Author: Deji Okegbile

Many of the early Methodist preachers, both itinerant and local, were also gifted evangelists, philanthropists, educators and organisers. Methodism in essence is the company of believers who were and are being added to Jesus’ disciple-band, through the original labours of two brothers, and the help of many others, both in their own and succeeding generations. In subsequent Nigerian Methodist history as the first international denomination in Nigeria, that tradition is continued through personality like my father and evangelical leader, Sir Remi Omotoso, a fearful saint and a General of the Lord’s army. The emergence of Methodism as a missionary...

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...