Grace Brethren missionaries in Chad were approached by Dadjé Samuel in 2005 with a request to help him to gain fluency in his English language comprehension through a stay in Nigeria. He went there for some weeks, returning in 2006. There he met immigrants from Chad. Two of these men were invited to study at the Summer School for Evangelism and Church Planting that Samuel Dadjé had founded. They came the same year.
Since then several other Nigerians have graduated from the school, and others are still studying. Under Dadjé’s leadership, these men became church planters in Nigeria. Though the tragic death of Dadjé Samuel was a huge loss for the Nigerians, the pioneers carried on. The churches of Nigeria were recognized as a fellowship in October 2010.
Today the Fellowship has two organized churches, twenty chapels, eleven cells, and fifty-one Points of Light. A Point of Light is a group of believers meeting together with the intention of becoming an organized church. The main language in the churches is Hausa. The church president is Pastor Koularambaye Enock, who lives in Abuja were he pastors a Grace Brethren Church.
A huge challenge for the church is Boko Haram. Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram has killed more than 17,000 people since 2009; and since May 2013, 2.3 million people have been displaced by conflict. The group has carried out mass abductions including the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in April 2014. The Fellowship lost also of their chapels through this aggressive movement.
Since then several other Nigerians have graduated from the school, and others are still studying. Under Dadjé’s leadership, these men became church planters in Nigeria. Though the tragic death of Dadjé Samuel was a huge loss for the Nigerians, the pioneers carried on. The churches of Nigeria were recognized as a fellowship in October 2010.
Today the Fellowship has two organized churches, twenty chapels, eleven cells, and fifty-one Points of Light. A Point of Light is a group of believers meeting together with the intention of becoming an organized church. The main language in the churches is Hausa. The church president is Pastor Koularambaye Enock, who lives in Abuja were he pastors a Grace Brethren Church.
A huge challenge for the church is Boko Haram. Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group based in northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haram has killed more than 17,000 people since 2009; and since May 2013, 2.3 million people have been displaced by conflict. The group has carried out mass abductions including the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in April 2014. The Fellowship lost also of their chapels through this aggressive movement.
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