Deji Okegbile

CELEBRATING DEJI’S MINISTRY.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Aug 26, 2024 | General and Ecumenism, Methodism |

We welcome all of you who have come today to celebrate Deji’s ministry. We can assure you that it was not the wish of the Askew Road congregation that he is leaving at this time, nor was it his wish, but this is where we are. Since coming to the Askew Road Church in 2018, Deji has worked in all aspects of church life, from leading Communion Services to sweeping the forecourt and the church 24/7 Evangelism. It was Deji who landed up in the hospital when he injured himself sweeping this floor (main hall, basement). We will all...

BOOK REVIEW 1: ‘Bishop on Horseback’ Towards a Missional Episcopacy – Rt. Rev. Dr Oladapo Babalola.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Aug 23, 2024 | Methodism, Ministry and Prayer |

The title of this book is ‘Bishop on Horseback’ Towards a Missional Episcopacy, written by The Rt. Rev. Dr. Deji Okegbile, a prolific religious writer, missiologist, and evangelist of a higher standard. The genre of this book is partly religious, renewal, revival, and historical. The book under review was printed in Great Britain and published by Sadlprint, London, in the year 2024. The book has 19 chapters and 129 pages. This book, ‘Bishop on Horseback’ Towards a Missional Episcopacy, explores how the nature of Christian leadership, most notably the episcopacy, shapes the mission and gospel of salvation. The book...

Sir Ogunjuyigbe(KJW) ‘Lawyerization’ by Divine Providence: Congratulations on 40 years at Bar!

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Aug 22, 2024 | Events, Methodism |

Sir Ezekiel Folorunso Ogunjuyigbe’s ‘lawyerization’ by Divine Providence remains a calling to focus and awaken ‘the declining influence of divine providence and punishment as a guarantee of truthfulness and’ spiritual and emotional integrity. Sir Ogunjuyigbe’s 40 years at the Bar brings to the fore law and providence as ‘the most fundamental issues in understanding the world, such as the relationship between spirit and matter, the connection between the laws of nature and divine providence and the openness to the world to the involvement of God and man.’ Sir Ogunjuyigbe’s decision and call to read law and became a lawyer...

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

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 31, 2024 | Events |

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...

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

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 7, 2024 | Methodism |

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...