Business Fellowship

PREAMBLE

We wish to introduce the BUSINESS Fellowship of our Church. The fellowship is one of the ministries of the Church that caters for the spiritual needs of members in their various business endeavours.

HISTORY

The business fellowship was inaugurated as a Ministry in 1999 by the then Vicar, Ven.  Akin J. Odejide now the retired Bishop of Ifo Diocese and has members drawn from the Church.

GOALS

The fellowship serves to promote moral and spiritual backup for Christians in business to stand out against various societal challenges in the conduct of their businesses. They provide bible-based solutions to the problems/ challenges that are faced in secular world. A Christian can still remain relevant, upright, different, and maintains his integrity irrespective of the contending forces within the business community where he does his business, so that the name of Jesus Christ  may be glorified.

STANDOUT OBJECTIVES

1. Evangelize business to men and women
2. Pray without season for breakthrough for aspiring entrepreneurs and their businesses.
3. Entrepreneurship Development and promotion
4. Promote good heaith at work place ‘Health is Weaith’
5. Initiate into specific businesses
6. Preach integrity in the market place

PAST PROGRAM ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED

1. Fasting, Prayers and Testimony
2. Words of Wisdom from Bible exposition
3. Business Talk
4. Entrepreneurship Development
5. Breakfast Fellowship
6. Anniversary Celebration:
   • Market Fair
   • Exhibition
   • Business Directory
7. Business Fellowship Leadership Summit

ACTIVITIES IN THE IMMEDIATE PAST YEAR 2023

1.  Conducted weekly online regular fasting and prayer intersections on the businesses of our Church members, families, priests, Lagos Diocese and the Church universal.

2.  Organised 3-hourly Bible studies every Wednesday from 1pm-3pm on the book of Genesis and completed forty-six (46) chapters from chapter one on the THEME: Wealth from the Scriptures. Emphases were drawn on the lives, times, failures and disappointment of people studied. Their experiences were applied to our businesses and learned how to do business better as children of God In a contemporary competitive market place.

3. Sponsored the month of June Community Hymns Singing In celebrating the 24^th Anniversary of the Fellowship.

All the activities are in accordance to our mission, objective to Christian values and Christ teachings as well as biblical guidance to our businesses.

PROGRAMS FOR 2024

1. Quarterly Breakfast Fellowship
2. Business Talk: Shall be tied to topics on scriptural, inspirational and Business.
3. Entrepreneurship Development. To be facilitated by two leading firms:
   • Toki Mabogunje & Associates
   • General Merchant Investors Limited (GMI)
4. Regular Physical and online meetings to be revisited
5. 25^tth Anniversary Celebration of the Fellowship

EXECUTIVES

MEMBERSHIP        

Membership is opened to parishioners at payment of =N=1,000 Registration fee, =N=2,000  Annual Subscription,attendance and participation at meetings.

APPRECIATION

We thank all that have sponsored the fellowship at various times to keep the fellowship going. The Lord will meet you at every point of your need. We also appreciate all our fathers in the Lord, speakers, executives, all members and their families, advisers, the Church Administrative Manager, and Workers. Your labour of love for Christ will not be In vain.

God bless.