Deji Okegbile

PASTOR FAITH-AMINU, A FAITHFUL MISSIONARY SAINT TO LAGOS STATE CHRISTIAN CIVIL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 24, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful – 1 Cor 4:2 Pastor Faith-Aminu Adebayo, the news of your transition came to me late last night with a shock. We met last time I was in Nigeria at Chapel of Christ the Light (Interdenominational), Alausa, Lagos. We embraced and prayed together after a long time of fellowship. Pastor Faith was one of the volunteer and dedicated missionaries that God sent to me when I resumed my ministry work at the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, twenty two years ago. With Pastor Malaolu, the...

METHODISM, Nigeria Premier Church @180 and Autonomy @60: Indigenised to Decolonise (6).

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 23, 2022 | Methodism |

Nigerian Methodism at 180, indigenised to decolonise hold forth the indigenous method as the largest hope to renew and grow the churches and reach the unreached across the world.[1] Indigenised to decolonise warns us about missional deviations, how we have lost our ways, sense of direction, and the essence of missions and leadership. The chief forces of the church are busy at useful tasks other than harvesting. Indigenised to decolonise corrects the deviations that in some vague way other religions confer salvation or love and hence their followers do not need Jesus as the Saviour, and the will to...

Heart-shaped Hospitality: Jesus’ Invitation to Martha’s Church and World.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 21, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea. And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it – Amos 8:11-12. The story of Mary and Martha is filled with missional and timeless lessons. The challenge with us as leaders pulled in different directions by what seem to be common threads of...

METHODISM, Nigeria Premier Church @180 and Autonomy @60: Indigenised to Decolonise (5).

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 16, 2022 | Methodism |

Indigenised to decolonise is about the spread of Methodism through personal encounter with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Indigenised to decolonise beyond critical biblical scholarship is a renewing biblical scholarship with an eye to human transformation. Beyond ‘the current situation in which the theologies produced in the West dictate the goals, tasks, and methods of Christian studies in the non-Western world,’ indigenised to decolonise is ‘to emphasize the necessity for local Christians to initiate a reorientation of the way we conduct theological studies in a specific locality.’[1] Indigenised to decolonise not only challenges mere ‘cognitive understanding of the Christian...

Omooba (Princess) Mary Mojisola Edebiri: A Portrait of a Godly Wife and Mother.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jul 14, 2022 | Events |

After almost a year, I just got to know about the transition of a beloved mother, Omooba (Princess) Mary Mojisola Olubunmilola Edebiri nee Awolesi today. Thanks to social media for enabling one of Mum Edebiri’s daughter, Edugie, to connect with me after 18 years. In 1993, God connected me with Mum Edebiri as members of Methodist Evangelical Movement (MEM), Wesley Cathedral, Olowogbowo, Lagos. Wesley Cathedral, Olowogbowo remains one of my early centres of ministerial formation under Most Rev Luke Odubanjo and Most Rev Muyiwa Odejayi. At Wesley Cathedral God blessed me with numerous families till date. Mum Edebiri was...