Author: Deji Okegbile

Martyn Atkins, a Beatitude Leader @ 65: 4 Decades of Active Ministry and Christian Marriage.

Martyn Atkins, a Beatitude Leader @ 65: 4 Decades of Active Ministry and Christian Marriage.

Posted by | Jun 16, 2020 | , |

Faithfully ministering, teaching, leading consistently for 40 years, and marriage for 40 years and still counting are some of the amazing legacies of Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. Apostle Paul’s admonition to Timothy in his first letter best describe Martyn’s life and ministry (4:12-13). Paul admonishes Timothy to be an example, offering oneself as ‘an impression that is used as a mould to shape someone or something else.’  Martyn’s ‘everyday speech, everyday life, through a selfless love – expecting nothing in return, through a trustworthiness in God, and through a pure life’ suggests ‘a mould that should be pressed into...

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Sir Bonajo Badejo: Exceptional Lawyer, Iconic Methodist Knight and Preacher.

Sir Bonajo Badejo: Exceptional Lawyer, Iconic Methodist Knight and Preacher.

Posted by | Jun 15, 2020 | , |

Methodist Church Nigeria has experienced the irreparable losses of two Knights of John Wesley (KJW), Sir Remi Omotoso and Sir Jadegoke Adebonajo Badejo (SAN). It was indeed two dreadful news within 24 hours between Thursday 4th and Friday 5th, June 2020. Sir Bonajo Badejo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), a Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitration (FCIArb) was a brilliant advocate and a truly lovely husband, father and brother. His ascension occurred on Friday, 5th June, 2020. His change of address was an ‘irreparable loss’ to the entire legal community and Methodist Church Nigeria. There was far more to...

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RACISM’S RUIN – TRINITY’S REMEDY.

RACISM’S RUIN – TRINITY’S REMEDY.

Posted by | Jun 8, 2020 | , |

The emergence of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in 2013 was ‘in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer.’ BLM later developed into an international human rights movement, especially ‘within the African-American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.’ There are also ‘broader issues such as racial profiling, and racial inequality in the … criminal justice system’ bearing in mind the racial disproportionate number of black workers – police officers, clergy, medical staffs on complaint and discipline processes.  The sadistic and monstrous manner George Floyd and many others were murdered without any hope to stop...

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SYMBOLISM OF GEORGE FLOYD and DEREK CHAUVIN: Knee of Oppression on the Neck of the Poor.

SYMBOLISM OF GEORGE FLOYD and DEREK CHAUVIN: Knee of Oppression on the Neck of the Poor.

Posted by | Jun 3, 2020 | , , , |

The horrific murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and two others is a symbol of what is going on in the modern world today. The George Floyds of this world who lacked enough breath of freedom and potential fulfilment are at the mercy of the Derek Chauvins of this world politically, socially, economically, and emotionally, just because of colour difference. The Methodist Church in its report Faithful and Equal of 1987 defines the problem better as racism “allowing prejudice to determine the way power is used to the personal, social or institutional detriment of...

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David Dunn-Wilson – A Saintly and Missional Professor.

David Dunn-Wilson – A Saintly and Missional Professor.

Posted by | May 30, 2020 | , , |

Rev Professor David Dunn-Wilson’s immense positivity and spirituality was contagious. David was an outstanding gift to the Church, the academia and the ecumenical movement. He was a church leader, theologian, and ecumenist. He gave generously and passionately to the missional life-giving, liberative and transformative mission agenda of the community of faith. He gave of himself as far as he was able both at home and abroad. David’s thinking was always missional, authentic, stimulating and exciting. He fuelled a sense of energy and renewal that stirred our heads as his students at Cliff College. Paul Gould in one of his...

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