Buhari called on Christians celebrating the CMS anniversary to practice the tenets of Christianity
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of the Anglican Communion in Igbo land and around the world in celebrating the 165th anniversary of Christianity in the region.
Christianity was born in the south-eastern part of Nigeria on July 27, 1857 when Rev Samuel Ajayi Crowther, who later became the first African Anglican bishop of West Africa, led the Church Missionary Society (CMS) team, including Rev. John Christopher Taylor, Catechist Simon Jonas and Augustus Armadillo and others in the 1857 Niger expedition.
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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina in a statement on Wednesday said Buhari called on Christians celebrating the CMS anniversary to practice the tenets of Christianity which include love, compassion, sacrifice, forgiveness and selflessness, bearing in mind the diversity of the country.
“President Buhari urges the Christian faithful celebrating CMS anniversary to uphold the values of love, compassion, sacrifice, forgiveness and selflessness in a diverse country like Nigeria, in recognition of what the true Christian faith teaches and recommends to all adherents,” the statement said.
Buhari further said that this celebration of faith, hope and victory is an opportunity for reverent worship to God and prayers for the unity, stability and prosperity of the country, at a time like this.