Mike Bamiloye pays condolence visit to Baba Gbenro’s family in Ogbomoso, says, he left a ‘legacy of dedication ‘
Femi OGUNLANA
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Executive Director of Mount Zion Drama Ministry Evangelist Mike Bamiloye has stated that Dr Moses Korede Are a k.a. Baba Gbenro who passed away November 15, 2024, in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, left a legacy of dedication to the drama ministry and evangelism noting that more desirable was his manner of death which he admitted was at God’s appointed time which he observed saw him working for Christ till the last hour.
Evangelist Bamigboye made this declaration Monday during a condolence visit to the family of late Dr Are in company with Rev’d Niyi Adebayo, lead pastor of True Worshipers Church, Oke-Anu, Ogbomoso.
“We have a consolation and joy that he went home to rest. The Lord God Himself who gave him the assignment, to work in His vineyard called him home at his closing time,’ Bamiloye said, according to a report made available to ogbomosoinsightonlune.com by Rev’d Niyi Adebayo..
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“Everybody has his closing time, l have my own closing time and it’s the Lord that employed me that knows my closing time. I am praying that l will work and live up to my closing time not that l will leave the work when my closing time is not yet done.
“In the case of Dr Are he worked till his closing time, till he was called home from the work and we pray that the legacy of dedication to work and the role he played like showing the love of God to mankind, that role is a legacy.
“And l pray that the Lord will help individuals of us to play our own role too in the assignment of God in the name of Jesus.”
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The highly revered Christian drama movies minister further said, “Once again we thank God for his life, his life is a great lesson for us, also to be dedicated to the work the Lord God has given to us to do. We have not lost him at all, heaven gained him, we only missed him. We will still see. Definitely, we are going to see him, we will know him again, he is alive actually, in the Lord’s presence.”
Stressing the deceased was extremely dedicated to the ministry, Bamiloye, submitted, “A lot of people knew him as Baba Gbenro because of the role he played in the film, ‘Abattoir,’ thank God for his life.”
“What we know Dr Are for is his dedication to the call of drama ministry. There is no dispute, there is no argument, about his love for the ministry. At Calvary Drama Ministry, the Lord has used the ministry to minister to many lives, it is just that the role he played in abattoir because that’s more recent made him to be more prominent.
“So, we thank the Lord for the life of Dr Korede Are. He was dedicated to the assignment God gave to him, drama ministry. Something that is very common with him is that when he is acting he knows well his lines and he will be correcting those he is acting with telling them that their lines are not correct, he knows his line, he knows the lines of the people he’s acting with. That’s dedication to the work and that’s what we are going to miss.”
Dr Are died from liver cirrhosis complications at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso on November 15. He’s survived by wife and two children.
