Monday, September 22, 2008

Church of Nigeria: Pastoral Letter to the Church - Archbishop Peter Akinola

http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=13&d=60&p_t=index.php

[Church of Nigeria News] 22 Sep 2008--We were encouraged by the amazing reports of the growth of our Church especially through the Missionary Dioceses. Within a short space of time the new Dioceses have done what is not financially quantifiable by planting over 400 new congregations. We are not yet done as we are regularly confronted by the urgent need to open more mission frontiers within the country. Therefore, it behoves all of us to subscribe wholeheartedly to Christ mandate to the Church to be His faithful witness (Matt 28:19 ff) The early apostles heeded the call and the result was amazingly wonderful. God is still in the business of repeat performance even at greater and incredible result. Let us all resolve to work for the Lord that the vision 1:1:3 will be achieved. How beautiful and wonderful are the feet of those who proclaim the good news (Isaiah 52:7). The Church of God is moving forward and the gate of hell cannot and will NOT prevail against it. Our witness to Christ is our indebtedness to all the people we meet on our life’s pilgrimage. As we wait on the Lord all impossibilities shall become possible.

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