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Bishop Of Lagos
The Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 13 dioceses: *Lagos (Bishop: Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye) * Awori (Bishop: Akin Atere) *Badagry (Bishop: Joseph Adeyemi) * Egba (Bishop: Emmanuel Adekunle) * Egba West (Bishop: Samuel Ajani) *Ifo (Bishop: Nathaniel Oladejo Ogundipe) * Ijebu (Bishop: Peter Rotimi Oludipe) * Ijebu-North (Bishop: Solomon Kuponu) *Lagos Mainland (Bishop: Akinpelu Johnson) * Lagos West (Bishop: James Odedeji) *Remo (Bishop: Michael Fape) *Yewa, formerly Egbado (Bishop: Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi) * Ijebu Southwest (Bishop: Babatunde Ogunbanwo) History of the Anglican church in Lagos The evangelical movements of the 18th century gave rise to many missionary societies such as that of the Baptist (1792), "the joint efforts" (1795) and Church Missionary Society — CMS (1799). Closely related to them was the birth of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804) and the CMS-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of England. it gives its membership as "over 18 million", out of a total Nigerian population of 190 million. It is "effectively the largest province in the Communion." As measured by active membership, the Church of Nigeria has nearly 2 million active baptised members. According to a study published by ''Cambridge University Press'' in the ''Journal of Anglican Studies'', there are between 4.94 and 11.74 million Anglicans in Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is the largest Anglican province on the continent of Africa, accounting for 41.7% of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is "probably the first [largest within the Anglican Communion] in terms of ''active'' members." Since 2002 the Church of Nigeria has been organised into 14 ecclesias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akinpelu Johnson
Babatunde Colenso Akinpelu Johnson (born 1965) is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he has been Bishop of Lagos Mainland since 2016. Johnson was educated at Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, King's College London and the University of Kent. He was ordained in 1990 and served his title at All Saint's, Yaba, after which he was Vicar of St. John, Aroloya. He became Archdeacon of Apapa Apapa is a Local Government Area in Lagos, located to the west of Lagos Island. Apapa contains a number of ports and terminals operated by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), including the major port of Lagos State and Lagos Port Complex (LPC ... and then Provost of the diocese. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Lagos Mainland 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria Anglican provosts in Africa 1965 births University of Ibadan alumni Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Kent Church of Nigeria archdeacons {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and political centre, as it is the seat of the Government of Sierra Leone. The population of Freetown was 1,055,964 at the 2015 census. The city's economy revolves largely around its harbour, which occupies a part of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River in one of the world's largest natural deep water harbours. Although the city has traditionally been the homeland of the Sierra Leone Creole people, the population of Freetown is ethnically, culturally, and religiously diverse. The city is home to a significant population of all of Sierra Leone's ethnic groups, with no single ethnic group forming more than 27% of the city's population. As in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language of the Sierra Leone Creole people is Freetown's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Wesleyan Mission
English Wesleyan Mission (also known as a Wesleyan Missionary Society) was a British Methodist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as New Zealand in the 19th century and China during the late Qing Dynasty. Mission to New Zealand The Reverend Samuel Leigh visited New Zealand from Sydney and on his return to England he proposed to the Missionary Society that a mission should be established in New Zealand. In February 1823 he arrived with William White and James Stack in Whangaroa Harbour and established Wesleydale, the Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, which is inland from the Whangaroa Harbour. John Hobbs and Nathaniel Turner arrived in Whangaroa Harbour in August 1823 with the Revd. Samuel Marsden, a Church Missionary Society (CMS), member who assisted the Wesleyan mission purchase land from the local Māori. In 1826 Hongi Hika, a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), moved to conquer Whangaroa. On 10 January 1827 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niger Expedition Of 1841
The Niger expedition of 1841 was mounted by British missionary and activist groups in 1841-1842, using three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja, at the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River, in what is now Nigeria. The British government backed the effort to make treaties with the native peoples, introduce Christianity and promote increased trade. The crews of the boats suffered a high mortality from disease. Meeting of 1 June 1840 The expedition was put into motion by an Exeter Hall meeting of 1 June 1840. It was chaired by Prince Albert. The organisers were the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa, set up in 1839 by Thomas Fowell Buxton. Buxton was promoting a grandiose "New Africa" policy, based on a series of treaties to be made in West Africa, the introduction of Christianity, and increased commerce, as set out in his book the previous year. Buxton's ideas went back at least half a century, to the Sierra Leone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And Foreign Bible Society
The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world. The Society was formed on 7 March 1804 by a group of people including William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles to encourage the "wider circulation and use" of the Scriptures. History The British and Foreign Bible Society dates back to 1804 when a group of Christians, associated with the Religious Tract Society, sought to address the problem of a lack of affordable Bibles in Welsh for Welsh-speaking Christians. Many young girls had walked long distances to Thomas Charles to get copies of the Bible. Later the story was told of one of them – a young girl called Mary Jones who walked over 20 miles to get a Bible in Bala, Gwynedd. BFBS was not the first Bible Society in the world. The first organisation in Britain to be called "The Bible Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Mission Society
The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British mission society working with the Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission partners during its 200-year history. The society has also given its name "CMS" to a number of daughter organisations around the world, including Australia and New Zealand, which have now become independent. History Foundation The original proposal for the mission came from Charles Grant and George Uday of the East India Company and David Brown, of Calcutta, who sent a proposal in 1787 to William Wilberforce, then a young member of parliament, and Charles Simeon, a young clergyman at Cambridge University. The ''Society for Missions to Africa and the East'' (as the society was first called) was founded on 12 April 1799 at a meeting of the Eclectic Society, supported by members of the Clapham Sect, a group of activist Anglicans who met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babatunde Ogunbanwo
Babatunde Ogunbanwo is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Ijebu-South West. Ogunbanwo was educated at the University of Ibadan and Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan. He was elected as Bishop of Bishop of Ijebu-South West on 29 October 2009 at the Episcopal synod of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion held at the Basilica of Grace Apo in Gudu district of the Anglican Diocese of Abuja. He had previously been Dean of the Cathedral of St. Paul in Shagamu Sagamu or Ishagamu is a conglomeration of thirteen towns located in Ogun State along the Ibu River and Eruwuru Stream between Lagos and Ibadan, founded in the mid 19th century by members of the Remo branch of the Yoruba people in south-weste .... Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Ijebu-South West 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria University of Ibadan alumni Alumni of Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-Anglican-bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Ijebu Southwest
The Anglican Diocese of Ijebu-South West is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of Englan .... The current bishop is Dr Babatunde F R Ogunbanwo. Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Lagos {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi
Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Oluwarohunbi was educated at the University of Ilorin. He worked for the Department of Engineering in Abuja before his call to ministry. He was the Supervising Priest of the Cathedral Church of Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ... and General Secretary of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion before in 2014 he became Bishop of Yewa. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Yewa 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria University of Ilorin alumni 1959 births People from Imo State Trinity Theological College, Umuahia alumni Church of Nigeria archdeacons {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Yewa
The Anglican Diocese of Yewa is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current bishop is the Rt. Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi is an Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Oluwarohunbi was educated at the University of Ilorin. He worked for the Department of Engineering in Abuja before his call to ministry. He was the Supervising Priest of the Cathedra .... Notes Church of Nigeria dioceses Dioceses of the Province of Lagos {{Nigeria-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fape
Michael Fape is an Anglican archbishop in Nigeria: he is the current Bishop of Remo and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos. Fape was educated at the University of Ibadan and ordained in 1984. He was made a Canon Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as official in a fictional universe by its fan base * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western can ... in Ibadan Diocese in 1995 and an Archdeacon in 1997. He became a bishop in 2003; and an archbishop in 2016. He was enthroned as Bishop of Remo in 2004. Notes Living people Anglican bishops of Remo Anglican archbishops of Lagos 21st-century Anglican bishops in Nigeria 21st-century Anglican archbishops University of Ibadan alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Church of Nigeria archdeacons {{Nigeria-Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
