ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY IN ABIAKPO IKOT ABASI INYANG 1920-2020 By DA EFFIONG DANIEL AFRICAN HOLY LAND AKWA IBOM STATE NIGERIA
THE CENTENARY OF CHRISTIANITY IN ABIAKPO IKOT ABASI INYANG (1920 – 2020) THE LAND BEFORE THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVED It would be hard to fully understand us when we say by the leadership of God’s Spirit, that the kingdom of God has come upon the land of Abiakpo Ikot Abasi Inyang village, except you are taken through a brief historical background of the people of the said village. The reference made of Abiakpo Ikot Abasi Inyang today as a land dedicated to the God of heaven is not the reference made of it some years back. A number of events transpired that has ushered the village out of the dark days of unrighteousness into this present day of light. This paper seeks to talk briefly about the dark era and how God led us out of it by His marvelous light. Read, learn and enjoy. The Dark Era The people of Abiakpo Ikot Abasi Inyang were a backward people who did not know God. Civilization was far from them. They could not boast of any reasonable amenity. There was no hospital, no school,...