A Weekend of New Beginnings

The graduation ceremony at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) went well.  The graduate is here.

 

Dr. Tokuboh Adeyemo was on the lips of everyone as he he died in March of this year. The Governing Council Chairperson reminded us of the work that Dr. Adeyemo did for the college and encouraged the students to emulate him. He was such a great encouragement to many of us in Africa and the whole world as a whole. Read more about him (picture below) here.

I will going back to NEGST in a weeks time for the conference indicated here
http://nairobiconference.org/NairobiConference/Home.html. Please pray the conference will be a success and a blessing and that those who attend will journey safely to and from home.


Coming back from the graduation I had a chance to attend an after party for a friend who got married on the same day. It was so much fun.

Have a great day and God Bless

Dr Tokunboh Adeyemo

Dr Adeyemo has died. It is everywhere in the news here in Kenya. His body will be taken to Nairobi Pentecostal Church in Kenya before he is flown to Nigeria, his home country.

Most of his life's work was done in Kenya. He seems to have loved the country after working as the chair of Association of Evangelical churches in Africa, AEA http://www.aeafrica.org/

He also headed a host of other organizations, about 12 different ones. Most of the the organizations are based in Nairobi, and we are so happy for Dr. Adeyemo making Nairobi his base.

I got to know Dr. Adeyemo when I read most of his books and his commentary on the African Bible. He helped develop the African Bible and it is awesome, thoughII have not had a chance to buy it because of its prohibitive cost.

His scholarly works came from doing his ground work well. He had his Bachelor of Theology degree at ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja, Nigeria; Masters of Divinity and Theology at Talbot School of Theology of Biola University, California, USA; Doctor of Theology degree at Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas, USA; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Africa Bible Commentary, xiii).

We will miss you, you were our John Wesley (the founder of Methodist church and the Wesleyan Holiness tradition) here in Africa. It is my prayer that he will rest in eternal peace. Thanks for making Africa where your heart is and for building and developing the African scholars. We saw you as a tall tree, but your works will encourage us all the more.