Beloved in Christ Jesus.
Greetings from fellow soldiers of Christ in Nigeria, most especially in BVBIN & SWSE, IBADAN located in Butubutu village via Badeku/Jago. Below is the report of some of our activities for the month of March 2022.
WEEKENDS EVANGELISM /OUTREACH:
Our students and staff continued in the evangelization of cities and villages in the Western States of Nigeria throughout the weekends in the month of March 2022.
Report reaching the school shows that the Lord added ten souls to His body and a family of five were restored in Ibadan. To God be the glory and honor.
2ND BATCH OF BVBIN- BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM CONTINUE :
The second batch of BVBIN-Bachelor's Degree program continue their classes between March 7th through 18th with Bro. Chad Wagner who taught the Greek Class and Bro. Isaac Olaniyan taught Advanced Hermeneutics-1 in the second week. Ten Students were in attendance in the first week and eight in the second week.
The next classes are scheduled to come up on April 1 through 11 with Bro. Ayobami Akanji handling Advanced Congregational Development-1 and I, Bro. Makinde Ebens handling Advanced Homiletics-1 Lord willing.
20TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SEMINAR 2022:
This year's Annual Leadership Seminar held in Doug Wheeler Events Center, Butubutu Village, Ibadan was attended by 147 brethren from 61 congregations within and outside the Western States of Nigeria from March 7th through 11th.
Brethren started coming into the school compound on Monday evening due to the theme of this year's Seminar that centered on Practical Christianity coupled with the fuel scarcity across the Country - Nigeria and as of Wednesday morning, over sixty brethren were already registered for the program.
Over 4,000 VOTI volume 112, about 2,000 copies of our local tracts, over 1,000 Introduction Courses and 9 boxes of Gospel literature from Mission Printing International were freely distributed to most of the congregations present.
Ministers of God within the Western States stormed the Doug Wheeler Events Center to solidarize with the BVBIN & SWSE IBADAN on the 20th Annual Leadership Seminar.
Amongst those present at the Leadership Seminar at Butubutu Village, Ibadan were the SWSE IBADAN director and BVBIN- International Director, Bro. Chad Wagner, The SWSE IBADAN board chairman, Bro. Ayobami Akanji (elder), Bro. Mfon Etim( Director- BVBIN- Ikorodu), Bro. Timothy Iwe( Director- BVBIN- Lagos Island), Bro. Victor Fasonu (Director of BVBIN- Ondo State) , Bro. Olorode Joachim (Representative of Director of BVBIN-Agege) and many others.
Also in attendance were some repented Anti-Bible institution brethren and two of the SWSE foundation members who are still alive, like Bro. Sunday Adekunle and Bro. Gabriel Akinyoola.
THIRD SEMESTER COURSES CONCLUDED:
With God on our side coupled with the mutual cooperation of my fellow instructors, we were able to conclude all courses, assignments, and tests for this semester.
Bro. Isaac Olaniyan handled Difficult passages of the New Testament, Life of Christ-3 (Luke), and the Book of Romans; Bro. Durojaiye Odeyemi handled The New Testament Church-2 (Worship); Bro. Makinde John handled 1&2 Peter & Jude and 1&2 Thessalonians; Bro. Kayode Eniafe handled Hebrews, Old Testament Prophets (Minor) and 2nd Corinthians; Bro. Adeolu Andrew handled 1 Corinthians, Biblical Eschatology, and Evangelism-3 (Strategy of Reaching out) while I handled OT Wisdom-2 (Psalm-SOS), Marriage & the home, Preacher's life & work, and Teach with Success.
The first-year students have embarked on a month of vocational training while the second-year students returned to their stations for practicum.
Fourth Semester Classes will commence Lord's willing on 2nd May through 24th June, 2022.
REPORT FROM WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL FOLLOW UP WORKERS:
1. Bro. Enefiok Archibong of Ikot Ekpene and Bro. M.B. Archibong of Uyo reported the conversions of two souls in each of their stations in this month of March.
2. Bro. Benson Balogun of Asejire and Bro. Olorode Samuel of Ajagba in Ondo State also reported the conversion of a soul each in their area of work.
3. Bro. Kayode Eniafe and Bro. Dele Shotola reported that over 500 introduction lessons were distributed in five Junior and Senior Colleges in Oyo and Osun States and about 350 copies of the lessons have been collected back from the students.
4. Bro. Matthew Rowland of Akure in Ondo State visited seven schools in the month of March and shared 1,000 introduction lessons and 500 have been returned so far for the next posting to the WBSTC, California, USA .
5. Bro. Obey Rimaskwe of Kapakya town in Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State reported the extension of his work to villages along the Nigeria/Cameroon border.
6. Bro. Andrew Adeolu of Ajia town in Ibadan, Oyo State reported that he now embarks on bus evangelism on every Monday and Wednesday of the week in addition to market day evangelism/campaign.
7. Bro. Akilapa Samuel of Odo- Sida in Ondo town and Bro. Godwin Johnson of Ode-Aye near Okitipupa in Ondo State reported the restoration of two couples each as a result of their constant visits to the lukewarm and erring brethren in their area of work in this quarter of the year 2022.
ACCOMPLISHMENT:
With the Lord's help coupled with the financial support from Austin Chapel COC and Nigerian brethren, we were able to successfully host this year Annual Leadership Seminar which is the 20th of it kind at Butubutu Village in Ibadan from March 9-11, 2022. All participants went home satisfactorily and with gladness for being well-fed both spiritually and physically.
PLANTING OF THE LORD'S CHURCH IN IBEJU LEKKI L.G.A OF LAGOS STATE :
In collaboration with the Lord's Church in Mile-12, Lagos State, ten Students and staff of BVBIN & SWSE- IBADAN will be participating in a 3-day evangelism/outreach at Elepete Village in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area from April 7 to 9 with the intention of planting the Lord's Church in that area of Lagos State on 10th of April, 2022 in a plot of land donated by a member of Mile-12 congregation, Lagos .
The four-day exercise will cost us between N140,000 to N150,000 for feedings and hiring a big bus for the four days trip. The Church in Mile-12 Lagos will be responsible for our accommodation.
STUDENT PROFILE:
Bro. Olayemi Hope Idiyeli is one of our year-1- Students. He was admitted into our ministerial department in the year 2020. A native of Iggara in Edo State. Born in 1992 to the family of Mr. & Mrs. Idiyeli, he was baptized into Christ and added to the Lord's Church in the year 2010. His mission is to acquire more knowledge of the Scriptures that will qualify him as an effective minister of God and a Bible husband.