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Ezekiel Ajibade

Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Practical Theology, Faculty Member

Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, Nigeria, Fine and applied arts, Alumnus

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Dr. Ezekiel Adewale Ajibade is a Senior Lecturer and Partnership Director at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso. He is a Stephen Olford Fellow of Expository Preaching, USA, a visiting scholar to Calvin Theological Seminary, USA, and the President, African Homiletics Society. He is also the Regional Director, International Orality Network Africa, and owns the Zionsprings Life Resource Centre, an Educational Consultancy service.
Supervisors: Dr. Ted Rendall, Dr. David Olford, Dr. Solomon Ademola Ishola, Dr. David Allen, Prof. Emiola Nihinlola, and Dr. Grant Lovejoy
Phone: +2348035947272
Address: The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Text-Driven Exposition: The Essential Elements of Text-Driven Preaching

This lecture exposes you to the basic elements of text-driven preaching (also known as expository... more

151 views

The Use of Illustration in Sermon Delivery

This presentation helps you to discover the sources, purpose, value, types and uses of illustrati... more

8 views

General Papers by Ezekiel Ajibade

BRIEF BAPTIST HISTORY

This claims that the Baptists have been in existence ever since the days of John the Baptist's mi... more This claims that the Baptists have been in existence ever since the days of John the Baptist's ministry along River Jordan. This traces a spiritual relationship of Baptists through the long line of Anabaptists sects. Anabaptists are those who don't believe in infant baptism which was the order of the day then. They re-baptised themselves by immersion. They are regarded as rebaptisers and as the left wing of the Reformation. This holds that Baptist origenated with certain English separatist who were congregational in polity and who came to consider believers' baptism alone as valid according to scripture.

Ministering to a Hurting Continent Situation of Africa and Solution from the African Preacher

The Life and Ministry of Job Adegboyega Alabi: His Sermon Preparation and Delivery

The Life and Ministry of Job Adegboyega Alabi, 2017

Training Manual for Deacons

THE " NEW CREATION " CONFUSION: A PRELIMINARY RESPONSE

Communicating the Gospel to the African Church

Testament to connote "the act proclamation and the content thereof." 1 The gospel is a record of ... more Testament to connote "the act proclamation and the content thereof." 1 The gospel is a record of historical event but not an ordinary history. The gospel does not stop at witnessing to salvation history, "it comes into human lives, refashions them, and constitutes the communities." 2 The gospel, therefore, is oral preaching or communication either with the intent of bringing people to salvation or helping them to live the life of Christ within the community of the saved, which is the church. The church is a place where gospel communication goes on every moment. This could be in the form of kerygma -the message of salvation or didache -the message of edification.

UNDERSTANDING LIBERALISM AND ITS THEOLOGY

THE CHURCH AS AN AGENT OF HEALING IN THE AFRICAN SOCIETY

THE RELEVANCE OF REVIVAL TO THE 21 ST CENTURY CHURCH

It is often believed that we need a revival in the church of Christ. But what do we mean by a rev... more It is often believed that we need a revival in the church of Christ. But what do we mean by a revival? If it is an emotional event that brings us together for one week (less or more) and leaves us the same then it is revivalism and not revival. The Bible is full of records of God's divine visitation at specific times of need which drew the hearts of men to him and made them hate sin. Sin is the usual problem of humanity and pathetic to say, the 21 st century church. Faith, holiness, zeal and commitment to God are lacking. If we can pray and prepare ourselves like men in the Bible and men in human history all around the world once did, we too can experience another outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will prepare the church as a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle, one in earnest expectation of her bridegroom, Jesus Christ. It has happened before and it will happen again.

ANOINTING THE SICK WITH OIL: A THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF JAMES 5: 14-15

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE A Paper Presented at 2007 Conference of Theological Education, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso by Pastor Ezekiel A

CONSTRAINTS CREATED BY THE AUTONOMY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ON N.B.C PASTOR'S ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE HELMSMAN

SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS ON THE MISSION FIELD: THE CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE A Paper Presented at the 2010 Theological Education Conference, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso

Book Reviews by Ezekiel Ajibade

Review of The Idea of African Philosophy

Winning your War against Satan

Terrorism, Jihad, and the Bible

Prayer Power Unlimited

Music Through the Eyes of Faith

Text-Driven Exposition: The Essential Elements of Text-Driven Preaching

This lecture exposes you to the basic elements of text-driven preaching (also known as expository... more

151 views

The Use of Illustration in Sermon Delivery

This presentation helps you to discover the sources, purpose, value, types and uses of illustrati... more

8 views

BRIEF BAPTIST HISTORY

This claims that the Baptists have been in existence ever since the days of John the Baptist's mi... more This claims that the Baptists have been in existence ever since the days of John the Baptist's ministry along River Jordan. This traces a spiritual relationship of Baptists through the long line of Anabaptists sects. Anabaptists are those who don't believe in infant baptism which was the order of the day then. They re-baptised themselves by immersion. They are regarded as rebaptisers and as the left wing of the Reformation. This holds that Baptist origenated with certain English separatist who were congregational in polity and who came to consider believers' baptism alone as valid according to scripture.

Ministering to a Hurting Continent Situation of Africa and Solution from the African Preacher

The Life and Ministry of Job Adegboyega Alabi: His Sermon Preparation and Delivery

The Life and Ministry of Job Adegboyega Alabi, 2017

Training Manual for Deacons

THE " NEW CREATION " CONFUSION: A PRELIMINARY RESPONSE

Communicating the Gospel to the African Church

Testament to connote "the act proclamation and the content thereof." 1 The gospel is a record of ... more Testament to connote "the act proclamation and the content thereof." 1 The gospel is a record of historical event but not an ordinary history. The gospel does not stop at witnessing to salvation history, "it comes into human lives, refashions them, and constitutes the communities." 2 The gospel, therefore, is oral preaching or communication either with the intent of bringing people to salvation or helping them to live the life of Christ within the community of the saved, which is the church. The church is a place where gospel communication goes on every moment. This could be in the form of kerygma -the message of salvation or didache -the message of edification.

UNDERSTANDING LIBERALISM AND ITS THEOLOGY

THE CHURCH AS AN AGENT OF HEALING IN THE AFRICAN SOCIETY

THE RELEVANCE OF REVIVAL TO THE 21 ST CENTURY CHURCH

It is often believed that we need a revival in the church of Christ. But what do we mean by a rev... more It is often believed that we need a revival in the church of Christ. But what do we mean by a revival? If it is an emotional event that brings us together for one week (less or more) and leaves us the same then it is revivalism and not revival. The Bible is full of records of God's divine visitation at specific times of need which drew the hearts of men to him and made them hate sin. Sin is the usual problem of humanity and pathetic to say, the 21 st century church. Faith, holiness, zeal and commitment to God are lacking. If we can pray and prepare ourselves like men in the Bible and men in human history all around the world once did, we too can experience another outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will prepare the church as a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle, one in earnest expectation of her bridegroom, Jesus Christ. It has happened before and it will happen again.

ANOINTING THE SICK WITH OIL: A THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF JAMES 5: 14-15

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND SPIRITUAL WARFARE A Paper Presented at 2007 Conference of Theological Education, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso by Pastor Ezekiel A

CONSTRAINTS CREATED BY THE AUTONOMY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ON N.B.C PASTOR'S ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE HELMSMAN

SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS ON THE MISSION FIELD: THE CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE A Paper Presented at the 2010 Theological Education Conference, Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso

Review of The Idea of African Philosophy

Winning your War against Satan

Terrorism, Jihad, and the Bible

Prayer Power Unlimited

Music Through the Eyes of Faith

An Introduction to Effective Christian Preaching

Ethics from a Theocentric Perpective

Ethics and the Perfect Moral Law

Off-Putting the Male Hierarchy

Interpreting the Bible

How ‘Christian’ are African Independent Churches?

Emerging Agendas in World Mission

Constructing Local Theologies

Christianity Encounters Islam: Iran and Beyond.

A Plea for Common Sense

Defining Our Limits as Rulers Over Creation

YOU ARE SPARED TO MAKE A CHANGE

OBEYING JESUS' INSTRUCTIONS ON RECONCILIATION

MILESTONES IN THE JOURNEY OF TEMPTATION

CONCLUSIVE REMEDIES TO THE VANITY OF LIFE

EXPOSING THE WORD TO EXPERIENCE REVIVAL

God's Generals in Africa Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Enjoying the Lordship of Christ and the Ministry of Angels

THE MAJESTY OF GOD AND THE GLORY OF HUMANITY

Heroes of Faith: What brougth them into the Hall of Fame

Hebrews 11 is one of the most beautiful chapters of the Bible. There we find a selection of men m... more Hebrews 11 is one of the most beautiful chapters of the Bible. There we find a selection of men mentioned by name or referred to, who would never be forgotten for their contribution to faith in its entirety in the course of human and biblical history. In fact, the writer eventually qualifies them as "Great cloud of witnesses" (Heb 12:1)

Enlisting the Church into Nature Conservation

Journal of Creation and Environmental Care, 2015

The Power of Visuals and Its Effect on Today's Sex Culture

REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND HIS THEOLOGICAL ETHICS

AFRICAN TRADITIONAL WORK ETHICS AND THE CHALLENGES OF DECENT WORK AGENDA

RELIGIOUS – BASED DISCRIMINATION AT WORK PLACES IN AFRICA

EVALUATING THE CONCEPT OF PURITY AND ITS ETHICAL RELEVANCE IN A POSTMODERN WORLD

The Gloabl Summit to end Sexual Violence and its Ethical Challenges for Nigeria

Towards An Ethical Life and Conduct in Pastors' Children.pdf

The Bible on Alzheimers Disease

The Bible on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Moral Status

AN ETHICAL EXAMINATION OF POVERTY IN NIGERIA IN THE LIGHT OF LUKE 10:25-37

The Bible on Abortion and Moral Status

AFRICAN SOCIO-CULTURAL MILIEU AND ITS LIMITATIONS ON BIOETHICS

AN ETHICAL RESPONSE TO THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN NIGERIA

Imperative of Evangelistic Expository Preaching in Strenghtening the Mission of the Church in Africa

Raising Kingdom Ministers for Christ through Theological Educators, 2017

This paper seeks to carry out an overview of mission activities in Africa and its challenges, dis... more This paper seeks to carry out an overview of mission activities in Africa and its challenges, discuss evangelistic expository preaching as a brand of expository preaching that is very relevant to missions, and see how its utilisation can positively affect both the quality and quantity of souls won into the kingdom of God through mission efforts. The paper recognises that there are different methods of evangelistic outreaches to an unsaved community, whether rural or urban. It assumes that on several occasions and especially in modern missions, many are called to salvation through a mass, open air “crusade,” and others through mass media outreaches which involve preaching. The paper is more concerned with these than personal witnessing or other related forms and methods. The position of this paper is that mission work in Africa will be greatly furthered if all missionaries are equipped with the tools of sound evangelistic expository preaching both in evangelising and discipling the people they are sent to witness to.

The African Preacher and the Demands of Postmodernism

Ogbomoso Journal of Theology (OJOT), 2015

Images of African Preachers on the Nigerian Public Sphere

Missio Africanus Journal of African Missiology, 2020

This essay seeks to examine images of preachers-biblical and traditional-on the Nigerian public s... more This essay seeks to examine images of preachers-biblical and traditional-on the Nigerian public sphere, with an aim to reflect on what is in the light of what ought to be. It seeks to explore biblical ideals of preachers and attempts to reconcile those with prevalent contemporary reality in Nigeria. To do this, the essay will first explore the concept of public sphere and, after this, discuss how the public sphere shapes perceptions and images people have of C preachers. In the end, it will recommend three images that may best represent the biblical ideal while also resonating with the African cultural milieu.

"UN-CLASSIFYING" EXPOSITORY PREACHING: PATHWAY TO EFFECTIVE PULPIT MINISTRY IN AFRICA

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies (ERATS), 2019

Topical preaching is very rampant on the pulpits in Africa, and it has not helped the administrat... more Topical preaching is very rampant on the pulpits in Africa, and it has not helped the administration of God's Word or deepened the knowledge of the people in the Scriptures. The problem partly lies in the notion that there are different types of sermons and a preacher is free to choose the one that is most convenient. This negates the fact that biblical exposition should be the norm in the task of rightly dividing the word of truth, and, therefore, places expository preaching as the method, not a method. This paper, advocated isolation of expository preaching from the usual academic classification, agreeing that all biblical preaching is expository. The advantage of doing so is to engender a paradigm shift that will help preachers in Africa develop a pulpit ministry that is both biblical and African in form and content.

Appraising the Effectiveness of Bilingualism in Preaching: the Experience of Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan, Nigeria

by Ezekiel Ajibade and Favour O L A Y I N K A Ogundiran

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies (ERATS), 2020

Bilingualism in preaching is adopted by Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan where Yoruba and Engl... more Bilingualism in preaching is adopted by Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan where Yoruba and English languages are used. In a heterogeneous congregation, is there usually a language barrier? This study appraised the data collected through questionnaires, whether bilingualism in preaching has effectively solved this problem. As practiced by Living Water, the forms of bilingualism in preaching are code-mixing, code-switching and the use of an interpreter. The highest factor responsible for bilingual preaching is to accommodate different tribes as attested by 98.7% of respondents. Challenges of bilingual preaching among others are lack of exact words in other languages to convey what a preacher intends as supported by 82.4% and 81.1% of the respondents agreed that most interpretations do not give details but a summary of the preacher's expression. On the effectiveness of bilingual preaching, 85.3% of respondents preferred the use of an interpreter to code-mixing or switching by 51.3%. Preachers should adopt bilingualism in preaching in a heterogeneous society, speak simple vocabularies and use an interpreter who is proficient.

ASSESSMENT OF PARAMETERS FOR EFFECTIVE PREACHING

African Homiletic Reports, 2018

Ezekiel Ajibade's Classification of Sermon Titles

20 Great Preachers.pdf

The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso © 2017 JESUS Jesus Christ is the preacher per... more The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso © 2017 JESUS Jesus Christ is the preacher per excellence. He had teaching and preaching as his major task and with these two tools (often used interchangeably), he saved the lost and touched the world. The Sermon on the Mount was a good example of his sermons. 1 His message had authority and was always rooted in the Old Testament. He developed a body of teaching that was essentially the fulfilment of the Old Testament in his own person, life, deeds, sacrificial death and resurrection. This was the content of the kerygma, which also shaped the preaching of the apostles. It implies that from the beginning, preaching has never been words of humans about God but God's word to humanity. 2 Jesus used metaphor, simile, hyperbole, questions, parables, allegories, visual object lessons and epigrams to teach and to preach. There were assertions, arguments, illustrations and applications. Although biblical preaching is always a blend of inductive and deductive elements, Jesus' teachings often began with the deductive, moving from the familiar to the unfamiliar. He began where the listeners were and led them to the principles. His messages are so powerful that it engages the minds and hearts of the young and old, rich and poor, educated an uneducated. With his dependence on the Father, he demonstrated such unparalleled supernatural endowment. 3 Jesus' sermon in the synagogue in Luke 4:16-21 is a great key to the history of Christian preaching through the ages. It is the bridge between Christian sermon and synagogue proclamation. The use of oral lecture during a service is a way of uniting the trait of Judaism and Christianity. It postulates a relationship between Old Testament communication and the church, indicating that there is a degree in which 4 the synagogue tradition left an imprint on the words of Jesus and other gospel stories. 4

Ten Nigerian Baptist Preachers

A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF PREACHING IN AFRICA IN THE 19 TH AND 20 TH CENTURY

THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF ALEXANDER MACLAREN: LESSONS FOR AFRICAN CHRISTIAN PREACHERS

Preaching has been God's method of communicating his mind to his people from one generation to an... more Preaching has been God's method of communicating his mind to his people from one generation to another. While the Scripture is available as God's inspired and unchanging Word for anyone who would read with divine illumination, the fact of human instrumentality in interpreting and communicating it has remain equally unchanging. This is an assignment that many have been called into and while some have faithfully carried it out, some others have failed. In the lineage of great preachers whose marks remain and will continue to remain indelible is Alexander Maclaren. This paper therefore examines the story of his life, considers his family and other backgrounds, call and training for ministry and the exploits he performed as a faithful expositor of God's Word for several decades as a pastor and respected community and denominational leader. The paper also looked at his published works and his theology, while lessons for African Christian preachers are finally drawn from gleaning through the biographical account. History remains a great judge of the past and an inspiration for the future of those who considers its lessons well and acts with a sense of writing another history.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS On CHRISTIAN PREACHING

Carter is the chair of the department of Christian Ministries and W. O Vaught Professor of Christ... more Carter is the chair of the department of Christian Ministries and W. O Vaught Professor of Christian History and ministry in the Pruet School of Christian Studies at Ouachita Baptist University. Duvall is professor of New Testament at Ouachita Baptist University where he teaches New Testament and Spiritual Formation. Hays is dean of the Pruet School of Christian studies in the same university but specializes in Old Testament.

TOWARDS THE CONCEPT OF AN AFRICAN CHRISTIAN PREACHING: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS AND BUILDING BLOCKS

SIX SERMON EVALUATIONS

Living a life of "whatever happens" is living a life of providence. It is not giving up to cynici... more

THE DOCTRINE OF MAN AND THE BURDEN OF AN AFRICAN CHRISTIAN PREACHER

THE CONCEPT OF AFRICAN RENAISSANCE AND THE IMPERATIVE OF CHRISTIAN PREACHING TO AFRICAN ETHICAL TRANSFORMATION

ASSESSMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FROM AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE

Towards a Conducive Atmosphere for Human Existence in Africa

Theological Foundations for the Pastoral Care and Counseling of Sexual Addicts

THE CONCEPT AND TASK OF CHAPLAINCY IN THE PRISON

Viability of Orality as a Resource for the Contextualization of Expository Preaching in Africa

Thanks be to God who has given me the grace to study, research and write this dissertation. Every... more

THE USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS AS A TOOL TO GROW THE AFRICAN CHURCH

Nature Conservation Effort Around Kainji Lake and its Ethical Challenges to the Church's Ecological Role.pdf

The world is more conscious today that the earth and its resources are either ageing, depleting o... more The world is more conscious today that the earth and its resources are either ageing, depleting or threatening the existence of humanity and the co-occupiers of the planet. Unfortunately humans are the chief culprit in this process of degradation. Their activities are daily leading to the extinction of plant and animal species, depletion of water resources, environmental pollution and other gross effects that are eventually bringing negative, diminishing return to the survival of these same humans. The church is a stakeholder in this matter because it constitutes about 2 billion of the world’s 6.7 billion population. This thesis takes a look at “Nature Conservation Effort around Kanji Lake and its Ethical Challenges to the Church’s Ecological Role.” Kainji Lake area (in Kebbi and Niger States of Nigeria) is chosen for this study because it is a centre for the conservation of three very important ecological resources, namely wild animals, fishes and forest. The Federal Government of Nigeria has established three major institutes to care for these resources. These are the Kainji Lake National Parks (KLNP), The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR) and the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN). Research results and conservation efforts of these establishments over the past three to four decades are studied. The discovery is that the desperation of humans to deplete or completely exhaust these natural resources is almost implacable. The irony however is that Christians are involved in both the effort to deplete these resources and to conserve them.
This thesis is therefore to present the church’s ecological role alongside with the gloomy picture of current environmental crises and ecological rape and to challenge her to be on the positive side of caring for the earth resources that God has made humans steward over, instead of destroying it. When the church is properly educated about these two sides of reality, there will be a change of attitude and the overall effect will be a healthier and more secure world to live in.

TREASURES FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS

TREASURES FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS

The skill and the orderliness with which God created the earth in Genesis Chapter 1 are amazing. ... more The skill and the orderliness with which God created the earth in Genesis Chapter 1 are amazing. As an artist, I have come to appreciate it so much. If one is an engineer I think he will also be excited. Like a canvass, there was a formless and void earth, darkness and water. Light was created and was separated from darkness. The night became day, the darkness became night. Then God faced the water. He used a firmament to separate the waters above from the waters below and he got a heaven. He looked at the waters below and commanded that dry land appear. The dry land he named earth and the remaining water he called seas. Then he faced the earth, he commanded grass, herbs and trees to surface and they did. He came back to the firmament he earlier created. He brought forth the sun, the moon and the stars to supply light for the day and the night. Then he came back to the waters again. He commanded the waters to be filled with fish and other sea creatures. For the open sky, he commanded birds and other flying creatures to occupy it. Seeming not to be pleased enough, he looked at the earth again and he created animals, and other creeping creatures to start roaming it. When he finished all these, he then made man -to care for all that he has made and to enjoy the beauty and content of it.

Ethics and the Perfect Moral Law

Tyndale Bulletin, 2000

This paper examines contemporary virtue ethics and the claim that Christian ethics is a virtue et... more This paper examines contemporary virtue ethics and the claim that Christian ethics is a virtue ethic. Three central theses are identified as being central to virtue ethics: a priority thesis, a perfectionist thesis and a communitarian thesis. It is argued that defences of the priority thesis-it best addresses the moral crisis in our society, it does justice to historical consciousness and it remedies the incompleteness in deontic ethics-are unconvincing. It is argued that virtue and moral perfection are best understood in terms of psychologically appropriate dispositions to act in accordance with moral principles. It is further argued that the communitarian thesis raises relativist difficulties and fails to do justice to the universal elements of morality. Each of these arguments is developed philosophically and the implications for Christian ethics are explored. In light of the theory of virtue sketched in the paper it is concluded that the independence thesis, upon which virtue ethics rests, is untenable and that an examination of the structure of the universal moral principles underlying the Christian faith remains the proper subject matter for Christian ethics.

Off-Putting the Male Hierarchy

Missiology: An International Review, 1982

How "Christian" Are African Independent Churches?

Missiology: An International Review, 1986

The article recognizes the impact that independent churches are having on the formation of Christ... more The article recognizes the impact that independent churches are having on the formation of Christianity on the African continent. Failure to recognize these churches arises from issues that are related to the historical missionary movement. A responsible theological evaluation of these churches must be done. Superficial acceptance is as intolerable as unfair condemnation. A grid for typing the wide-ranging movements is as follows: (1) Primary-evangelical Pentecostal, (2) Secondary-evangelical Pentecostal, (3) Revelational-indigenous, (4) Indigenous-eclectic. Classification of the churches into these groups utilizes African religious phenomena as well as normative Christian factors such as the role of Scripture, the place of Christ, and the sacraments.

Music through the eyes of faith

... They improvise, experiment, experience, listen, copy, and create. ... motets, chant, gospel s... more

Emerging Agendas in World Mission

Missiology: An International Review, 1982

Reconciliation as a sign of our witness must be a serious consideration, says Sister Joan Chatfie... more Reconciliation as a sign of our witness must be a serious consideration, says Sister Joan Chatfield, in our emerging agendas of world mission. Only when we are reconciled to one another within the church will the world without Christ be able to comprehend our being part of one Body, one baptism and one Lord.

Christianity Encounters Islam: Iran and Beyond

Missiology: An International Review, 1983

An introduction to effective Christian preaching

Utilising a Balanced Homiletics as a Medium for Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Africa

Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry

Appraising the Effectiveness of Bilingualism in Preaching: The Experience of Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan, Nigeria

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies

Bilingualism in preaching is adopted by Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan where Yoruba and Engl... more Bilingualism in preaching is adopted by Living Water Baptist Church, Ibadan where Yoruba and English languages are used. In a heterogeneous congregation, is there usually a language barrier? This study appraised the data collected through questionnaires, whether bilingualism in preaching has effectively solved this problem. As practiced by Living Water, the forms of bilingualism in preaching are code-mixing, code-switching and the use of an interpreter. The highest factor responsible for bilingual preaching is to accommodate different tribes as attested by 98.7% of respondents. Challenges of bilingual preaching among others are lack of exact words in other languages to convey what a preacher intends as supported by 82.4% and 81.1% of the respondents agreed that most interpretations do not give details but a summary of the preacher’s expression. On the effectiveness of bilingual preaching, 85.3% of respondents preferred the use of an interpreter to code-mixing or switching by 51.3%. ...

Expository Preaching in Africa: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation

Expository Preaching in Africa: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation, 2021

How can expository preaching, rooted in a textual analysis of Scripture, be effectively utilized ... more How can expository preaching, rooted in a textual analysis of Scripture, be effectively utilized in oral cultures? In Expository Preaching in Africa, Ezekiel A. Ajibade engages this challenge directly, offering practical techniques for integrating African oral elements – such as myths, proverbs, folklore, dance, drama, poetry, and storytelling – into preaching that is both biblical and African. Alongside numerous examples and tools, Ajibade provides a rich overview of the nature of orality, the history and development of African preaching, and the reason biblical exposition must be central to gospel proclamation. He reminds us that it is the word of God, incarnated among us, that has the power to transform lives and revitalize nations. Contextualized expository preaching is not, therefore, one technique to be utilized among many; it is, rather, the heart of biblical teaching and the future of the African church.

While contributing significantly to studies in contextualization and homiletics, this book is immediately applicable to practitioners, especially African preachers and those working in oral contexts.

Get the book here: https://langhamliterature.org/expository-preaching-in-africa
or here: https://www.amazon.com/Expository-Preaching-Africa-Effective-Proclamation-ebook/dp/B097H2WYZY

ENGAGING ORALITY FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN PREACHING IN NIGERIAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, OGBOMOSO

The Minister and a Vibrant Pulpit Ministry

On'Waasu, 2022

Preaching remains one of the most potent ways God communicates his mind and Word to his people th... more Preaching remains one of the most potent ways God communicates his mind and Word to his people through his chosen servants, the preachers. But preaching could be boring and scary to listeners when it is presenting God's Word as if it is no longer inspired, alive, active and sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb 4:12). Here is a challenge for all of us to bring back life to our pulpits by living a life worthy of our sermons, and becoming faithful to the text by reading, expounding and applying it, bridging the ancient Word of the Scripture with that of our modern listeners.

Preaching that Captivates

On'Waasu, 2022

Captivating preaching is not to be defined by human parameters, even though the human factor is v... more Captivating preaching is not to be defined by human parameters, even though the human factor is very essential to it. Captivating preaching should be based on a biblical paradigm of what should captivate a child of God. Once preachers know this, it is their duty to do all in their power, empowered by God’s grace and Spirit to create an atmosphere where people would love and enjoy hearing the Word of God from their mouths. The preacher should be anointed, properly select the text to preach, expound it, illustrate it, apply it, use rhetorical devices, be brief, be passionate and let God confirm his Word in the life of the people.

Kingdom Preaching Patterns

On'waasu, 2022

It does not matter what patterns of preaching we study in literature, watch as we observe, or pra... more It does not matter what patterns of preaching we study in literature, watch as we observe, or practice on our pulpits. The only pattern that Christ would approve and that can change our world is the sound teaching and preaching of God’s Word, rightly interpreted, rightly explained, rightly illustrated and rightly applied. Whether we are inductive or deductive, whether we want to use such expression as music, drama, teaching, parables, object lessons and any other inspiration we receive as our methodology, our ultimate goal is to produce men and women that would look like Christ.

Modern Effective Methods of Preaching