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Niels Høegh Brønnum (January 5, 1882 – 1966) [1] was a Danish missionary and physician who served in Northern Nigeria from 1913 to 1950. He is considered instrumental in establishing the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, a church that later transitioned to having councils run by Nigerian elected councilmen and pastors.
Monument to Mary Slessor, Steeple Church, Dundee. Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria.Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching.
In 1991 the order participated with many other religious organisations in the establishment of the Kimmage Mission Institute (1991-2006) to combine their training efforts. The order now has novitiates in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Kenya. Over the years in Africa they set up over 200 elementary schools, 40 secondary schools and 32 hospitals. [9]
Following his return from Nigeria, Waddell established a missionary congregation and eventually retired to his home in Dublin. Days before Waddell's death on April 18, 1895, a school was founded in Duke Town, Nigeria and named the Hope Waddell Institute (later known as the Hope Waddell Training Institution) in honour of his work. It continues ...
There was missionary activity in Egbe so many years ago particularly through Rev. Tommy Titcombe and his wife (a British-born Canadian Missionary), on behalf of the Serving In Mission (SIM) from the United States, Canada, and the UK, who served in Egbe and Yagba land from 1908 for more than a decade, this has left a positive impact on the people of Egbe, Yagba and Nigeria at large.
The Convention has 15 affiliated primary and secondary schools, gathered in the Directorate of Baptist Mission Schools. [8] It has Bowen University, named in honor of Rev. Thomas Jefferson Bowen, the first American Baptist missionary to Nigeria from the Southern Baptist Convention. [9] Bowen University is located at Iwo in Osun State. Bowen ...
A group of missionaries of the Primitive Methodist Church of Great Britain founded the Uzuakoli Institute (UI) in 1923. In 1931, it was renamed Methodist College. According to the records, the group of missionaries who established the College was led by Rev. Herbert Lewis Octavia Williams, its first principal.
Its members take on missionary activities to all nations. Though primary evangelisation is its central mission, the Society is also committed to the apostolate of new evangelisation and the printed word. The close partners of the priest members of the Society are the Associate Missionaries of St Paul, lay faithful who support the work of the ...