It might not have been the first church in the north, since people could have gathered in units to pray in houses or elsewhere. But, without doubt, St. Bartholomew Church, Wusasa, of the Anglican Communion, is the first church building to be erected in the north as captured in this piece by MOSES ALAO, who was in Zaria.
WHEN Christians sing the popular song, “The church is marching on, the gate of hell shall not prevail, the church is marching on,” derived from the statement of Jesus Christ about Peter in the book of Mathew 16:18, many would think that the statement is only spiritual.
However, the Saint Bartholomew Anglican Church, Wusasa, Zaria that was built in 1929 with local building materials and in the traditional Hausa architecture, which is still standing in good shape coupled with the fact that it is the first church building in the entire Northern Nigeria, has proved that even physically, the gates of hell cannot indeed prevail over God’s church.
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