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The God Factor in Nigeria: Beyond 2023 Elections.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 7, 2022 | Nations |

Nigerians’ religiosity is centred on the God factor supremacy as the basis of ‘individual and corporate lives’ and relationships. The disobedience and greed in human factor to the God factor supremacy however, reveals the hypocrisy in our religiosity, leadership and followership. The God factor indicts our human factors that continue to put fellows Nigerians under perpetual poverty and underdevelopment. The God factor is that element of our dependence on God to do the part we cannot. The God factor in Nigeria, the black Africa’s most populous nation remains the nation’s strength and secret of ‘coming into being in …...

QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP! Vision and Agenda for Quality Discipleship.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 6, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

The crying need of the church today is quality discipleship. Jesus tells us to “Go make disciples” (Matt 28:19-20). The question, that is, the missing ingredient of leadership development today is what Dallas Willard called “Non-discipleship … the elephant in the church.” Despite Jesus’ last words to us to make disciples, lack of intentional discipling relationship not only remains ‘the elephant in the church,’ it declines the church. Lack of quality discipleship formation generates a weak leadership development plan. Question of leadership warns that ‘not every disciple will be a leader but every leader must be a growing disciple...

Net-Fishing: Symbolism of Church’s Apostolic and Prophetic Tasks.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 2, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

There is a missional depth of the Gospel reading from John 21. Jesus showed Himself again to His disciples following His resurrection. The disciples knew that Jesus had risen from the dead, yet they did not know what to do next or what it meant to their mission. Our knowledge about Jesus or His resurrection is not complete without our personal encounter with Him. Still bereft of this personal encounter, the disciples went fishing with Simon Peter. Like many churches today, working hard on trainings, meetings and resolutions, the disciples worked hard all night and got no result. The...