High Positions Are A Call To Service To Humanity
Channel: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Date: 2023-03-07

**Enthronement Service Of New Archbishop Of Methodist Church, Most Rev. (Dr) Michael O. Akinwale**


Appointment to an important position is not just one to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, but a high call of service and responsibility to God and the people, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Abuja as Special Guest of Honour at the Enthronement Service of the new Methodist Archbishop of Abuja, the Most Revd (Dr.) Michael Akinwale, which held at the Methodist Cathedral of Unity in the FCT.

The church service also featured the presentation of Sir Kayode Beckley, AVM Rtd, as the new Methodist Church Diocesan and Archdiocesan Lay President. 

“Indeed, the office means that your voice must be heard and your leadership seen where there is injustice, deprivation or lack," Prof. Osinbajo said addressing the new Archbishop 

He continued: "the high call of service to the gospel of Christ is a ministry to all, whether they be amongst the membership of the Methodist Church or even those of other denominations and beliefs,” the Vice President stated in his remarks. 

Congratulating the new Archbishop of Abuja, the VP commended him for his many decades of service to the church, noting that his enthronement was “an affirmation of your lifetime devotion to God and continuous good work in His vineyard.

“As his Eminence, the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria sat your Grace on the throne, I knew that you were not blinded by the pomp and pageantry of this great occasion, but that you see this as a call to the service of God and man, a great responsibility in our country and world,” the VP stated. 

Speaking on the place of service and honour for religious leaders, Prof. Osinbajo referenced the Holy Book, noting that, “Indeed, as Apostle Paul recommended in 1 Timothy 5:17: “the elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honour, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching”.  


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