We
have just been delighted to discover that, back in April, one of our members,
Emmanuel Oladipo had been granted one of the Lambeth awards by Archbishop
Justin Welby. Emmanuel’s citation was as follows:“Mr Emmanuel Oladipo, The Alphege Award for Evangelism and Witness for his exceptional contribution to the Scripture Union in Africa and worldwide”
Emmanuel was formerly the Director of Scripture Union International. Since his retirement he has continued to travel internationally to encourage the appropriate exposition of Scripture.
Alphege (or Ælfheah) 953-1012AD was Bishop of Winchester and later Archbishop of Canterbury. He was captured by the Vikings but refused to be ransomed, and so was killed.
It’s an honour to have Emmanuel with us.
