Bishop
Anthony Okonkwo GBUJI
(Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria)
In 1982, His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited Nigeria and challenged the Church there to a "new era of evangelisation".
In response to the Pope’s call the need for deepening the faith-commitment of the people of God became obvious.
Through contact with Evangelisation 2000, the idea of developing some programme for the formation of agents of evangelisation cristalised.
Twenty five schools of Evangelisation have now been established in the country. Courses are run for both the clergy, religious and the laity with good results.
Sister Churches of Africa are invited to share the fruit of this rewarding experiment.
Hence the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria strongly recommends that this Synod address the practical issue of carrying out the mission of evangelisation in Africa now and in the next century.
Original text: English
