Author: Deji Okegbile

WHY YOUNG CONVERTS DO NOT COME

  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matt 28:19-20) A major danger of a declining church is the ability to thwart Christ’s purpose, and to make it both impossible and undesirable that God should add to us souls for whom He has died. It is a solemn thing to feel that we may clog Christ’s chariot-wheels, that...

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POINTERS TO CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly[g]received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple,...

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CHAPLAINCY, A MISSION AGENCY

ADDRESS/REPORT BY THE CHAPLAIN TO THE GENERAL MEETING, NIGERIAN METHODISTS CHAPLAINCY, UK/IRELAND ON SUNDAY 23rd JULY, 2017 AT CHIGWELL RETREAT CENTRE.                 THEME:   GOD’S WORD, OUR GUIDE  Mission purpose: The Chaplaincy is a renewal and mission platform/agent within the British Conference seeking to equip and nurture Nigerian Methodists and other Christians in their discipleship and engage them to enrich Methodism in UK and beyond by enabling members to integrate and use their gifts within their local churches and fellowships. Introduction: To God be the glory for His amazing grace over us since our last Conference in Rainham. Let...

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WESLEYAN RAINHAM: A Way Forward

‘In the future, when your children ask you,’What do these stones mean to you?’ you should tell them …’ Josh 4:6-7 The celebration of Rainham Methodist Church 90th anniversary offers us opportunities to involve the church family and the community in discovering, retelling, and sharing the church’s history, mission, evangelism, renewal, and vision especially to our children. In Joshua 4 we read about the purpose contemplated by the conveyance of the twelve stones to Gilgal. The reflections is that the stones might be a standing/spiritual record to posterity of the miraculous passage of the Jordan or Rainham. The heart...

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STOP THE FUNERAL: REVERSE METHODIST DECLINE

‘Our future does not depend on upgrading premises, tinkering with structures, devising new strategies either local or Connexional. We will have a future when prayer rather than projects saturate our agenda. We will have a future when presbyters drag themselves away from their computers and get out and talk to people, helping them to pray, discover God in the world and talk about it. We will have a future when Methodists, who long to love God with all their heart, mind and soul feel the transforming power of the Spirit’ – Rev Tom Stuckey, a past President of the...

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