Author: Deji Okegbile

170 years of the Church in Nigeria — Beyond the present. (Published on Sunday, September 23, 2012 by DEJI OKEGBILE in the Nigerian Punch Newspapers).

170 years of the Church in Nigeria — Beyond the present. (Published on Sunday, September 23, 2012 by DEJI OKEGBILE in the Nigerian Punch Newspapers).

Posted by | Sep 25, 2020 | , , , |

The 170-year-old story of the Church in Nigeria has been told several times by different sources and from different perspectives. It is important to note the labour of the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who, in the 15th century, accompanied traders and officials to the West African coast, including Benin. The priests, with the support of Benin king’s palace, built several churches to serve the Portuguese community and a small number of African converts. The influence of the Catholic missionaries waned and disappeared when direct Portuguese contacts were withdrawn. However, the success story of the modern Christianity actually began in the...

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DR ‘BIODUN OGUNBEKU: ‘Abducted Methodist Priest’ Commemorate 16 years of Commissioning, 10 years of Ordination.

DR ‘BIODUN OGUNBEKU: ‘Abducted Methodist Priest’ Commemorate 16 years of Commissioning, 10 years of Ordination.

Posted by | Sep 23, 2020 | , , |

The account of Daniel’s faith found in the book of Daniel chapter 6 involving an incident commonly referred to as “Daniel In The Lion’s Den” resonates with the testimony of Rev Dr Biodun Ogunbeku, a Nigerian Methodist priest who was abducted for six days in the kidnappers’ den. Rev Ogunbeku, a Tent-making minister in Methodist Church Nigeria is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine {University of Ibadan} and as the Veterinary Medical Director/Lead Consultant-Bovea Ventures Ltd, Ibadan, 1998 till date, he looks after his farms across Ibadan environs. It was in one of his regular visits to one of his...

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Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu @60: Wise Choice of a Virtuous Wife and Mother of Nation for Such a Time as This.

Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu @60: Wise Choice of a Virtuous Wife and Mother of Nation for Such a Time as This.

Posted by | Sep 20, 2020 | |

The exemplary First Lady of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007, Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu is not just “…the girl from the South Side who took on a role she didn’t ask for and made it her own.” Senator Oluremi Tinubu is a God fearing and praying woman, truly beautiful from the inside out, that His Excellency Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, sought and found as a virtuous wife, godly partner, and confidant. Being a godly wife begins with the right priorities and Senator Oluremi Tinubu continue to nourish her personal relationship...

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Church, Born At Home, A GIFT METHODISM HOLDS IN TREASURE FOR THE CHURCH: FORWARD TO THE PAST (3).

Church, Born At Home, A GIFT METHODISM HOLDS IN TREASURE FOR THE CHURCH: FORWARD TO THE PAST (3).

Posted by | Sep 18, 2020 | , , |

No Circuit ever did, nor ever will, flourish unless there are bands in the larger societies – John Wesley In one of my books, ‘Stop the Funeral: Reverse Methodist Decline, a prayer guide for a renewing ceaseless prevailing intercession, I explained that Methodism was born at home for one thing, declaring the glad tidings of salvation. My reflection is that, Methodism grew in peoples ‘homes before ever it could be accommodated in a separate building.’ In essence, Forward to the Past, the church, born at home remains a gift Methodism holds in treasure for the church even today. The...

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Ministering ‘a form of religion with Power’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (2).

Ministering ‘a form of religion with Power’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (2).

Posted by | Sep 10, 2020 | , |

“… I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power” – John Wesley John Wesley, 295 years after his ordination as a deacon on September 19, 1725,  continue to challenge all who call ourselves Methodists to remain faithful to the zeal to “spread Scriptural holiness” that the early Methodists had. Toward the end of his earthly ministry Wesley’s words remind us that ‘the death of the … Methodist Church isn’t the worst thing that can happen; the worst thing that can happen is to lose our vitality,’ “having the form...

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