Ayotunde Oguntade
Senior Lecturer, Church History
Director of Archives and Museum

CONTACT

aoguntade@nbts.edu.ng

EDUCATION

  • PhD., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MTh., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MA., University of Jos
  • BTh., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary
  • BA., Christian Religious Studies, Ajayi Crowther University
  • DTh., The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary

RESEARCH INTEREST

Church History, Missions and World Religions

Rev. Dr. Ayotunde Olayori Oguntade is called into pastoral and teaching ministry. He has served as Baptist Church Pastor for more than twenty years before joining the Faculty of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary in the year 2020. He has served as the Moderator and Consultant of Ayo-Oluwa Baptist Association. He also served as the first Christian Education Coordinator of Oyo Baptist Conference. He is passionate on equipping younger generation for the work of ministry from his pastoral experience and spiritual exposure. He believes that historical study can help upcoming pastors to avoid mistakes of the past and be motivated to contribute meaningfully to the development of the church and society. Ayotunde Olayori Oguntade, holds DTh, BTh (NBTS, Ogbomoso), BA in Christian Religious Studies (Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo), MTh (NBTS), MA (University of Jos) and PhD (NBTS). He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Theological Studies, the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso. He has published some articles in both national and international journals and has some chapters in books in his areas of interest: Church History, Missions and World Religions. He is married to Alice Olufunmike, a Nurse by profession and the marriage is blessed.

PUBLICATIONS

Oguntade, A. O. (2024). An Investigation of The Pneumatological Praxes of Montanism With Lessons For The Contemporary African Church. Conspectus – The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary, Vol. 38: 24-38 (South Africa)

Oguntade, A. O. (2023). Spiritual Transformation in the Nigerian Baptist Convention: a Historical Reflection on Recent Paradigms. African Theological Journal for Church and Society, Vol. 4, no. 2: 93-113. (South Africa)

Oguntade, A. O. (2021). Prospects of the Practice of “Withdrawal” Among Christians in Nigeria. Asia-Africa Journal of Mission and Ministry, Vol. 23: 83-97. (Republic of Korea)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, Nigerian Association of Church History and Missiological Studies
Member and Consultant, Baptist History and Heritage Society
Member, Africa Christian Theological Education Association
Member, Sacred Earth Ministry
Member, West Africa Association of Theological Institutions