Joshua Selman Nimmak, also known as Apostle Joshua Selman is a Nigerian Gospel minister, instrumentalist, Chemical Engineer, conference speaker, and

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. He is the founder and Senior Pastor of the Eternity Network International (ENI). He hails from Langtang in Plateau State.

Early life and education

On 25 June 1980, Selman was born in Jos,

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. He was raised in a Christian home, according to Christian tenets. Selman said in an interview at the Household of David Church,

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, that his maternal grandfather was the first president of Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN). He studied

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at the

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, Al ...

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. Selman began his work as a minister of God as an undergraduate, preaching and sharing the gospel to fellow students in school with the help of his friends.

Ministry

Selman began his Christian

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as a preacher to student congregations while in university, alongside friends, at various gatherings they got invited to. Selman afterwards founded Eternity Network International (ENI) in March 2011,in

Kaduna state Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

, commonly called ''

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'', created to impact lives by way of worship and studying the Word of God. It is often said that Apostle Selman is a man of God who has mastered the dynamics of hosting and introducing God’s presence and effortlessly demonstrating the power and potency of God’s Word. Koinonia Abuja is a branch of Eternity Network International, also known as Koinonia Global, located in Abuja, Nigeria. The ministry was launched on Sunday 28th February, 2021 with the first inaugural teaching delivered by Apostle Joshua Selman.

Public recognitions

Joshua Selman was listed by ''YNaija'' in December 2018 and April 2020 as one of the 100 most influential Christian ministers in Nigeria.

References

External links

Apostle Joshua Selman Biography

Apostle Joshua Selman Biography
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