Olusola Ayo-Obiremi
Professor of Christian Education
Deputy President Advancement

CONTACT

oayo-obiremi@nbts.edu.ng

EDUCATION

  • PhD Religious Education, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso
  • MThRE, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso
  • MA, Study of Religions, University of Ghana, Legon
  • MA Youth Ministry, The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso
  • M.Div RE The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso
  • B. A. Education English, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State

RESEARCH INTEREST

Christian Education: Family Education - Childhood Education and Youth Ministry; Curriculum Studies; Christian Discipleship

Rev. Prof. Olusola Ayo-Obiremi is a child of God, a Christian wife, mother, grandmother, ordained Baptist minister and academician. She has a calling to reach and minister to children and to prepare saints for works of ministry. She is passionate about teaching God’s Word to people and seeing that they live Christ-centred lives, lives that mirror Christ. Trained as a Religious (Christian) Educator, her main areas of research are (Christian) Childhood Education, Youth Ministry, (Age Grade and Family Education), Discipleship and Curriculum. Olusola has been trained both inside and outside Nigeria. She has served Christendom in various capacities for over two decades in both Baptist and interdenominational settings within and outside the shores of Nigeria. She is the current Deputy President Advancement of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of Creative Compliance: Teaching with Creativity; Reviving Christian Education Ministry and many other books and articles. Olusola is happily married to Rev Dr Michael Ayo-Obiremi, also a Baptist minister and their home is blessed with two grown daughters, a son, grandson and many children in the Lord.

PUBLICATIONS

Ayo-Obiremi, Olusola O. (2016) Creative Compliance: Teaching with Creativity. Ibadan: Baptist Press (85 pp). ISBN 978 – 978-53476-9-7
Ayo-Obiremi, Olusola O. (2016) Reviving Christian Education Ministry. Ibadan: Baptist Press Nigeria Ltd. (168 pp). ISBN 978 – 978-053-381-6
Ayo-Obiremi, Olusola (2019) ‘The Scholar as an Alienated Self’ in International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE)Volume 6, Issue 10, October 2019, pp. 117-126 ISSN 2349-0373 (Print) & ISSN 2349-0381 (Online/USA/India)
Ayo-Obiremi, O. & O. Amuda (2021) ‘Improving Church-Parent Partnership in Ministry to Preschoolers in the Nigerian Context’, African Theological Journal for Church and Society, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 214-243
Ayo-Obiremi, IfeKristi and Ayo-Obiremi, Olusola (2022) ‘A Tripod Nexus of Principles
in Advertising and Christian Education’ in NASRED International Journal: Religions Educator. Volume 20, number 1, January 2022. ISSN: 1115 – 5035, pp 52 – 71.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Nigerian Baptist Religious Education Association (NBREA) – 1995 till date
Member, West African Association of Theological Institutions (WAATI) from 2008
Member, National Association for the Study of Religions and Education (NASRED) 2021 till date
Member, Society of Professors in Christian Ministry (SPCM) since 2017
Member, Association of Youth Ministry Educators (AYME) since 2017
Affiliate Member, International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM) from 2021
Life Member, International Council for Education, Research and Training (ICERT) 2022 onward