This article appraises the historical activities of Serving in Mission (SIM) as a model of cross-culture missions service in the following manner: 1) Mission work in Africa, 2) Mission work in West Africa, 3) Sudan Interior Mission in Nigeria 4) Founder’s idea of business and mission, 5) Premillennial view and mission, 6) Founder’s missionary philosophy, 7) Relationship with Colonial government, 8) Restriction of Missionaries’ efforts in Nigeria, 9) Serving in Mission’s legacies, and 10) Conclusion.

With the 21 st century environment of religious pluralism, secularism and "all-embracing" and/or "compromising" Catholicism, at least following the acceptance of anonymous Christianity, a teaching of Karl Rahner that all human beings have an implicit knowledge of Jesus Christ, there seems to be no need for mission or evangelization anymore. In fact, since the Second Vatican Council´s document Ad Gentes Divinitus, there have been concerns on the part of Church authorities that the missionary spirit of the Church has been fading away. The need to awaken interest in mission has seen the publication of many documents on mission and evangelization. If these documents have awakened interest theoretically, the practical field owing to the data on ground seems discouraging. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and the seventh in the world becomes a clear example where mission needs urgent attention at the practical level. With the rising cases of widespread religious intolerance, Catholics in Nigeria need to be awake to their missionary obligation so that all hearts be won over to Christ. Presentation of current verifiable data becomes a much-needed methodology to drive home this crucial message and thus encourage concerted evangelization and missionary efforts. RESUMEN: Con el ambiente del siglo XXI de pluralismo religioso, secularismo y catolicismo "abarcador" y/o "comprometido," al menos después de la aceptación del cristianismo anónimo, una enseñanza de Karl Rahner de que todos los seres humanos tienen un conocimiento implícito de Jesucristo, parece que ya no hay necesidad de misión o evangelización. De hecho, desde el documento del Concilio Vaticano II Ad Gentes Divinitus, las autoridades de la Iglesia han expresado su preocupación de que el espíritu misionero de la Iglesia se haya desvanecido. La necesidad de despertar el interés en la misión ha visto la publicación de muchos documentos sobre misión y evangelización. Si estos documentos han despertado interés teóricamente, el campo práctico debido a los datos sobre el terreno parece desalentador. Nigeria, el país más poblado de África y el séptimo del mundo, se convierte en un claro ejemplo donde la misión necesita atención urgente a nivel práctico. Con los crecientes casos de intolerancia religiosa generalizada, los católicos en Nigeria deben estar despiertos a su obligación misionera para que todos los corazones sean ganados para Cristo. La presentación de datos verificables actuales se convierte en una metodología muy necesaria para llevar a casa este mensaje crucial y así alentar la evangelización concertada y los esfuerzos misioneros.

This study aimed to determine how important religious education is in Nigerian schools, especially in tertiary institutions in the Delta State of Nigeria. To reach this goal, eleven colleges and universities in Delta State were chosen for the research. Research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The data for the study was collected from primary sources using a structured questionnaire. Twenty-two questionnaires were administered to the selected institutions' twenty-two heads (and deputies). Means and Standard Deviations (M & SD) were used to answering the research questions, and the hypotheses were tested using the t-test statistical method. The findings of this study led to the conclusion that there are significant differences in tertiary institutions' heads' perceptions of the relevance of religious education in tertiary institutions in Delta State for the effective curbing of moral decadence in the state and the Nigerian society as a whole.

The paper aimed to examine the involvement of the missions and government in education administration in Anambra State secondary schools. As a result of this, four research questions were formulated to guide the study. The questionnaire was constructed by the researchers in line with the research questions. A sample of twenty four (24) government owned schools and six (6) mission schools within Anambra State were used for the study. The population for the study included all teachers in Mission and Government owned secondary schools within Anambra state and there are twenty-seven (27) Mission and 257 Government Secondary schools in Anambra state. The data collected were analyzed and presented using mean. Finally, the following results were exposed: mission owned schools’ administration instill higher discipline, and promote good habits among the students. School fees are high and increase in fees and levies are not regulated in mission schools. Government administration establishes a...

This paper addresses Pedagogy in Africa's Traditional Religion as a Tool for Transmitting Theological Training. Generally, there is a decline in our churches to how the Africans need to worship God and how they should be responsible to their God in all matters. The work also shows concern for some of our preachers and gospel teachers to transmit the Bible in an African context instead of copying Western ideas about God. These beliefs of the westerners have disvalued the African belief system about the existence of God, that without them, the Africans cannot serve God the way it should be. This work has looked at the concept of African pedagogy, challenges such as denominationalism, culturalism, inheritance, and so on. The researcher also looked at how can enhance African Pedagogy through Theological schools, churches, families, and society. Through this means, pedagogy can increase in the community. Due to the essential nature of this research, this research used historical and analytical methods as well as personal communication (interview), books, journals, and internet sources. The researcher recommends, amongst others, that African Pedagogy be used to teach the people to remind us of our inheritance. Keywords: Pedagogy, African Traditional Religion, Theology

As an ordained missionary with the EMS of ECWA, 1 whenever the concept of missions is being discussed, I approach it from the perspective of practices I have become familiar with. This paper is an attempt to lay out in broad strokes the image of mission practices as can be observed in West Africa. I attempted to inquire into the reason why missions seem to have a stereotypical interpretation and, thereby, similar modalities and practices. I also asked , should missionaries be cared for by their sending agencies as part of a holistic ministry that most ministries claim they are set out to fulfill? I compared biblical definitions of salvation and the practices that followed against the reasons and definitions and practices in African context. The definition that is given to missions, especially as it relates to the view of what salvation or good news means, is responsible for the way missions is being done today. So to achieve this I have consulted the Bible, carried out some interviews with 3 missionaries from Nigeria in West Africa, and researched some scholarly publications.