Author: Deji Okegbile

MAMA AJAYI @70: “For better” and “For worse” of Bishop’s wife’s roles.

MAMA AJAYI @70: “For better” and “For worse” of Bishop’s wife’s roles.

Posted by | Apr 27, 2023 | |

The Ministry and family life of His Grace, Most Rev Joseph Sunday Ajayi, and his wife, Mama Antonia Ajayi, remain a model of Evangelical Bishop and family. Since Archbishop Ajayi’s transition on Thursday, 9th November 2016, Mama Ajayi never allowed the evangelical legacy of her husband to wane. At 70, Mama Ajayi remains a model wife to an evangelical Bishop. Born on 26th April 1953 to Papa and Mama Dominic Ogunleye and Florence Iyaagba Fayose of the Roman Catholic Church, she was born again while in school in June 1973. Mama Ajayi remains a child of God, saved by...

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Celebrating a Christian Preacher, Charles Stanley with Global Footprint: “A Paper Boy Delivering Good News.”

Celebrating a Christian Preacher, Charles Stanley with Global Footprint: “A Paper Boy Delivering Good News.”

Posted by | Apr 21, 2023 | |

The testimonies about ‘golden mouthed’ preachers from Chrysostom and Augustine[1] to John Wesley, Billy Graham, Apostle Ayodele Babalola, Patriarch Professor Bolaji Idowu, and Charles Stanley, among others, warn us of ‘double-tongued’ preachers today (1 Tim. 3:8). The lamentation of John Wesley towards the end of his earthly ministry at age 87 to Alexander Mather on August 6, 1777, on the danger of ruin to Methodism resonated with the need for faithful preaching in the Christian Church today. According to Wesley, “Our preachers, many of them, are fallen. They are not spiritual. They are not alive to God,” hence the shameful...

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GEORGE VERWER’S Operation Mobilisation: Mission Across Borders, Cultures, and Continent.

GEORGE VERWER’S Operation Mobilisation: Mission Across Borders, Cultures, and Continent.

Posted by | Apr 20, 2023 | , |

“Rarely seen without his world map jacket or inflatable globe, George always prayed for the nations and current issues. He was energized by encouraging others and keeping in contact with thousands of friends and ministry partners through letters, emails, and phone calls” – Operation Mobilisation website. A Christian leader would either enlarge or reduce Heaven’s population. George Verwer’s Operation Mobilisation, a mission across borders, cultures, and continents, resonates with the ‘Methodist doctrine of mission,’ especially a world parish with the reality of the world church. Just as the sphere of the early Methodist activity shifted from English parishes to distant...

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The Challenge of Easter.

The Challenge of Easter.

Posted by | Apr 14, 2023 | |

History provides a litany of invasions where armies have used their might to subjugate and oppress people. The spiritual invasion of Jerusalem during the first Palm Sunday was not a violent invasion we know from history. Jesus’ invasion of Jerusalem mocked the Roman invaders and the messianic hopes of those who believed that Jesus would restore the empire of David and Solomon. The invasion mocked the Roman leaders, who could not allow freedom of political expression. Guess what the two disciples sent by Jesus to untie the horse were thinking. They might have imagined for themselves a nobler role;...

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The Christianity of the Coronation: Hope for Spiritual Renewal.

The Christianity of the Coronation: Hope for Spiritual Renewal.

Posted by | Apr 12, 2023 | , |

“God Save the King.” In prayerful preparation to watch a coronation ceremony 70 years after the last ceremony in Britain, we hope for spiritual renewal. However, the increasing tensions between modernisation and church tradition also bring to prayer focus the British Christianity of the Coronation designed to maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel. The liturgy of the British Christianity of the Coronation is centered on the King’s upholding and maintaining the church’s biblical doctrine, worship, discipline, and government. Using the words of Martyn Percy, the Bible and the Christianity of the Coronation warns...

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