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2024 CALL TO PERSONAL RENEWAL

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 5, 2024 | Events |

JANUARY 6TH (EPIPHANY) – MARCH 29TH (GOOD FRIDAY), 84 DAYS PRAYER AND FASTING. Welcome to the 2024 Call to Personal Renewal from Epiphany to Good Friday. January 6th, the actual date for Epiphany, is the traditional end of Christmas as we remember the magi arriving with their gifts for Jesus Christ. The name Epiphany comes from the Greek epiphaneia, meaning “appearance” or “manifestation,” and refers to the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world. In the New Testament, Epiphany refers to the first and final comings of Jesus (Titus 2:11, 13). The annual Call to Personal Renewal from Epiphany to Good Friday is...

BISHOP AJAYI CROWTHER, 133 years after: The First Indigenous Bishop, and the Roadblock of Racism.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 3, 2024 | General and Ecumenism, Nations |

“May I ever have a fresh desire to be engaged in the service of Christ, for it is perfect freedom! … Thus, the day of my captivity was to me a blessed day, when considered in this respect; though certainly, it must be unhappy also, in my being deprived on it of my father, mother, sister and all other relations” – Bishop Ajayi Samuel Crowther. The formation of the Anglican Church in 1532 under the guide of King Henry VIII recalls the first-ever consecrated Bishop of the Church of England in West Africa, the Niger Territories, on June 29,...

Sir Demola Aladekomo @ 66: “God Used Me as A Facilitator for Chams.”

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 1, 2024 | Events |

There is going to be massive explosions in new businesses, new organisations, and new markets, as a result of technology – Sir Demola Aladekomo. God uses humans to accomplish His will for many things. He used Noah to build the ark and save people. He called Abraham to be the father of His people. He raised the judges to deliver His people (Judges 2:16). God’s use of humans to accomplish His will signifies that as His creations, we are to be the agents through which He accomplishes His will. Sir Ademola Benjamin Aladekomo’s (ABA) willingness to say “yes” to God changed...

JESUS CHRIST: THE GREATEST NEED IN THE NEW YEAR.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 1, 2024 | Missions and Evangelism |

Impactful Christian mission proclaims some reasons why we need Jesus, especially for the New Year (Matt 18:20; 28:20). The need for Jesus Christ in the New Year is greater than the need for anything else. The problem is that it is easy to ignore our greatest needs when we do not know how to meet them. Just as Christmas warns us not to reduce our needs to food, money, or temporary happiness, the greatest needs of mankind remain unfulfilled. The question is why do you need Jesus? Jesus expressed His love to you and me by paying the price...