Every year, MBS partners with schools within the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium and others that host a scripture reading contest for demonstrating outstanding ability in the reading of Scripture in a pubic setting. We present an Award for Excellence in the Liturgical Reading of Scripture to winners, and they receive a personalized Bible of their choice.

This year, we are pleased to present the Award for Excellence in the Liturgical Reading of Scripture to Grateful Ojurereoluwa Itiowe from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Grateful is the founder of the Great Innovators Foundation for Transformation (GIFT), a growing empowerment project that sets up small-scale businesses for needy widows in Nigeria. She serves as a Leader with The Old Path Revival Commission, and the Lausanne Movement for Nigeria Younger Leaders. She is a Lawyer, as well as a Lecturer/Faculty with the University of Nigeria. She holds an MBA in Law and Management from Wales, UK, and is currently completing her studies with Gordon Conwell for a Master of Arts in Global Leadership. 

Watch her sermons on the Gordon-Conwell Facebook site:

• Liturgical reading (from about 23rd mins)
• Forum discussion (from about 23rd min)
• Nigerian style Prayers (from about 29 min)

Congratulations and best wishes, Grateful!

Grateful Ojurereoluwa Itiowe

2021 Winner:

• Jasmine (Jaz) Buchanan, Harvard Divinity School    

2017 Winners:

• Ylisse Bliss, Boston University School of Theology
• Denson Staples, Harvard Divinity School
• Temjinnaro Pongen, Episcopal Divinity School
• Taylor Graffum, Gordon College
• Sulmane Maigadi, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• Patrick Jackson, Andover Newton Theological School
• Benjamin Labadie, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry