Pastor Michael O. Afolayan Bishop Ruth Urban
PWPM'S ADVISORY BOARD
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PASTOR MICHAEL O. AFOLAYAN
Michael O. Afoláyan, together with his wife, Dr. Precious Olufunke Afolayan, founded Maranatha Evangelical Resurrection Church International (MERCI) Ministries. Michael’s Christian principle has always been to operate purely on Spirit-led missions. In the last few years, for instance, he has answered the Spirit’s call to a door-to-door evangelism outreach during the Cahokia Mission. This would be followed by a Radio Ministry, called “The Voice of MERCI,” and then a Yoruba Bible on Tape project, which is still an on-going project. Michael and his wife are just embarking on their current mission, which is to start an orphanage and adoption agency, Home of Mercy (HOMER), in their homeland of Nigeria. Michael is the current Assistant Director of Academic Affairs for the State of Illinois’ Board of Higher Education in Springfield, Illinois. Prior to this appointment, Michael was a Professor of Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He is a graduate of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yale University, New Haven Connecticut.
BISHOP RUTH URBAN
She is the founder and director of HEMS Ministries, a teaching center of applied theology in Healing, Evangelism, Ministry equipping, and Spirituality, which is biblically based and activated by the power of the Holy Spirit. She ministers in the apostolic and prophetic . Her passion is to see people grow deeper in the Lord and step out into ministry.
Bishop Ruth has been on the board of The Healing Center which knits together the healing ministry of the Lord with the healing ministry of the medical profession.
Ruth has a great passion for the Christian Healing Ministry and has been deeply active in it for thirty years. She’s been a Chaplain and Missioner for the Order of Saint Luke (an international and ecumenical Healing Order) for over twenty years, Ruth is a highly sought after speaker and conference leader. She has been a favorite missioner at many OSL conferences nationally and internationally. She was one of the keynote speakers at the international OSL Conference in Toronto in 2000. She was the missioner for an OSL Mission in Nairobi, Kenya April 2007. She has served as Regional Directors for Region 2 and Region 3. She has established numerous OSL chapters in many states.
Bishop, Ruth has served as an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church, twice as an Associate Rector, twice as a Rector, and once as Co-Rectors with her husband. She and her husband planted Holy Apostles Anglican Church in 2004. Holy Apostles has planted two churches from it. Ruth was consecrated a Bishop in All Nations Anglican Church in 2008. Bishop Ruth and Fr. John have two married sons and five grandchildren.
The Right Reverend Ruth Urban (Bishop Ruth to many) is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (1966) and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX (1986). She has a diploma in Spiritual Direction from the Benedictine Abbey in Pecos New Mexico (1983). She currently serves as a missionary Bishop for All Nations Anglican Church.
BISHOP RUTH URBAN