Month: July 2024

DAME OGUNNAIKE @70: STEWARDSHIP THROUGH DUAL MAJOR, Combining Physiology and Accounting in serving God and humanity.

Dame Adetutu Oluwatobi Ogunnaike’s dual major in physiology and accounting provides an exciting and potentially beneficial combination of God’s mission, evangelism, and service to humanity. Dame Ogunnaike was born in Lagos on July 31st, 1954, to active Methodist parents attending Tinubu Methodist Church as it was known then. Dame Ogunnaike’s father, Mr Martin Adeoye Adesanya, was a Lay Preacher and Conference Legal Adviser. Her mother, Mrs. Victoria Oluwapamilerin Adesanya, was a Class Leader, Society Steward, Lay Preacher and President of the Women’s Fellowship. She was also the first Captain of the Girls’ Brigade in Tinubu Church. Dame Ogunnaike had...

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BISHOP JOHN ADELEKE BAMGBOYE @80: The John Wesley of Our Time!

Historians and social commentators are virtually unanimous that the “age of Wesley (c. 1675-1830) was a time of transition within English society. [1] Bishop John Adeleke Bamgboye, the John Wesley of our time in the Nigerian context of political and spiritual transition knew the Lord in 1970 when he was a student in the school of Agriculture, Akure (1970-1972) through the instrumentality of Late Brother Oba and Ojeniyi, and Mike Oye (now Very Revd (Dr) Mike Oye). Bishop John Bamgboye hails from Aagba in Boripe Local Government of Osun State of Nigeria. He was born to Chief Joseph Ominiyi...

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Sir Keir Starmer, the New Prime Minister, United Kingdom: Prayer and Call for National Renewal.

In his speech at the Tate Modern art gallery in central London today, Sir Keir Starmer, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, declared that ‘service is the precondition for hope.’ According to him, ‘Change begins now. And it feels good, I have to be honest. Four-and-a-half years of work changing the party. This is what it is for. A changed Labour party ready to serve our country. Ready to restore Britain to the service of working people. The Prime Minister agreed that a mandate like this comes with great responsibility. Our task is nothing less than renewing...

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