Author: Deji Okegbile

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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WESLEY’S ‘OLD NORMAL’ FOR THE ‘NEW NORMAL’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (1).

WESLEY’S ‘OLD NORMAL’ FOR THE ‘NEW NORMAL’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (1).

Posted by | Sep 8, 2020 | , , |

Maya Angelou said, “If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” Wesley’s ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal’: Forward to the Past encourages us to see our past in future. Beyond the ‘new normal’ adaptation to isolation and lockdown, and the physical and mental needs that are arising as a result of Covid-19, for us to know where we are going as followers of Jesus and most especially as Methodist Christians, God is calling us to look back again to see our past in future. The Prodigal’s return reminds us of the importance...

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Divine Solution: Prayer practice as ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal.’

Divine Solution: Prayer practice as ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal.’

Posted by | Sep 5, 2020 | |

In the midst of global pandemic, we need a divine solution (Jer 32:17). We need the ‘old normal’ prayer practice of the Early Church for today’s ‘new normal.’ The book of Acts recorded history and act of the vital role prayer played in the Early Church, especially how prayer precedes their major events and acts. In order to renew and improve our prayers in this age of Covid-19, the ‘old normal’ prayers that preceded the filling of Holy Spirit, multiple healing, bold preaching and comforts for persecuted believers suggests a model for our ‘new normal’ prayers. The ‘old normal’...

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REMEMBERING CHIEF ADEBUSUYI @95 and as Baba Ijo, Methodist Church, Oke Oja, Osu @35.

REMEMBERING CHIEF ADEBUSUYI @95 and as Baba Ijo, Methodist Church, Oke Oja, Osu @35.

Posted by | Aug 31, 2020 | , |

Good people die everyday. Yet not all of them affirm for us the goodness in humanity and leadership the way Chief Ezekiel Adetunji Adebusuyi did. Chief Adebusuyi whom my grandmother introduced to me as ‘Ola Iya,’ was an indisputable passionate Osu community leader. A man of many facets – Leader, Teacher, Mentor, a politician, and a committed Methodist Christian. A contemplative man by nature he took Osu community, family, and Church to the heart of his existence. His main pursuits connected Osu and well being of the sons and daughters of Osu. Chief Adebusuyi in his mentorship capacity, leadership was...

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