If anything, it should come like a breath of much needed local air to the group. Much like the early Church in Antioch, Nigerian Christians have often spoken in tongues other than the lingua franca. Always at daggers drawn within their ranks, they end up making it seem as though the love preachments by their mentor and saviour elapsed into desuetude upon his crucifixion.
The Christian Council of Nigeria on its part, comprises the leading churches that arose following the Protestant Revolution of the 16th Century. Originally brought to Africa by Europeans and some freed slaves, most are now at a loggerheads with their former lord’s on account of irreconcilable differences. Topping the list being their headquarters’ position on homosexuality.
Therefore, now that Okoh has assumed that exalted office, he has to be reminded that the onus of performance rests squarely on his shoulders. Armed with the homegrown theology of his homebase, he has the advantage never enjoyed by his counterparts from the alien churches. As in taking decisions that will jeopardise our collective heritage.
Consequently, to tide over it’s incumbent on Archbishop Okoh to first put his house in order. This is because whatever fate they are afraid of can only be visited on them if they remain divided. Like in the paradigm of a lone and tied up broom: they can only be broken individually. Most of all, Archbishop Okoh should be minded by history. For instance, before the Anglicans ‘usurped’ it, the Church of Nigeria project was a move by some of the churches in the CCN bloc to come together as one. There’s no better time to rejuvenate such a move than now. In fact, where possible, the union should be evened out some more now the Christian faith is faced with real and imagined persecution.
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