The history of this blessed great Institution
may be traced back to 1993 after Rev. J.O.
Adegbite completed his first degree in Theology
in the University of London. He started one on
one theological tutorials in London UK to prepare
candidates for the University of Cambridge
Examinations for Certificate and Diploma in
Religious Studies. The success of all
candidates taught without any other
lecturer led to the confidence that he can start
a theological college. The very first candidate
to be successful in the Cambridge Examinations
was his wife now Dr (Mrs) Deborah D. Adegbite
who later gained admission to the University of
Wales in the year she passed the Cambridge
papers.
Sometime later, a friend and a brother in the
Lord (Mr Dele Adeleye) helped to register the
Institution name as Bethel College of Theology
(London) as a legal charity organization in
England and Wales.
The name was kept until the
College was moved to Nigeria in 1998 by Divine
order that said “Go to Nigeria, increase the
Saints”.
In Nigeria, (1998), the College was
located in Alakia-Isebo area of Ibadan under the
name Bethel College Institute of Theology &
Biblical Research. Later it was moved to Egbeda
area in Ibadan where the College was fully
in collaboration with Redeemer's University ( a
State and Commonwealth University), Ago-Iwoye,
Ogun State, Nigeria for the purpose of National
and International recognition with an adjusted
name Bethel Institute of Theology & Biblical
Research, the name it bears up to date.
In 2008, the College was moved to its permanent site
which was beautifully designed and located on 79
plots of land alongside Ife/Ibadan Expressway,
Akiriboto, Gbongan area of Osun State.
In July 2020, the college was incorporated as Bethelights Theological Seminary
We pray the Lord will bless you as you are contemplating
on learning at Bethel.
Annually, on the 1st of October, Bethel holds “Open Day” lectures; but if any October 1, falls on a Sunday, the program will hold on Monday the 2nd of October. Apart from October 1 lectures, we sometimes hold occasional lectures that is equally open to all. These Open Day lectures are full of powerful and controversial biblical interpretations, apart from that, the lectures are full of wisdom and in-depth academic and spiritual expositions of selected Bible passages, most of them are now published in two books mainly: “The Church is in Trouble: Where is the Saviour?” and “Why & When Would You Die?”