Deji Okegbile

Fishermen to Fishers of Men: Missional Shift in Attitude and Perspective.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Feb 19, 2025 | Missions and Evangelism |

Since my Sunday school days, a particular song has inspired me. The song is, ‘I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, fishers of men, I will make you fishers of men if you follow me. If you follow me 2x, I will make you fishers of men, fishers of men, if you follow me’ – 2x. The promise to be made a fisher of men was not without a condition, and the condition is a call to you and me to follow Jesus Christ. Jesus calls us to leave our old sinful way of life and...

EVANGELISE: PREACH AS YOU GO!

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Feb 12, 2025 | Missions and Evangelism |

There is nothing super urgent in all this world than to tell people about Jesus Christ. Evangelise, Preach as You Go is a response to the urgency of evangelism. At a time when man is the centre of all things and politicians are increasingly becoming theologians, Evangelise, Preach as You Go is about God being the centre of all things again. It is a call to church and leadership renewal at a time when the Gospel sounds more and more like foolishness in the ears of the unregenerate. “For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who...

LESSONS FROM February 9, 1709: THE JOHN WESLEY MISSION AND LEADERSHIP BRANDING MODULE!

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Feb 11, 2025 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE BURNING: … NOT LEAVING, AFTER HIS DEBTS ARE PAID, TEN POUNDS BEHIND HIM: PRAYING, GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME, AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT![1] – John Wesley. What brand are you made of? Spiritually speaking, we are all wearing a brand just as a brand on a sheep denotes who owns it. John Wesley’s epitaph awakes the church and the leadership to an examination to know who we are, what brand we are wearing, and how we fit into the bigger picture as Jesus’ brand. Our mission and spiritual brands denote our owner and who...

Celebrating a Trailblazer, Pride of Africa, Dame (Princess) Adetope Tychus, First Female Black Int’l Director of CA 8, Africa @70.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 7, 2025 | Nations |

Over three decades, and during my ministry at Wesley Cathedral, Olowogbowo, Lagos, I encountered many people with beautiful souls and families with a passion for mission and evangelism. One such family is the Sir Lion Engr Owen Adesina and Dame (Princess) Bridget Adetope Tychus (Iya Oba, Iya Pastor, Iya bisobu), both Knight of John Wesley. As a praying partner and member of the Methodist Evangelical Movement (MEM), Wesley Cathedral, Olowogbowo, Lagos, I have developed a deep missional admiration for Dame Adetope, a model of Proverb 31 woman and a Methodist Local Preacher. Her strength is God and her family....

The Renewal of Covenant, Healing for a backsliding Church: Jonah’s example.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jan 4, 2025 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

We had a larger congregation at the renewal of the Covenant than we have had for many years: and I do not know that ever we had a greater blessing. Afterwards many desired to return thanks, either for a sense of pardon, for full salvation, or for a fresh manifestation of his grace, healing all their backslidings.” From his statement above, Wesley brings to our attention the missional essence of Covenant prayer, namely: the desire to return thanks to God; For a sense of pardon; For full salvation or for a manifestation of his grace and healing all backslidings...