President Buhari celebrates 165 years of Christianity in Igbo Land, CMS Anniversary
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of the Anglican Communion in Igbo Land and around the world in celebrating the 165th anniversary of the coming of Christianity to the Eastern part of Nigeria on July 27, 1857.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement sent to The DEFENDER on Wednesday.
The Rev Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who later became the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa, had led the Church Missionary Society (CMS) team, including Rev. John Christopher Taylor, Catechist Simon Jonas and Augustus Armadillo and others in the 1857 Niger expedition.
President Buhari urged the Christian faithful celebrating CMS anniversary to uphold the values of love, compassion, sacrifice, forgiveness and selflessness in a diverse country like Nigeria, in recognition of what the true Christian faith teaches and recommends to all adherents.
He said that this celebration of faith, hope and victory is an opportunity for reverent worship to God and prayers for the unity, stability and prosperity of the country, at a time like this.
