Take It To Church | National Church of Nigeria
LESSONS AT THE NATIONAL CHURCH OF NIGERIA
The national church of Nigeria is a neo-gothic style church located in Abuja. It used to be known as the National Ecumenical center and it was one of the stops we made when we visited Abuja.
The belfry
Look at those archs.
During our visit, we met a Mr Dan who gave us a history lesson on the church and according to him these are some facts about the church:
It is called the ecumenical center because it doesn’t belong to one denomination.
There are 5 ‘blocks’ that constitute the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) – Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria – CSN, Christian Council of Nigeria -CCN (this comprises of Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists etc), Organisation of African Instituted Churches – OAIC (white garment, Cherubim & Seraphim), Christian Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria/Pentecostal fellowship of Nigeria – CPFM/PFM (Redeem, Christ Embassy, Living Faith, MFM etc They are the largest of all the blocks), TECAN ECWA which started from the Northern part of Nigeria, Jos.
Funny story about this look
All these arms contributed money to build the church.
The church was completed in Oct 2005.
Construction of the church started at the same time with the National Mosque.
A Nigerian man designed the church – Architect Olumide
It was given to 3 companies abroad to execute. Costain, Julius Berger and Gitto. Gitto completed it.
The church can seat 8,000 people. More chairs can be brought in if they are needed.
The pulpit rotates 360 degrees. It can go clockwise or anticlockwise depending on how you want it. This rotation is done when the church is filled up so everyone can see the speaker.
The Pulpit
The pipe organ is electronic
