User talk:Oniyarabi toba,prestige

 'Short history of my church; was established through the mission work of SIM which began in 1893. On December 4, 2005, SIM/ECWA was 112 years old since Rowland Bingham, Thomas Kent, and Walter Gowans in their early twenties, left the comfort of their homes, families businesses in the West and headed to what was called “the Dark Continent”, to preach the Good News. Two of them died within the first year of their mission and Rowland Bingham had to be evacuated back home a couple of times because of Malaria, yet, he did not give up. However, the peak of the fruit of the ministry became a reality when Rev. Titcombe baptized 10 men and 3 women during the first baptismal service in 1909 at Ogga. The SIM churches established were incorporated as ECWA in 1954 with 7 DCCs. Today, the church that was founded through the sacrificial efforts of these saints is the ”Evangelical Church West Africa (ECWA) with 6,000 churches organized into 74 DCCs and 6 million members. Many people have benefited directly or indirectly through the ministries of SIM/ECWA.'