Opinion: Nicholas Okoh’s Legacies In the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, By Folu Olamiti
In our world today, the biggest challenge to the church of God is how to maintain sanity in mankind in the midst of trending unusual behavioural patterns fast gaining social acceptance, especially among the younger generation.
For the church, this challenge which, obviously, is not the will of God for mankind, is a wake up call for continuous revival to bring all of mankind to align with God’s original plan and purpose for the world while at the same time redirecting those who had lost the way back to the creator’s purpose for their lives.
Under his leadership, the church of Nigeria resisted the urge to join the western world in accepting or tolerating these non biblical acts. He was able to carry the various authorities of the church along to decisively resolve some cases that came up. Some of the priests involved in such incidents resigned and left the church while some repented and retraced their steps.
In the process, he reinforced existing spiritual programmes in the church and also created new ones. Some of the new programmes he introduced include the Monthly Power Night, an all night prayer vigil on the last Friday of every month. Another is The Way of the Cross, a spiritual meditation programme during the Lenten Season. It was inaugurated in 2014 and has continued to be a spirit filled annual gathering of the faithfuls.
Primate Okoh did not only cater for the spiritual nourishment of the church. He also took care of the physical welfare of the youths and women through empowerment projects to create employment opportunities for them under the auspices of the church. The projects which also generate revenue for the church include a civil security outfit known as Crowther Chariots Limited and the Women Water Project which produces the famous brand called Rose bottled water.
Another area of development very dear to Primate Okoh was the education of children. He too had been a beneficiary of mission schools as a child. He established the Anglican International Academy for the Abuja diocese and donated the entire sum of eighty eight million naira gifted him by friends and well wishers during the celebration of his 25th wedding anniversary to the project.
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