Author: Deji Okegbile

Deaconess BISI CRAIG @70: A MODEL OF METHODIST DEACONESS, AND A MATRIARCH, METHODIST EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT (MEM).

Deaconess BISI CRAIG @70: A MODEL OF METHODIST DEACONESS, AND A MATRIARCH, METHODIST EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT (MEM).

Posted by | Aug 16, 2020 | , |

The ministry of a deaconess in relation to the title ‘deacon’ which comes from the Greek work ‘diakonia’ and its associate is a non-ordained ministry for women in the church to provide care and service. A ‘diakonos’ is therefore someone engages in diakonia, a traditional understanding of loving service, ‘often in the sense of menial charitable activity performed in a humble manner.’ Deaconess Bisi Craig as a model of Methodist Deaconess points to her ‘self-emptying, self-offering love of Christ that reaches beyond established boundaries, cares for the most vulnerable, seeks healing, justice, liberation and restoration, and so proclaims the...

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Sir Agbato @70 – God’s Way to Grow Old (Extract from the sermon to mark Sir Dr Olatunde Aiyedun Agbato’s 70th birthday)

Sir Agbato @70 – God’s Way to Grow Old (Extract from the sermon to mark Sir Dr Olatunde Aiyedun Agbato’s 70th birthday)

Posted by | Aug 4, 2020 | |

Ageing in Christianity is a blessing because it is the aged people in the congregation and a nation that provide its strength, its stability and its wisdom.  Older believers, should they be in great numbers in the future in the church and nation, are going to make the church and nation better and more prosperous .  Sir Agbato at 70 is an addition to the maturity of godliness and a benediction to the body of Christ and the world just as Job said, “Wisdom is with the aged…with long life is understanding” (Job 12:12).   Sir Agbato, a giant and icon of Agriculture industry...

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Sir Dr Olatunde Agbato @70: ‘NATIONAL BEST FARMER AWARD,’ A Methodist Knight/Class Leader, and Nigerian First Veterinarian with Master’s of Business Administration (MBA).

Sir Dr Olatunde Agbato @70: ‘NATIONAL BEST FARMER AWARD,’ A Methodist Knight/Class Leader, and Nigerian First Veterinarian with Master’s of Business Administration (MBA).

Posted by | Aug 4, 2020 | |

Sir Dr Olatunde Aiyedun Agbato ‘a three time Farmer of the Year Award’ at the state and national levels, and a Class Leader and Knight of John Wesley, Methodist Church Nigeria was born Friday, August 4th 1950 at Ogere Remo. His parents Chief Awomosu Agbato was a native herbal doctor and his mother, Madam Dorcas Gbeminiyi Agbato, alias, ‘Iya Elewa’ was a big time trader in food stuffs commuting between the western and middle belt of Nigeria. Sir Agbato attended Ijebu Ode Grammar School and was admitted to the Nigeria premier university, University of Ibadan, where he graduated with...

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Living Kingdom Identity: Dying to flourish like Mustard Seed.

Living Kingdom Identity: Dying to flourish like Mustard Seed.

Posted by | Jul 30, 2020 | , |

One of the early books I read on ‘The Way of Discipleship’ in the early 80s was ‘Learning how to die.’ I remember, during my undergraduate days at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, and as Choirmaster and President of the College Chapel, when fellow students and even brethren comes into my hostel room and check my book shelves, they quickly looked away from the book, ‘Learning how to die.’ However, many of them always take serious look and borrowed other books on – Power for Success, How to find good wife and husband, and Secret of Prosperity. The book,...

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“Come, Let Us Build”: Repositioning the Alumni Association, Methodist Theological Institute, Sagamu, for Mission in the 21st Century.

“Come, Let Us Build”: Repositioning the Alumni Association, Methodist Theological Institute, Sagamu, for Mission in the 21st Century.

Posted by | Jul 29, 2020 | , , |

A Keynote Address to mark the Methodist Theological Institute, Sagamu, Nigeria, 2020 Alumni Association Conference. At Adeolu Adegbola Hall, MTI, Sagamu. On Thursday 19th March, 2020. by Very Rev Dr Deji Okegbile (Protocol) Alumni Association Chairman – Most Rev (Dr) Isaac Ayobami Olawuyi Archbishops Bishops, The Rector of MTI – Very Rev Dr Sunday Ola Onadipe Chairman, Local Organising Committee – Very Rev Dr Joseph O. Odunuga Teaching and Non Teaching Staff of MTI, Fellow Distinguished Alumni of MTI, All other Clergy present Current Students of MTI, Gentlemen of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. Introduction: Distinguished Alumni, we have...

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