. She believes that as prayer has been her mainstay, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Just as prayer spared her physical life, Rebecca believes prayer is the answer to many of the problems experienced in our families, communities and churches. She especially believes women have a special place in being co-laborer with God in intercession.

Rebecca desires to see mature love in the Body of Christ in spite of our different doctrines and ethnic backgrounds. She believes she has been called to serve as a bridge between different groups. Rebecca’s diverse cross-cultural experiences includes among others, the multi-ethnic mission environment in which she was raised, a husband from Nigeria, and ministering in Uganda and Ethiopia.

Rebecca has been involved in helping churches respond to substance abuse through Project CPR. She published four books through her company, Dabar Publishing Co., two of which she wrote. Focus on the Family has chosen two books as part of their recommended resources. InterVarsity Press is publishing revised editions of two books, including  Chosen Vessels: Women of color, keys to change which has sold over 62,000 copies.  Rebecca’s second book is Movin’ On Up: A woman’s guide to spirit living. Rebecca is also the founder of Chosen Vessels Ministries, a woman’s discipleship and leadership training ministry. She has co-hosted a radio talk show. Rebecca has been asked to speak at women's retreats and conferences, churches, prisons and recovery facilities around the country and internationally.

Some of the topics she is passionate about include prayer, spiritual maturity, women mentoring women, emotional healing, oneness in the Body of Christ, racial reconciliation, freedom that lasts, understanding African American women in God’s purposes, God’s strength in weakness, and the proper perspective on trials and tribulations.

Rebecca graduated from North Park University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She worked as a nurse, mostly in substance abuse until 1993. Since then, besides her ministry to her family, Rebecca has devoted her time to ministering to women through praying, speaking, writing, mentoring, and leadership training.

Rebecca enjoys her family. She occasionally shoots a little basketball and still is very competitive in table tennis whenever she finds a table and someone who plays well enough to offer her a challenge. Rebecca likes to read, get together with friends, travel, and listen to music. Rebecca counts it a privilege to be involved in building up the people of God.

Rebecca, who is right-brain, mischievous, and a creative type with the clutter and chaos that comes with that and her husband, Uwaifo, an engineer who is left-brain, no-nonsense organized type and all that comes with that, are parents of three of their own children and a niece. Her oldest son has completed college; her daughter and niece are in college and youngest son is in high school. They live in Detroit, Michigan.