Nigerian Christians Pray continued

The Nigerian Baptist leader believed that the church has had an impact on the government response to the kidnappings of the schools girls. “We believe that our call on the government to do more on security is yielding fruit because after the call, the government has allowed the international community to help in rescuing the girls from their captors.”

He indicated that Nigerian Baptists have “spent several millions of naira (Nigeria’s currency) in providing relief for victims of Boko Haram attacks.” However, “we are completely overwhelmed because the havoc they cause now is on a weekly basis.” He asserted that “more assistance from the international Christian community is required to fund the education of children left without parents, women made widows and shelter for those whose houses were destroyed by fire.” Many churches, Ayokunle said, have been destroyed in terrorist attacks, leaving many without places of worship.

BWA Re-elected to NGO Board at the UN to

The Baptist World Alliance has been re-elected another term on the board of CoNGO, the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN. This occurred during the 25th

General Assembly of CoNGO in New York, from April 1-4. The BWA was renewed as one of 20 members of the CoNGO Board for the 2014-2017 period. It will serve on two standing committees of the board and continue to be actively involved in the work of the NGO Substantive Committees at the UN. Membership with the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, one of the most vibrant and active NGO committees at the UN, was also formalized by the BWA. The BWA will once again participate in the 65th DPI/NGO Conference, which focuses on the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 and beyond.

BOOK NOTES

Femi Okunlola, The Source: Connect with the Trinity. Lagos, Cross of Christ Communications, 2014

Femi Okunlola et al, Analecta: History of the Nigerian Baptist Convention 1914-2014, Nigerian Baptist Convention, Ibadan, 2014

Okunlola, also systematic theologian and broadcaster, analyzes the importance to effective Christiancommunication of rootedness in the Trinity and the cultivation of a culture of listening. Okunlola is one of the rising female theologians in Nigeria.