08Sep 2019

ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA.

  • Ph.d. Fsr, Jplecturer Department Of Religious And Cultural Studies Faculty Of Humanities University Of Port Harcourt.
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This paper on the Issues and trends in the growth and development of Christianity in Nigeria examined the various waves of development from their inception till our contemporary time. The emphasis of the Pentecostals has been to make the New Testament the blue print of what happened in every generation of Christianity. Hence they evolved strategies to attract their followers. These are the possible reasons why their major activities are centered on contextualization of their liturgy, communal participate, working of power and deliverance and many others. Our findings shoe that in recent times the activities are been imitated by the mainline churches. This is rather an encouragement to the Pentecostal movement. That all hands should be on deck to have a well-established entrepreneurship for the benefit of the poor.

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[Jaja Bethel Onyechere. (2019); ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Sep). 378-384] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

JAJA BETHEL ONYECHERE
LECTURER DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL STUDIES FACULTY OF HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9673      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9673

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