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The Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr Oliver Ali Aba, has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that hunger and inflation were fuelling insecurity in the country, and called for ...
The Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of Lagos West, is set to hold its 2025 Annual Synod from Friday, May 16 to Sunday, May 18 at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Idimu, Lagos. According to a ...
Violent clashes broke out between members of The United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church at a seminary in Nigeria as the two denominations continue to fight over who controls a large ...
“We will not allow the legacy of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria to be destroyed by those who seek to rewrite history through violence,” the statement read. Linking the incident to a ...
Methodist Church of Trinity, Tinubu in Lagos, on March 22, 2020. – Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, on March 21, 2020 tightened restrictions in three states on places of worship ...
The interim bishops in the UMC “alerted the Global Methodist bishops of Nigeria that tensions were escalating because of the split within The United Methodist Church in Nigeria,” the Dec. 16 ...
Members of the United Methodist Church (UMC), who claim that the building is rightly theirs, tried to stop them. In the ensuing conflict, 27-year-old Elisha Masoyi was shot dead.
Members of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe hold placards while protesting at the church premises in Harare, May 30, 2024. The protests, which denounced homosexuality and the departure of ...
Deadly violence in Nigeria tied to United Methodist Church schism over LGBTQ policies By The Associated Press (NPR) Dec. 18, 2024 2:55 p.m.
According to the news service, a United Methodist church member was shot and killed in a confrontation between both factions in Taraba, a state in northeast Nigeria. Homes were set ablaze ...
A religious schism has turned deadly in Nigeria, with a church member fatally shot and two young children killed as homes were set ablaze, according to United Methodist News Service.
African delegates to the General Conference of the United Methodist Church pray outside the Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, N.C., on May 2, 2024.