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Church development, New--Nigeria, Northern; Seventh-day Adventists--Missions--Nigeria, Northern; Missions to Muslims--Nigeria, Northern
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A Strategy For Church Planting In Northern Nigeria Beginning In Zangon-Kataf, Francis F. Daria
A Strategy For Church Planting In Northern Nigeria Beginning In Zangon-Kataf, Francis F. Daria
Professional Dissertations DMin
Problem
The first Adventist missionaries came to Northern Nigeria in 1930. Their intent to establish medical and evangelistic work in Southern Kaduna was restricted by three opposing factions. These were Sudan Interior Mission (SIM), Islam and African Traditional Religion (ATR). They frustrated the indigenous people from understanding the concept of the missionaries. Eighty years later there is still no Adventist presence in this area, which is part of the 10/40 Window that encompasses all of Northern Nigeria. During these 80 years no Adventist Church has been established in this region. There is, therefore, a need to develop a church planting …