(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost clergyman, the first African Anglican Bishop, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, deserves to be sung as a national hero, some researchers say. Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was the multi-linguist who translated the Holy Bible into Yoruba language. He was born at Osogun in present-day Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State […]
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Primate Ndukuba during dedication of Osoogun Church
The memories of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and his landmark missionary footprint across West Africa came alive in his hometown, Osoogun, Iseyin in Oyo State recently, when Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev Henry Ndukuba, led other high-ranking officials of the church to dedicate Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther Mission Centre, which many have described as monumental for the church’s growth and immortalisation of the first African Bishop.
The commissioning is the first phase of the Centre consisting a church building and such other facilities as training hall, guesthouse, and Rectory. Library, museum and other facilities for effective training and utilisation of the training of mission workers constitute the second phase, upon which work will soon commence.