Bolaji idowu biography
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Bolaji idowu biography
Bolaji Idowu
E Bolaji Idowu (–) was the third native-born leader of the Methodist Church Nigeria, serving from to He is also well known for his ethnographic and theological studies of the Yoruba people.
Life
Idowu was born on 28 September , in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. His early education was at the Anglican and Methodist schools in Ikorodu. There, he met the Rev. A. T. Ola Olude and was converted to Christianity.
After finishing at Wesley College in Ibadan, he became headmaster at the primary school in Remo, Ogun State.
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He was ordained in
From to , he continued his studies at Wesley House, Cambridge. From to , he was posted in Germany in an effort to resolve some of the problems that were facing African and Asian students there. In he joined the staff of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Ibadan and served as its head from to
Church leader
In , he was elected president of the Methodist Church Nigeria.
He immediately initiated a reform of