Dear fellow soldiers of Christ Jesus.
Happy New Year in advanced and Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
I can never forget those that have been there for us since the inception of this preachers training School in the city of Ibadan in the year 2003. Big thanks to all the American brethren who played vital roles in helping us to achieve our aim of recruiting more men into the Lord's Army. May the Lord keep on blessing all our work together in Christ Jesus, amen.
Here is the summary of our activities in the Lord for this month of December 2021.
OVERVIEW
i- BVBIN Bachelor's Degree program
ii- Weekend Evangelism
iii- Marriage ceremonies
iv- Second Semester Classes
v- Report from WBSFUW
vi- VOTI volume 111 freely distributed
BVBIN BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM:
The second batch of BVBIN Bachelor's Degree program of November 29 through December 10 was attended by eleven Students in Butubutu village, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Bro. Isaac Olaniyan taught on Research and Writing-1 from November 29 through December 3, while I , Bro. Makinde Ebens taught on Advanced Fundamental of faith-1 from December 6 through 10,2021.
Next two classes is coming up on February or March 2022 , Lord's willing with Bro. Chad Wagner teaching on Greek-1 and Bro. Isaac Olaniyan teaching on Advanced Hermeneutics-1.
WEEKEND EVANGELISM:
According to our tradition, the students and staff of BVBIN & SWSE, IBADAN continue in their weekend outreach in in six centers on December 3 through 5 and December 10 through 12. We are graced in evangelizing Butubutu Village, Jago, Badeku, Ajia, Igbooloyin-Ibadan and Asejire in Osun State. Even though there is no conversion yet, nevertheless , we have many prospects who we believe will soon embrace the truth.
MARRIAGE CEREMONIES:
The legal marriage between my daughter, Sister Toluwalope Glory Makinde and Bro. Dennis Ojenomoh was held in Ibadan North Local Government ,Agodi Gate ,Ibadan, Oyo State on December 2 while the traditional ceremony and reception was held in Orebanjo Hall, Iyana Church in Ibadan on December 4,2021.
We deeply appreciate all the brethren, friends, relatives and all the graduates of BVBIN & SWSE , The SWSE foundation members and the representative of BVBIN Schools in Lagos State ,Ondo State, Abuja and Ibadan for their present.
Also, the traditional ceremony and reception of Sister Temidayo Shotola, the second daughter of Bro.Dele Shotola, one of the WBSFUW in Oyo State came up on December 18,2021 in ECOWAS Hall, Challenge Area of Ibadan City. To God be the glory and honor for the success of this two events.
SECOND SEMESTER CLASSES:
Second Semester Classes for 2021/2022 session continue till December 17 when we embark on three weeks break to enable our students participate actively in the end of the year program across the Western States of Nigeria.
All our year-1 & 2- males Students are now working with the Lord's Church across the Western States of Nigeria while the four female Students(three in year-1 and one in year-2) returned to their home congregations .
Our instructors for this semester are: Bro. Isaac Olaniyan who is handling Life of Christ-2(Mark) ,Evangelism-2(Church Planting) and The book of Galatians. Bro. Kayode Eniafe is handling ,Evangelism-2(Church Planting ) , OTP(Major) and The book of Bro. Makinde John is handling How we got the Bible and Basic Bible Doctrine. Bro. Adeolu Andrew is handling Acts of the Apostles and Hermeneutics-1(Introduction). Bro. Oladokun Samuel is handling Christian Evidences. Bro. Emmanuel Godwin is handling World Religious. Bro. Peter Ortserga is handling Cost of Discipleship while I, Bro Makinde Ebens is handling Homiletics-1(Introduction), Hermeneutics-2(In-depth Studies) and Ministerial Counseling. Classes will continue Lord's willing on January 10,2022.
REPORT FROM WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL FOLLOW UP TEAM
i- Our new man, Bro. Benson Balogun who is also one of our year-2- Students and a gospel preacher in Asejire town, Ondo State visited seven High School and share 1,000 WBS Correspondence Courses in which 634 were now returned by the students.
ii- Bro. Enefiok Archibong of Ikot Ekpene town in Akwa-Ibom State reported that the just concluded WBS seminar in his Area was attended by representative of 33 congregations with 170 participants and with a soul converted during the seminar.
iii- Another WBSFUW in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State named Bro. M.B.Archibong reported the conversion of five souls in the just concluded WBS/ LEADERSHIP seminar in his Area in which the just printed VOTI volume 111 was distributed to the representative of churches present.
VOICE OF TRUTH INTERNATIONAL VOLUME 111 FREELY DISTRIBUTED:
Five thousand seven hundred and fifty (5,750) copies of VOTI volume 111 was posted/delivered by hand to brethren and friends of the Lord's Church across the country ,Nigeria between December 5 and 17,2021. We thank the World Evangelism crews for this great gospel material. May the Lord continue to supply all your needs according to His riches in glory is our fervent prayers.
ABOUT A STUDENT:
Bro. Matthew Rowland is one of our year-2- Students. A native of Ponyan in Yagba East Local Government,Kogi State. Born in 1975 and was converted into the Lord's Church in 1998. A graduate of Nigerian Christian Institute, ministerial department, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom. His mission is to become one of the able ministers of God in Africa starting from Nigeria.
END OF THE YEAR PROGRAM:
The staff and WBSFUW in Ibadan organized end of the year program in five communities in Ibadan and Asejire-Osun State from December 23 through 26,2021. Bro. Andrew Adeolu served as the moderator while I (Bro.Makinde Ebens), Bro.Kayode Eniafe and Bro. Dele Shotola served as the speakers.
CONCLUSION:
We appreciate you all for your great support toward the growth of the Lord's Church in Africa most especially in Nigeria. May the Almighty God keep on showering His abundant blessing on all our joint effort is our fervent prayers. Amen.
I remain yours in His Grace as a servant,
Makinde Ebens The Chief Servant of BVBIN & SWSE IBADAN & WBSFUW)