Author: Deji Okegbile

Ghana Methodist Chaplaincy Men’s Fellowship Breakfast meeting. Theme: The Role of Men in the Church (being salt and light) Today.

Ghana Methodist Chaplaincy Men’s Fellowship Breakfast meeting. Theme: The Role of Men in the Church (being salt and light) Today.

Posted by | Feb 16, 2020 | , , |

1. Greetings to the Men’s Fellowship, Ghana Methodist Chaplaincy, UK. At the centre of the Chaplaincy is the desire to live and express our Christian faith. I will like to reflect on the role of men in the Church today in the context of the aims of the Chaplaincy: ‘to heed the calling of the universal Christian Church to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Jesus Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission through the various Ghanaian languages, and will seek to help its members to grow and learn in harmony  as Christians...

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Missional Metaphors of “being salt and light”: The Functions of Jesus’ Faithful Followers in Secular Age.

Missional Metaphors of “being salt and light”: The Functions of Jesus’ Faithful Followers in Secular Age.

Posted by | Feb 11, 2020 | , |

The place of Christianity in our societies is increasingly changing, challenging, and declining. Charles Taylor in his book ‘A Secular Age,’ traced the phenomenon of secularisation since the Reformation and the beginning of modernity. Taylor examines some aspects of modernity which we call secular in relation to ‘a series of new departures, in which earlier form of religious life have been dissolved or destablized and new ones have been created.’ According to Taylor, ‘today’s secular world is characterised not by absence of religion – although in some societies religious belief and practice have markedly declined – but rather by...

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The Beatitudes- A MISSIONAL HYPOTHESIS, A DECLARATION TO CORRECT UNIVERSAL FUNDAMENTAL ERROR

The Beatitudes- A MISSIONAL HYPOTHESIS, A DECLARATION TO CORRECT UNIVERSAL FUNDAMENTAL ERROR

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | , , |

Above any theological abstractions, the simple words of Jesus in the beatitudes: ‘happy,’ and ‘blessed’ suggests a synonym for ‘holy.’ The beatitudes, a series of proclamations without a narrative which forms the beginning of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ in Matthew 5-7 summons us to a missional lifestyle. It sums up the blessings and joys in store for people who follow Jesus and His way of life, those who are a part of his kingdom and have the full blessings of the kingdom to look forward to. Happiness and blessedness suggests the things humanity pretend to pursue (Ps 4:6)....

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“THE APPOINTED DAY” @ 44: RETHINKING ASABA RETREAT IN 21ST CENTURY

“THE APPOINTED DAY” @ 44: RETHINKING ASABA RETREAT IN 21ST CENTURY

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | , |

Methodist Church Nigeria as a Bible based church is not without a missional principle of ecclesiastical polity, a constitution with all necessary comprehensiveness and clearness. The Constitution of Nigerian Methodist at heart is a biblical document bearing in mind that ‘the Scriptures are a sufficient rule of faith and practice.’ The agitation and measure of self-rule obtained by the Western and Easter regions of Nigeria in 1956 crept into Nigerian churches. The Methodist Church in Britain, the rock form which Nigerian Methodism was hewn after a long consultations received autonomy in 1962. The British Methodist Conference at Bradford in...

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REPENT FROM DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE AND ERROR: “Light at the end of the tunnel.”

REPENT FROM DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE AND ERROR: “Light at the end of the tunnel.”

Posted by | Jan 26, 2020 | , , |

The scripture reading for today from the Old Testament and New Testament reminds us about the urgency to repent from darkness of ignorance and error. According to Isaiah, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who lived in a land of deep darkness‐ On them the light has shine.” (Isaiah 9: 3). Like Jairus’ daughter, to be in ‘deep sleep means that something about us remains unconscious, unaware. We are in a stupor. We know the meaning of certain words,’ like repentance, pride, sin or the Second Coming of Jesus, ‘but they never apply to...

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