Month: April 2026

Professor Bolaji Idowu, the visionary and first patriarch of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, is known as the father of the Nigerian Methodist episcopacy and is closely associated with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Ibadan. To understand the challenges behind more than 14 years of Methodist crisis, it is important to examine how Patriarch Idowu, as the first Patriarch of the Methodist Church of Nigeria (1976-1984), led the church in creating the New Constitution (1976), starting the patriarchy, and adopting Methodist corporate Episcopacy. There was a major allegation that His Pre-eminence, Professor Bolaji Idowu, equated...

Methodist Evangelical Movement all over the world celebrates a truly great matriarch in the Body of Christ, in the person of Dame Evang Matilda Olugbeminiyi Omoyeni, as she turns 80. We also congratulate Baba Omoyeni on the 80th birthday celebration of his wife. Celebrating Mama Matilda Omoyeni, an evangelical matriarch at 80, is a monumental occasion focused on honouring a lifetime of faith, legacy, and spiritual mentorship, often referred to as a “Platinum Era” or a “living hymn.” Mama and Baba Omoyeni continue to function together with unction as pillars of faith, prayer warriors, and nurturing mother and father...