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Agiya Tree Monument
The Agia Tree Monument Agiya Tree Monument is on the site once occupied by the ''Agia Tree'' (''Egun: Asisoe Tin'') close to the Badagry Town Hall. The Agiya tree was a tree with a circumference of . Significantly remarkable for being the tree under which Christianity was first preached in Nigeria by Thomas Birch Freeman and Henry Townsend on September 24, 1842, the tree lived for over 300 years until it was uprooted by a storm on June 20, 1959. In place of the tree, an obelisk was erected in 2012 in celebration of 170 years of Christianity in Nigeria Christians in Nigeria comprise an estimated 49.3% of the population. Citing a 2012 Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life Survey Christians are dominant in the southern (south-east/south-south/South west and central region in .... References Monuments and memorials in Nigeria 2012 sculptures 1950s individual tree deaths {{Lagos-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHRIST WAS FIRST PREACHED HERE, BADAGRY
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader; he is the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (the Christ) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically. Research into the historical Jesus has yielded some uncertainty on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the New Testament reflects the historical Jesus, as the only detailed records of Jesus' life are contained in the Gospels. Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was circumcised, was baptized by John the Baptist, began his own ministry and was often referred to as "rabbi". Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
