Gabriel Oyeniyi
Associate Professor in Music Composition
Deputy President Administration

CONTACT

goyeniyi@nbts.edu.ng

EDUCATION

  • DMA
  • MCM
  • MAYM
  • BCM
  • B.ENGR

RESEARCH INTEREST

Music Composition, Church Music, Children and Youth Ministry

Rev Dr Gabriel Ademola Oyeniyi, an ordained Baptist minister, Church Musician and Theological Educator hails from Ogbomoso in Oyo State Nigeria. He was born in Gombe Bauchi State, Nigeria and had his primary education in Kaduna, Kaduna State Nigeria and Ogbomoso in Oyo State of Nigeria respectively. His secondary school education was at Baptist High School, Jos in Nigeria. He is a graduate of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Degree and the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary (NBTS), Ogbomoso, where he bagged the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), Composition and Master of Arts in Youth Ministry (MAYM) in collaboration with Youth Ministry International (YMI), USA. He teaches at the NBTS in the Faculty of Church Music where he specializes in Music Composition. He once served as the Director of Student Affairs of the Seminary and Dean, Faculty of Church Music. He is currently the Deputy President, Administration of the same institution. He has written several scholarly articles in journals and books and currently developed an interest in writing Kindle books. He is happily married to Ruth, also a theological educator and the current Dean of the Faculty of Education. The union is blessed with a son, Joshua and several other spiritual children. His other interests are in church music, children, youth, and worship issues, proclaiming the gospel to the lost and encouraging the saints.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

ANIM, ICHE, WAATI, SOMEN, ICETE, ACTEA, SACRED EARTH MINISTRY ETC