Church of the Province of Nigeria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Church_of_the_Province_of_Nigeria
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:GAFCON
gptkb:Global_South_Anglican
gptkbp:class gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:directionA gptkb:Anglican
gptkbp:district over 160
gptkbp:firstPrimate gptkb:Timothy_Omotayo_Olufosoye
gptkbp:founded 1979
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Timothy_Omotayo_Olufosoye
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:General_Synod
gptkbp:headquarters Abuja
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Church of the Province of Nigeria
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:languageOfWorship Book of Common Prayer
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkbp:motto gptkb:The_Church_of_Nigeria:_Anglican_Communion
gptkbp:notableEvent Active in Anglican realignment
Hosted GAFCON II in 2013
Split from Church of the Province of West Africa
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Henry_Ndukuba
gptkb:Nicholas_Okoh
gptkb:Peter_Akinola
gptkbp:numberOfMembers over 18 million
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkbp:primate gptkb:Henry_Ndukuba
gptkbp:state 14
gptkbp:structure Episcopal
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:website https://anglican-nig.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Book_of_Common_Prayer_(Church_of_the_Province_of_Nigeria)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5