UMC SOUTHERN NIGERIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ELECTS NEW DIVISIONS OFFICIALS

The United Methodist Church Southern Nigeria Annual Conferences has taken a good initiative for peace, unity, and transformation in the church despite the challenges facing it. The church for the past ten years has being experiencing different challenges within and out the church. Within, the church has being facing the challenge of tribalism and sectionalism which has affected effective leadership in the church; while outside, the church has being facing the challenge of a deadly waves of Islamic extremism known as Boko Haram, which has mount a target of killing and destroying churches in Northern Nigeria; a region where the church has it headquarters. We thank God for the new leadership of bishop John Wesley Yohanna, who has taken a stand to mend the broken relationships that has exist in the Church for the past ten years. And has taken an initiative to bring both Muslims and Christians together on one table of dialogue and religious tolerance.

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Women Division

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Men Division

 This weekend the Southern Nigeria Annual Conference various divisions/Singing groups  in the church  gathered to elect it new officials for the next quadrennium . This is in respond to the resolution of the 31st session of the Southern Nigeria Annual Conference meeting held at the United Methodist Church No.1 Bali July 11-14, 2013. This weekend over 150 representative of the various divisions/singing groups in the church gathered at the United Methodist Church TSBS Mile 6 to elect new officials for their groups for the next quadrennium. During the meeting Rev. Luka C. Kiki in his brief exhortation admonished all the representatives to be good ambassadors of Christ in their respective groups, and encourages peace, love, forgiveness and unity  in the Church. The Rev. Luka, also encourages them to give their maximum support for those whom God will choose among them to lead them. At the gathering, prayers were also offered for bishop Yohanna, the Church, and the State.

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf.  Youth&Young Adult

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Young Female Network

 The representative were very happy and pledge their support for the Bishop by promising to put in their best in working for peace and unity among their respective groups. The elections were conducted peacefully and the official will soon be sworn into office by the bishop.

The United Methodist Church in Nigeria has over 900, 000 church members within it three Annual Conferences; the Southern Nigeria Annual Conference, the Central Nigeria Annual Conference, and the Northern Nigeria Annual Conference. These Conference made up the Episcopal Area under one bishop i.e. Bishop John Wesley Yohanna.   Please keep praying for these new group officials.

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conference Choir

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Nazarin Littafi da Wakoki

The United Methodist Church is one global Church. We have in the discipline of the Church what we called Connectionalism; this is a channel in which all UM Churches and ministries are chained together to live by the mission and vision of the church, which is to "make disciples for Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world." UM Church in Nigeria, Africa, Asia, Europe North and South America, all over the world is one United Methodist Church. We in Nigeria and Africa as a whole are very appreciative of what our partners in America and Europe are doing to promote ministries that are life changing throughout Africa, ministries that rendered social services to both Christians and non Christians. Our prayer is that, the United Methodist Church will continue to be one United Church and continue in it life changing ministry throughout the world.

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Sunday School Committee

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. Boys/Girls Brigade 

The roguish statement going round some UM  churches in Nigeria (specifically in the Southern Nigeria Annual Conference) that, the UM Churches in America or Europe is trying to divide the UM Church in Nigeria is not only untrue but fallacious statement that aims at preparing a fertile ground for the few individuals who wants to break out of the UMC Southern Nigeria Annual Conference just because they were not able to have their ways in the last bishop's election.  And using the debate over human sexuality in UMC around the globe as a scapegoat to achieve their egocentric desire.

Elected Officials of UMCN Southern Conf. New Life for All Singers

 Zanchen nan na auren mace da mace ko miji da miji daddaden zanche ne wadda tafi shekaru harba'in a ekklesiyar UMC ta America ko Europe. Kai ba ma ekklesiyar UMC kadai ba!! Eklessiyar ta UMC tana da matsayi mai kyau game da wanna zanche "Ekklesiyar mu ta ce, bada yanchi ga mace da mace ko miji da miji su yi aure ya tsaba (karya) wa koyaswan littafi Mai Tsarki." Don haka ta hana fastocin ta yin haka kuma ta hana yin amfani da masukunin ta domin yin haka. 

Mu a Afrika muna da ala'adu masu kyau wadda basu saba wa koyaswar Littafi Mai Tsarki ba, daya daga cikin waddan nan ala'adu shine aure tsakanin Miji da Mace tare da haifan yaya da renon iyali. Mu bamu yarda da wannan batun aure tsakanin Mace da Mace ko Miji da Miji ba, wannan ba koyarwar littafi Mai tsarki ba. Kada wasu su rika amfani da wanna batu a ekklesiyar UMC na Nigeria domin su sami mutane da zasu barge da su zuwa wata ekklesiya. Ekklesiyar UMC a Nigeria  na samun cigaba sosai a Nigeria duk da kalubalai da take fuskanta.