D. K. Olukoya is a Pentecostal minister, molecular geneticist and founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM).
He was born on July 15, 1957, in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
He had his primary education at St Jude’s Primary School, Ebute Metta and secondary school education at the Methodist Boys’ High School, both in Lagos.
In 1976, he gained admission into the University of Lagos (UNILAG). He graduated from UNILAG in 1980 with a First Class degree in Microbiology. He then proceeded on a scholarship to the University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England, for his doctorate in Molecular Genetics.
He established the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries in 1989.
Olukoya has authored several books published by Battle Cry Ministry. He is also a regular columnist of Fire in the Word, an MFM weekly worldwide publication.
MFM owns a private university in Makogi-Oba, Ogun State, Nigeria, Mountain Top University, that recently appointed Dr Olukoya as a Professor of Biotechnology.