Deji Okegbile

METHODISTS “MOW COP” AGAIN! Rebirth of our Evangelical origin.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 31, 2023 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

As part of the daily morning and evening call to prayer and the midweek Wednesday’s prayer and fasting for Methodist reawakening, the Praying Partners, Methodist Church Nigeria today remember how a Camp Meeting, Mow Cop, on May 31, 1807, began the Religious Revival led by Hugh Bourne and William Clowes is known as Primitive Methodism. The church born at Mow Cop was ‘not of blood, nor the will of man, but of the Spirit of God who graciously hovered over the nation in the early years of the nineteenth century and awakened a new religious passion, of which open-air...

THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF NIGERIA SEASON OF RENEWED HOPE.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 30, 2023 | Nations |

The first 100 days of any presidency, especially the new administration of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, suggests a time of intense, focused activity. Decisions made during this time frame in 2023 will significantly impact our nation. Therefore, please join us in some practical ways to pray and intercede during these crucial days: 1. Protection. Pray for the Lord’s protection throughout this presidential term. The president, vice president, their families, and everyone in the administration need physical and spiritual protection. Lord, be the Defender of our nation!...

WARNING FROM WESLEYS: ESCAPE FROM ETERNAL FIRE, RECEIVE JESUS TODAY!

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 25, 2023 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

Where shall my wondering soul begin? How shall I all to heaven aspire? A slave redeemed from death and sin, a brand plucked from eternal fire, how shall I equal triumphs raise and sing my great deliverer’s praise? – Charles Wesley Wesley Day, May 24, the day Methodists mark John Wesley’s life-changing experience at a meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, remains a pointer to personal conversion. Like many of us today, before May 1738, no one ‘would have said that John and Charles Wesley were anything but devout Christian men. Nevertheless, the change in them that formed the theology...

Charles Wesley’s Conversion – Beyond Bad Press.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 21, 2023 | Methodism |

Hymn singing was essential to the Methodist evangelical revival in the eighteenth century; hymns were both a means of expressing joy and teaching scriptural truth. The famous Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley was the eighteenth of Samuel and Susannah Wesley’s nineteen children (only ten lived to maturity). He was born prematurely in December 1707 and appeared dead. He lay silent, wrapped in wool, for weeks. In May 1738, Charles began reading Martin Luther’s volume on Galatians while ill. He wrote in his diary, “I laboured, waited, and prayed to feel ‘who loved me, and gave himself for me.'” He...

Remembering the manner of Prelate Mbang’s Living and Dying.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 19, 2023 | General and Ecumenism, Methodism |

When death comes to find you, may it find you alive – African Proverb. With emotion, I celebrate the life of a highly respected, noble, kind father and leader, a Patriarch and a Prelate emeritus, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr. Sunday Coffie Mbang (1936-2023). I feel in my heart such gratitude, gratitude to God for having gifted Prelate Mbang to the church and the world. From the vantage point of the glorious world, Prelate Mbang, a renowned theologian, triumphantly and joyously “…have arrived.” Death found Prelate Mbang alive on Tuesday, 16th May 2023, at the Specialist Hospital, Uyo, Akwa...