Author: Deji Okegbile

Methodism in a progressive world, compared to the movement begun by John Wesley, is not only heartbreaking but also a loss of core missional identity. The phrase “Dancing on John Wesley’s grave” is a missional idiom and metaphor rather than a literal physical event. Dancing on John Wesley’s grave refers to the figurative act of Methodists acting with impunity, existing as ‘a dead sect having the form of religion without the power’ and making controversial alliances that disrespect the memory and spirituality of the co-founder of Methodism, John Wesley. Obsessed with worldly values, dancing on John Wesley’s grave points...

Very Rev Isaac Ogbonnaya was best known as a prayer warrior and intercessor, involved with numerous Methodist churches, Scripture Union, and Christian projects and groups across Nigeria. I have known Very Rev Ogbonnaya since 1994.  I first met him, late Arch Paul Udenyi, Sir J. K. Udenze, among others, at a Methodist Evangelical Movement prayer meeting in Sagamu. I was very taken with Very Rev Ogbonnaya’s passion for Jesus and his style of intercession.  Over the years, we worked together a lot, especially for the Evangelical conventions. Intercessor matters in the Methodist tradition. Methodism has always emphasised both personal...