Presbyterian Church of Nigeria

The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (abbreviated PCN ) is a presbyterian oriented church in Nigeria. She has over 1,000 municipalities and a total of one million members.

History

The church was founded in 1846 on the initiative of freed Jamaican slaves, Scottish missionaries and the kings of Calabar out. The team of missionaries of the Church of Scotland was led by Rev. Hope Masterton Waddell. In 1858, the church was a constitution and served henceforth as Presbytery of Biafra ( named after the geographic region of the Bight of Biafra ) of the Church of Scotland. From 1921 she was a synod, and from 1945 an independent church, the Presbyterian Church of Biafra. 1952, the church was renamed Presbyterian Church of Eastern Nigeria until then to Nigeria's independence in 1960, received its final name.

The church is involved currently in missionary work in traditionally non- Presbyterian and non-Christian regions of Nigeria and in Benin and Togo. The missionary commitment in 1998 led to the establishment of a national directorate for mission tasks. With the ordination of a woman in 1982, the PCN opened the ministry for women. Currently, about 50 women are ordained in the communities.

Structure

The highest body is the assembly, including the Synod, then follow the presbytery and finally the community. The well over 1000 communities are organized into nine synods and presbyteries 50.

Partner churches are the Church of Scotland, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Presbyterian Church ( USA) and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. The PCN also has relationships with other Presbyterian and Reformed churches in Africa.

Teaching

The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has adopted the confession of Westminster. In the tradition of the Reformed Church accepts only the word of the Bible as the ultimate authority. Other forms of revelation or tradition of the Church does not recognize them on. The PCN is so far contrary to the current charismatic mainstream of Nigerian Christianity.