Nigeria has recently made international headlines for various reasons and especially the terrorist attacks by a Militia group calling itself Boko Haram. The General Secretary of OAIC Nicta Lubaale recently visited Nigeria for a regional meeting and states that the various OAIC member churches in that country are doing well and striving to improve its capacity building activities and thus ensure sustainability of its programmes.

25th and 26th October marked two great milestones in the calendar of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches. In view of ensuring that the fight against poverty and repression become an everyday occurrence, OAIC held an anti-poverty seminar and worship service on the 25th and 26th respectively.

Member churches of the OAIC from 17 counties in Kenya congregated at the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi at J.J. McCarthy Prayer House Riverside drive. The seminar and worship service saw diverse ideas emerge from the well diversified congregation which brought forth important strategies that if utilized well will ensure that the fight is not in vain.

The Director for Just Communities, Rev Phyllis Byrd stated clearly that God’s expectation of each and every person in their own capacity was tremendous. “As a leader, a mother, son, bishop, God expects all of us to do everything in our capacity exceptionally well,” she stated. “The word from the book of Micah 6: 8 states what God requires of us in our every day pre-occupation. We need to pray, fast, as well as indulge God in whatsoever ways we choose to use to fight poverty. We all need to have a divine partnership with God who is calling us and not think that it is somebody else’s responsibility.” She stated.