Ezechi Iwuagwu

Ezechi is a Nigerian, who loves Jesus and also loves his own country. He has been involved in Bible teaching ministry for many years, and is excited to be involved in a new initiative - establishing a Bible college in Abuja.

There are an estimated 59 million Nigerian Christians today. However, few consistently receive reliable Bible teaching. The Bible is often taken out of context and taught with little clarity.

There is an urgent need for faithful Bible teaching in Nigeria in order to help disciple people into mature Christians who are able in turn to teach the Bible faithfully to others. Abuja Bible College seeks to train pastors to teach their congregations faithfully. It will also resource young evangelists, passionate about God’s word, but needing help to proclaim the gospel accurately.

The Need

There are many Christians in Nigeria - for which we praise God! However, few of those Christians regularly receive the good spiritual food of faithful Bible teaching.

Christians in Nigeria are therefore vulnerable to attack from false teaching, and in some areas a confused message that combines true Christianity with traditional African beliefs. In addition false teaching of a prosperity gospel has left many genuine Christians confused an ill equipped for the demands of discipleship in the 21st Century. Islam also continues to be a great threat to Christians in Nigeria. Those in the north of Nigeria are particularly at risk, as most northern states have adopted Sharia law in the last few years.

Christians in Nigeria urgently need Bible teachers who have been taught how to teach God’s word faithfully. The true gospel taught clearly will equip them to hold firmly to Christ, and hold out the gospel to those around them. It will also help them to continue to stand for the gospel in the face of persecution.

Abuja Bible College (ABC) seeks to develop and provide indigenous bible training programmes drawing from the Cornhill Training Course model. This will equip church leaders and lay preachers for a lifetime of faithful gospel ministry.

How Ezechi will meet the need

Ezechi has been a staff worker for the Nigeria Fellowship of Evangelical Students (NIFES) since January 1996. Since joining NIFES, he has been actively involved in discipling, bible teaching and preaching. Ezechi studied on the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course in London for a year (2007/8). He also has a Bachelors of Science degree.

At Abuja Bible College Ezechi will be involved in:

• Recruiting students for ABC
• Teaching, modelling preaching and facilitating small group preaching classes
• Networking with churches and other Cornhill alumni in the region to be relevantly involved in ABC