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![]() Whenever you're online do visit to see more development.God Bless You!!!! Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (C.R.C.N.) is a Ministry formed to take the Gospel to the unreached people of the World with an inclination towards the Reformed Faith. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ When, about 700 years before the birth of the Messiah, the prophet Isaiah said, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death upon them has the Light shined” (Is. 42:6; Matt. 4:15, 16) Did he know or understand what he was saying? One thing is obvious, that he did not know how large the world was, nor did he know of other peoples on earth behind the little he knew. He was certainly saying something that Jesus would build on through the Great commission. The culmination would be the out-reaching efforts of the Church to obey the Lord's command to declare and demonstrate the Good news of the salvation of all humanity on the face of the earth. The disciples were propelled out of Jerusalem by the persecution God permitted to result in the fulfillment of the Mission of God (Mission Dei) for the redemption of mankind. The Apostle Paul, the evangelist to the Gentiles was a man about whom the Lord said, “for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the descendants of Israel” (Acts 9:15). The Apostle of whom this was said could not have known the scope of his work the Gentle world. When the vision for the preaching of the Gospel in Africa, especially Africa South of the Sahara, was given to the Late German, Dr. Karl H. Kumm (Founder of the Sudan United Mission), it couldn't have been spread out comprehensively, yet he never waited to have that done before launching out and reaching the river bank settlement of Ibi on the Benue River, in September 1904. The former Ekklesiyar Kristi A Sudan (EKAS), later Ekklesiyar Kristi A Nigeria (EKAN) Lardin Benue, and now Christian Reformed church of Nigeria (CRCN), Ibi has been considered as the entry gate of the Gospel into the CRCN area. Through her, the overcoming light has come to shine in the nooks and crannies of the land. Good things that punctuate a man's trip through life are often recalled with great joy and satisfaction. Recently, the TEKAN fellowship has awoken to the reality of the need to appreciate the goodness of the Lord Almighty as witnessed in the hundred- year journey in his grace, to where we are today the land and peoples in the dark dungeon of Satanism, death and decay now in the living and gracious embrace of the Ancient of Days. CRCN is into a deliberate retrospection and the results have been awesome: the Lord is good and we are celebrating the gift of life, hope and all the revolution witnessed through the advent of the Gospel. We fondly remember the bearers of the Great tidings both expatriate and nationals OUR DWELLING PLACE Our God has been our mighty fortress; the Bulwark who has never failed nor will fail us in the journey. The Lord is our Helper in the midst of the Flood of mortal ills all around us. The ancient enemy is still working tirelessly to bring us down and great are his craft and power. He is armed with cruel hate. All along the corridors of our history our strength failed us, so also our striving. But “hallelujah!” the right man chosen by God, Christ Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, the immutable king, gives victory. The world, the demons are everywhere, and vomiting their venom with greater intensity, to undo us. No fear, the truth in us will triumph; Our flesh can wane and fall in the battle that rages now unending but God's truth Abides forever. Hallelujah! And the light shine on in the darkness, for the darkness has never over powered it … the true Light that came into the world and has illumined every person. Now, arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you! Shine and be radiant with the glory of LORD! By Rev. Dr.CALEB S. AHIMA (General Secretary TEKAN) ![]()
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