St. Barnabas Provincial Cathedral Honiara, Solomon Islands 15th September 2019 O God our help in ages past and our hope for years to come! Address Your Excellency, the Governor General of Solomon Islands, the Rt Rev. David Vunagi and Madam Mary Vunagi, the Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Patteson Oti and Madam Oti, the Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare and Madam Sogavare, the Hon. Justice Sir Albert Palmer and Madam Palmer, Leader of Parliamentary Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale and Mrs. Wale, Members of Parliament who are here this morning and your good wives. And in their absence, I would like to…
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The Rt. Rev’d Prof. Dapo Folorunsho Asaju is Vice-Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State. In this interview, he spoke on his refusal to do a second term; causes of corruption and insecurity in the country and how government can tackle xenophobia. Why did you refuse the second term offer? I was appointed for a non-renewable five-year term. You don’t change laws because a man has done well in your own opinion. No man is indispensable. I have a history of having been the chairman of ASUU in the days of Professor Attahiru Jega. I was a leading voice…
Greetings from Kigali, Rwanda! This month, Archbishop Foley Beach has kindly invited me to write the monthly Chairman’s letter and it is a great joy to have this opportunity to write to you. I am full of thankfulness for God’s goodness and favour to the Gafcon movement as ordinary Anglicans around the world work together to make Christ known and encourage each other in faithful discipleship. As former Gafcon Chairman Archbishop Nicholas Okoh has recently commented, the church should be a colony of heaven. It is our great calling to serve the Kingdom of God, and to strive to ensure…
On September 30th 21Wilberforce presented the second annual Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom award to Archbishop Benjamin and Dr. Gloria Kwashi of the Anglican Diocese of Jos, Church of Nigeria. The Kwashi’s were recognized for their exemplary leadership in serving society’s vulnerable and those who suffer for their faith. Named for Congressman Frank Wolf who has worked tirelessly for decades to promote international religious freedom and later served on staff with 21Wilberforce, the award was presented at a dinner held at Dallas Baptist University. Randel Everett, former executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and former pastor of…
“There’s stability in God and those who follow Him must not deceive themselves that through sophistry they can confuse Him; because there is nothing like ‘modern God’, it does not exist.” These were the words of the Primate of all Nigeria Anglican Communion, and Bishop of the Diocese of Abuja, the Most Rev. Nicholas D. Okoh at the dedication of a new place of worship for the parishioners of All Saints’ Anglican Church, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, pending the building of a new ultra-modern church building to replace the old one. The Primate, who described dedication as separateness, said that…
Leader of the Yoruba World Congress, emeritus Prof Banji Akintoye, is a former Head of the Department of History, University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. He tells FEMI MAKINDE in this interview that his organisation will work with all groups to defend Yorubaland You were elected the leader of the Yoruba people on August 22 by some groups but it took you almost one month to respond to this offer. Why? I had to make consultations and I consulted widely before I responded. I deeply appreciate the organisations and the leaders who met in Ibadan on…
The Primate of All Nigeria, (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh has appealed to the Federal Government to handle xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa in a diplomatic manner, and ensure that the problem does not escalate. Speaking at the dedication of the Compass Rose Table Water Factory built by the church in Kuje, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Okoh who condemned the frequent attacks, warned that the attendant public outcry may come with more reactions and many things could go wrong in the process. He said, “We should know that the people who have shops in…
The Psalmist says it quite well: “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” In the troubles and tribulations of this world, there is always the temptation to trust in other things than God. But, God is able to deliver those who trust in Him no matter how great the challenge or danger. Trusting a person comes as a result of the understanding of ability and capability of the person. There may be situations when God may seem to forsake his people and God’s people may seem to be…
We were asked in 2017 to undertake a qualitative research study into child sexual abuse by clergymen – it was exclusively perpetrated by ‘men’ – in the Diocese of Chichester. We were asked specifically to look at the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ of what happened, rather that the ‘who’, ‘what’ or ‘when’. This involved examining patterns surrounding the abuse itself alongside features of the organisation which may have contributed to or maintained it. One of us (Yvonne) interviewed at length 17 individuals including survivors, professionals and senior members of the diocese. Additionally, three individuals responded to the questions by email.…
THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA HYMNAL is set to formulate a standard hymnody for the Church of Nigeria and to lay emphasis on the standard of worship, biblical truth and doctrines of the conservative but progressive Anglicanism. It contains a body of hymns with the texts clearly in line with Christian faith, teaching and integrity, practicality and excellence, and reflect the true nature and composition of the 21st century church by looking at the age differences and cultural diversity of the prospective users. The book is well planned to give room for African way of praising God through all-encompassing music of…