Our bishop at Diocese of Asaba synod ,2019

Our bishop at Diosese of Asaba synod ,2019

From right; Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; the Lord Bishop of Asaba Diocese, Rt. Revd. Justus Mogekwu and Bishop, Diocese of Dutse Synod Guest Preacher) Rt Revd Markus Danbinta, during the Diocese of Asaba (Anglican Communion) Ecclesiastical Province of Bende, First Session of the 15th Synod, at St’ Paul Anglican Church, Ubulu-Okiti, Delta State PIX; JIBUNOR SAMUEL. ASABA/Nigeria: The get-Rich-Quick Syndrome had been condemned by Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa who said the craze for wealth and material possessions among Nigerians, saying that the people should be.

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About US

Jigawa state was created on Tuesday August 27, 1991, when the Federal Military Government under the General Ibrahim Babangida announced the creation of nine additional states in the country bringing the total number of states then to thirty. The announcement was given a legal backing through the; State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 37 of 1991.
The said Dutse Diocese was also formed from the parent Kano Diocese. Earlier on, Rev Peter Atanda was posted to Dutse as a pioneer priest, and the church started in a motor garage which the priest also used as his own living room. To the glory of God, the Church is established. By 1996 according to God's divine arrangement, the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) under the leadership of the second Primate and Metropolitan of Nigeria Most Rev. Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye Diocese of Dutse was carved out o Kano Diocese along side with other four Dioceses namely: Kebbi, Damaturu, Jalingo and Otukpo. In spite of the size and numerous challenges facing Dutse Diocese at inauguration, it has no sponsorship from any Church, organization or individuals to date; even though many Dioceses, churches and individuals have contributed immensely by their prayers, materials and financial support. This Diocese could not have grown to this stage without their selfless love and support. The first pioneer bishop was the Rt. Rev. Yusuf Lumu who meritoriously served God and His people from 1996 to 2016.
After his retirement, the Rt. Rev.Markus Yohanna Danbinta was elected, consecrated and enthrone to continue from where Baba Lumu stopped.
At the inception of the Diocese, there were nine congregations in Dutse, Kazaure, Birnin Kudu, Ringim, Jahun, Hadejia. Malam Madori, Gumel and Mai gatari. Over this period of time, other congregations where added.
They are: Kiyawa, Gwaram, Gujungu, and a Hausa section (All Saints') in Dutse. Due to some environmental and religious persecution, Garki and Birnin Kudu are no longer functioning and many of the existing congregations became the persecuted few in the Diocese. As of the time the Diocese was handed over to us in April 2016, there was a population of less than 700 people in the entire Diocese. Our concern is not the size of the Diocese, but bringing these persecuted few to the standard God wants them to be and spread out our net for evangelism.

There are ten clergy men and one evangelist in the Diocese and hardly could the churches raise enough money to pay their stipend due to some of the challenges our churches encountered in the North, especially the threat of religious fundamentalism and post election violence and riots of many past years.

Mission And Evangelism

The Church exists for mission and evangelism. Although the Diocese is in a Muslims dominated area with a lot of religious segregation and fanaticism. Mission and evangelism still remain our main focus. There are few places where our members are residing, but they do not have places of worship. In Birnin Kudu for example, we used to have a promising congregation almost the size of our present Cathedral. The Local Government Authority wake up one day and collected the Church building and the land as a whole. A new land far away from the town was given to the Church as compensation and some money was added to that to help us start erecting a new structure. Although the money given to us by the Local Government could not give us much, we confidently started developing that land. Our church building project was getting to lintel level but only to wake up one day and discovered that some unidentified anti-Christ people pulled down the building to the foundation level. This issue discouraged the church at Bimini kudu and the congregation scattered.We hope to regroup our members and Continue with the Kingdom business. Bimin Kudu is not the only place where we have challenge. In Malam madori General One of the Local Government areas of Jigawa, we have a big land which has a boundary with the General Hospital Malam Madori. Our fence that demarcated the church with the hospital has collapsed some years back and due to financial constrain the Diocese could not re-erect that fence. The information reaching us is that very soon the State wants to expand that hospital and there is the likelihood that part of the church land may be confiscated to add to the hospital. We need to do something urgently to secure that land, and that is why like the blind Bartimaeus we are crying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” May Jesus speak through someone that will tell us “Cheer up! He is calling you” on this issue. At Kafin Hausa where the State University is, many of our Church members and students are there. We were shown an uncompleted building for sale and we feel that getting that property can help us to start a Church there. We are trusting God for open heaven to purchase that property to enable us start a fellowship at Kafin Hausa. At Mai Gatari also, we have a land which is not yet developed, and the young Hausa congregation of All Saints' Anglican Church in Dutse is worshipping in the corridor of a house. As the second Anglican Church in the State capital, we know that getting a place of worship will bring more people that are looking for a place of worship in Hausa to join this Church. We hope to buy a virgin land as a permanent place of worship for this young promising congregation. We must sincerely appeal to Christian brothers and sisters to join us in prayer and partner with us in Mission and Evangelism for the expansion of Christ's kingdom. We believe this is one of the ways to show that the Church of God is one and it is most willing to carry.

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Our bishop at Diocese of Asaba synod ,2019

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