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23/02/2023

How Igbo People Started Becoming Christians 181 Years Ago (1841–2022): A Brief History Of Christianity In Ìgbòland/Among The Ìgbò [Part I]

Present-day Igbo Christian teenagers—including many young adults—raised strictly by Ìgbò Christian parents, and who have held steadfastly to the Christian faith, will hardly believe or know that Christianity was not anywhere known or heard of among the Ìgbò prior to 165 years ago when it came formally to Ọnịcha on 27 July 1857 or 181 years ago when it made its first inroad attempt in Abọ (today’s Ìgbò part of Delta State) in 1841.

What they often know or presume is that Christianity is as ancient as the Ìgbò had existed, hence they are often appalled by the current growing wave of young and enlightened Ìgbò persons abandoning their Christian faith and returning to the indigenous traditional Ìgbò spirituality, otherwise broadly called Omenaanị or particularly, Ọdịnaanị.

This kind of presumption from among the young Igbo population was not so widespread about 30 years ago. The calculated withdrawal of historical activeness and consciousness from the mainstream Nigerian basic education as at 2 decades ago; the subtle unwillingness of the present-day orthodox Christian church authorities in Ìgbòland to constantly remind their congregants how, about over a century ago, European missionaries brought the faith they are currently expressing, and other possible factors, have combined to build the impression of these Ìgbò Christians who are teenagers and young adults, making them to never imagine that their ancestors were only formally and squarely Christianized not too long ago—a development that has sequentially resulted in their being Christians today.

The history of the Christianization of the Ìgbò people is as thick, tall, and entangling as the famed forests in which the people lived before colonization and its attendant urbanization and deforestation. As a notable historian of the Ìgbò, Professor Elizabeth Isichei asked in 1970:

Can one meaningfully reduce the almost infinite variety of responses in a society as various as Igboland, to a phenomenon as complex as the missionary impact?

The honest answer is ‘no.’ We can only tell the history of missionary impact among the Ìgbò as far as we know and have researched it in each generation. Sadly, the one large piece of the whole story which will continue to be regretted is the extremely deficient oral accounts of our ancestors who were the subjects of the Christianization experiment as against the towering, exhaustively written accounts of their ‘Christianizers’ (the missionaries).

This imbalance of narratives/narrative sources leaves a lot of questions unanswered forever. Meanwhile, for more clarity within this context, I have collapsed the entire 181 years of Ìgbò Christianization journey/experience between 1841 and this year 2022 into three broad phases, relying mostly on very major turning points in history, such as wars and expeditions for their partitioning. As such, the following phases have emerged and will be discussed below:

1. Phase One of Ìgbò Christianization (1841–1901)
2. Phase Two of Ìgbò Christianization (1902–1970)
3. Phase Three of Ìgbò Christianization (1971–2022)

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29/01/2023

05/01/2023

The Beginning Of It All Can Be Traced Back To Duncan Williams in Ghana, Nigerians were unaware of the concept of Prophecy at the time, and the pioneers of false spiritual practices in Nigeria focused solely on healing and deliverance. I will refrain from naming them at this time to avoid causing offense. 😉

It Was Duncan Who Initiated K**i Boateng, Who Later On Handed The Button To Emanuel Makandiwa.

It Was Duncan Who Recently Initiated Joshua Selman Through The Handing Over Of The Sword.

It Was Duncan Who Recruited Jerry Ezze Into The Same Secrete Organization.

It Is Duncan Who Is the author of the Prophetic blueprint & the pioneer of this di@ b○lic movement.

It Is Duncan Who Is At Top Of The Hierarchy After The Passing Of Archbishop Benson Idahosa, If You Do An Audit Of Idahosa's Ministry You Will Realize There Was Little Or Zero Emphasis On Prophecies But After Duncan Took over that's when the Prophetic Movement became the main thing in African Churches...& all baby charlatans travelled to Ghana for impartation & initiation..and received Occultic rings, white & blue prayer showels, freemansonry swords and golden archs of their Covenants.

The Lineage Is Long, All Prophets In Africa Are Drinking From Duncan Williams Cup, They Might Just Not Know It Because Of The Long Line Of Middlemen In between.

It's Just That Most Of You Are Not Yet Spiritually Mature To Hear The Truth About The Origins Of These Cults You Are Part Of, I Have Just Been Scraping The Surface All This While, If I Start Scattering The Table Deep Deep, All Of You Will Stop Attendeding Prophetic Churches 😬

The Truth Shall Set You Free, Dont Blindly Follow Tradition, Seek Truth Not Just Comfort & Question Everything

04/01/2023

04/01/2023

31/12/2022

Get Ready, Shabbat Day Is Here.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

ABOUT SABBATH

Question 9: Should work be done on the seventh day Sabbath?

Answer: The Torah forbids certain kinds of work on the seventh day Sabbath, for the verse says, "But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God: in it you shall not do nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your stranger that is within your gates"(Exodus 20:10). It is true that in the English version of the Bible, the verse states, "In it you shall not do any work..." However, the Hebrew word "melakha," which is translated "work" in the English version of the Bible does not carry the same sense as its English equivalent; because, in English, the word "work" could mean one of the two: (a) an that one does in the course of one's employment, profession, or occupation; or (b) an activity that involves great physical exertion. And according to such definitions, a rabbi, minister, pastor, or teacher of the word should not be permitted to give any instruction on the Sabbath, since it is his profession. Therefore, Judaism states that "melakha," which is translated -work" in our English Bible, should be interpreted based on "creativity" and rules that the kind of work prohibited on the seventh day Sabbath is "any creative work."

Question 10: What could be considered as "creative work" on the seventh day Sabbath?

Answer; Judaism teaches that there are thirty-nine basic categories of "creative work" prohibited on the Sabbath. These include the prohibitions against kindling a fire (see Exodus 35:3); ploughing, harvesting, and reaping (see Exodus 34:21); gathering wood (see Numbers 15:32-36); baking and cooking (see Exodus 16:23-25); carrying loads (Jeremiah 17:21- 22); buying and selling (see Nehemiah 13:15-17). Moreover, any activities that operate or have the same principle as "creative work" are equally forbidden on the seventh day Sabbath. For example, grinding, washing cloths (whether by hand or machine); knitting, crocheting, embroidering, sewing, fishing, flower plucking, trapping, lawn maintenance, digging, constructing, etc. These activities, to some people, who engage in them, may be considered leisure, but because they operate on or has the same principle as -creative work," that is making something out of another thing; they are prohibited.

Question 11: Are there conditions these prohibitions may be suspended on the seventh day Sabbath?

Answer: Our sages teach that the purpose of God giving the Torah and its commandments to man, is for him to live by them all, just as the verse says, "You shall therefore keep My statutes, and My judgments" (Leviticus 18:5). The Sabbath is one of the statutes and man is commanded to, "Keep the Sabbath therefore; for [because] it is holy unto you" (Exodus 31:14). This implies that the Sabbath is given to man to keep, and not man given to the Sabbath, The sages further teach that the Sabbath laws are a reflection of God's love and concern for man. They are the tools given, to enable man create a spiritually meaningful and uplifting environment for himself every seventh day. They are evidently instruments of life and therefore suspended if that life, which it is created to enrich and uplift, is threatened. This was the teaching Jesus inferred, when he said, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27; Matthew 12:8). From all these, the Jewish sages rule emphatically that "work of mercy" (for example, all medically related emergency matters), or "work of necessity" (for instance, all security related emergency matters), or any issue that related to saving or securing life; is allowed on the Sabbath.

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Note:
To be able to keep the Sabbath properly, adequate preparation is necessary which means planning ahead. Preparation to avoid working on the day and have it free from work-related activities, needs to be done on Friday before sunset.

H░A░P ░P░Y ✡ P░R░E░P░A░R░A░T░I░O░N░ in advance from Dickson Ifechukwu(Ben Levi🦁).

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OJI UKWU EJE ABA

The story of an Igbo hustler:

Joseph Chukwuka Ulasi, hailed from Nnewi in Anambra state. Born in 1890 and died 1944.
He was nicknamed "O ji ụkwụ eje Aba" because of his unflinching hustling spirit as a young Igbo boy determined to make it in life and of which he eventually did by becoming the most successful transporter from South East.

He regularly traveled on foot from Nnewi to Aba in mid-1920's in search of fortune (O ji ụkwụ eje Aba). At Aba he traded in textiles and produce, slowly and painstakingly building a solid asset base by setting up roadside stalls along the popular Aba Road. He would recruit apprentices from Nnewi at one stage, up to sixty. By 1933, he had built up a fleet of six lorries, which he deployed into a road haulage business which earned him a mail delivery contract for the Eastern Provinces. He made fortune from the Mail delivery contract which helped him to up his fleet of lorries from 6 to 14 as at 1935.

The name of his Transport Company is J.C Ulasi Motors, a household name in the 1930s. He became a Warrant Chief at Aba and died in June 1944. His kinsman Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu was to succeed him as the King of the road haulage business by the formation of his legendary Ojukwu Transport Company in 1937. Chief. J.C Ulasi tremendous success as a transporter also inspired his cousin, Late. Chief Ejikeme Ilodibe of "Ekene Dili Chukwu" to emerge as a transport magnate. JC Ulasi died a wealthy Igbo transporter, he was the first Nigerian to venture in to Transport business and it played out well for him. Many others toed his path.

You have now known the story behind that popular nomenclature "O ji ukwu eje Aba"

12/08/2022

10/08/2022

CHILDREN OF TODAY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IN OUR DAYS YOU COULD BE BEATEN FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

1. Crying too long after being beaten
2. Not crying after being beaten
3. Crying without being beaten
4. Standing where elders are sitting
5. Sitting while elders are standing
6. Walking around aimlessly where elders are seated
7. Eating food prepared for visitors
8. Refusing to eat
9. Coming back home after sunset
10. Eating at the neighbour's home
11. Generally being too moody
12. Generally being too excited
13. Losing a fight with older age mate
14. Winning a fight with your age mate
15. Eating too slowly
16. Eating too quickly
17. Eating too much
18. Not finishing your food
19. Finishing your food and scraping your plate
20. Eating and talking
21. Sleeping while the elders in the house have already woken up
22. Looking at the visitors while they are eating
23. Stumbling and falling when walking
24. Looking at an elder eye ball to eye ball
25. When an elder is talking to you and you blink
26. When an elder is talking to you and you stare and not blink
27. When you look at an elder through the corner of your eye
28. When your mates are playing street football and you join them
29. When your mates are playing and you don’t join them
30. When you don't wash your dish after eating
31. When you wash your dish improperly
32. When you almost break your dish
33. When you break your dish
34. When you bite your nails.
34.. When you don't bath.
35. When you bath too quickly
36. When you take too long to bath.
37. When you’re beaten in school for misbehaving
38. When a car almost knocks you down
39. When a car knocks you down and you don’t die.
40. For not answering when spoken to
41. For answering back when spoken to.
42 Beaten for going to Church or Mosque late.
43. Beaten for borrowing shoe/wears from friends.
44. Giving salt or needle to neighbors without their permission.

Some of these reasons for beating a child may appear farfetched today but they sure did happen and they were the norms that shaped a Child to grow in a Responsible manner.

P.W.

10/08/2022