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PRESENT MINISTRIES

The church is maturing in leadership. Leaders are trained through Theological Education by Extension and the modular school Wesley Evangelical School of Theology. The first International Child Care Ministries (ICCM) school, Hope Academy Ikot Ekpe, opened in September 2001. It was joined by an extension school at Ikot Ntuk in 2008. Two schools, one in Kogi and one in Ondo, serve the children of Fulani herdsmen in the north. Because ICCM schools offer a high level of education, as well as the gospel of Jesus, more schools are planned for the future.

ORIGINS

Rev. Titus Akpan and other Nigerian Christians left their denomination in the early 1960s because animal sacrifices were included in worship services. They were determined to form a spiritual, New Testament church in southeast Nigeria. In 1962 some of the leaders ran across a tract bearing the name “Free Methodist Church.” They liked the name and decided to call the new group, “Christ Free Methodist Church of Nigeria.” For years efforts were made to affiliate with Free Methodists in North America but it was not until 1988 that official meetings took place. In October of that year this Nigerian group, some 1,800 people, were invited to become an official mission district of the Free Methodist Church-USA.