Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study
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  Tuesday, January 8, 2008    
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  Nigeria  
             
 

Since its beginnings in Calabar in 1846, the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN) has been firmly established, with congregations spread across the country. The church has nine regional synods, over fifty presbyteries, and more than two thousand parishes, congregations, outreaches, and mission fields.

Over the years, the church has been involved in education through the numerous primary and post-primary schools established and run by parishes, presbyteries, and synods. The PCN founded one of the foremost educational institutions in the country, the Hope Waddell Training Institution, in Calabar in 1895. It has been in the forefront of producing the educated elites of this country, including the first president of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, and the first governor of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. Akanu Ibiam.

The PCN is a first-generation church with a wide circle of ecumenical relations. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, the World Reformed Ecumenical Council, the Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Christian Council of Nigeria, the Reformed Ecumenical Council of Nigeria, and the Christian Association of Nigeria, among others.

Regional liaison Glen Hallead writes, “The church encourages its members and all Christians to be engaged in partisan politics and preaches the practice of the ‘politics of righteousness.’ Only when Christians practice politics according to the teachings of Jesus can we establish a godly society.”

 
             
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Presbyterian Church of Nigeria: Rev. U. B. Usung, moderator, Rev. Dr. Benebo Fubara-Manuel, principal clerk • Christian Council of Nigeria: Rev. U. B. Usung, general secretary

PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Karen Babik, BOP
Sharrie Babrow, PHS
Dawn Baccare, BOP

 
             
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  Our Heavenly Father, who has created and redeemed and who sustains this world, bless these brothers and sisters in Christ whose labor of love is an incredible witness in a part of the world that is so difficult for many of us to understand. May their faith serve as a witness and an encouragement to us as we share in the work of your kingdom, in Jesus’ name. Amen.  
             
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  Lectionary      
  Ps. 46 or 47, 146 Ps. 27, 93 or 114
Exod. 17:1–7
Col. 1:15–23; John 7:37–52
 
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