April 5, 2024
Two decades ago, God formed an amazing, productive, and inspiring relationship between WEI and Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria.
A brilliant young preacher by the name of Aniefiok Akpan had just purchased land that had belonged to his great grandfather, a tribal chief who wore the title of “His Royal Highness” and who cast spells as a witch doctor. He also offered human sacrifices to the local gods at the Juju shrine on his property.
There were no buildings on the land, so Aniefiok and his lovely wife Etang rented a large circus-style tent and launched Rhema Christian Academy with K through 12 grades, using WEI materials for teaching English and the Bible to the older students. High school students were being baptized into Christ nearly every week.
Then the Nigerian government shut down the school saying the facilities were inadequate. Undaunted, Aniefiok continued teaching and baptizing WEI students, and they formed the nucleus of the Campus Church of Christ.
By the grace of God, a building was erected in 2015-16 and Rhema Christian Academy was born again. High school students again studied the WEI courses, and most of them obeyed the gospel. The Campus church continued to grow rapidly, and the foundation was laid for a larger building designed to house the high school, a science laboratory, a library, and an auditorium in which the church would meet for worship.
The Nigerian Ministry of Education permitted the RCA to keep its high school on condition that the new building would be completed by their next inspection in September 2024. It appeared that RCA would again lose its high school and lose the spiritual fruit it bears.
