The following picture illustrates the ongoing, year-around growth of the Campus Church of Christ in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. Aniefiok Baptizes a Student “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without…
In December 2024, a breath-taking flurry of activity swirled through the campus of Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. All of the activity was motivated by the Great Commission. With a stroke of genius, Aniefiok and Etang Akpan and their fellow-workers came up with a plan a year ago to use football (soccer) to…
About twenty years ago, we ran an article in the WEI newsletter stating that the most exciting work that WEI was involved in was in partnership with Aniefiok Akpan at Rhema Christian Academy in Uruk Otong, Nigeria. Aniefiok was using WEI materials to teach English and the Bible at RCA, and he was baptizing high school…
With a stroke of genius, Aniefiok used the popularity of football (soccer) to draw young people to Christ. Last year, he and his staff organized a football tournament on the RCA campus and invited preteens in the area to participate. Boys and girls from RCA and thirteen surrounding villages formed four teams that competed for…
The theme of their Fishers of Men Workshop March 31 was, “Making Disciples Who Make Disciples.” Aniefiok writes, “Since then, our campus church has recorded 14 baptisms and two restorations.” “We have adopted three evangelistic tools for our gospel campaign within and outside of the Uruk Otong community. The tools are (1) Rhema Christian Academy,…
Fortunately, God had other plans for saving the high school. Aniefiok wrote, “The fight to keep our high school and sustain our mission work in Uruk Otong has started. In a recent wire from the Bethlehem church [Aniefiok’s sponsoring church in Watertown, Tennessee], two families, James and Janice Kelley and Lola Crouch, made a huge…
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…
On December 17, Aniefiok sent out an email saying, “The kingdom of Satan suffered another defeat [today]as a mother, Mrs. Josephine Joseph Akpan, decided to put on Christ [in baptism]. “Josephine is one of the parents who attended our WEI Youth Conference & Lectureship. Her son, Abraham Joseph Akpan was one of the three young…
When the Lord’s invitation was extended during the first session of the conference, twenty-five young people responded. It was pitch black outside, but all twenty-five of them, plus adults, walked down the dark road to the village stream, and all twenty-five were baptized into Christ. Light Shined in the Midst of Darkness Eight more young…
Aniefiok concludes, “The football program integrated into the WEI conference has helped to open a big door for the gospel. We anticipate over 1,000 participants and up to 50 baptisms in our next conference.” If 1,000 participants show up for the football tournament next year, how can all of them attend the conference and hear…
It is thrilling to watch God work in Nigeria. During the last quarter of 2023, Aniefiok Akpan, his wife Etang, and their crew of helpers prayed, planned, and participated in a unique evangelistic effort at the Campus Church of Christ and Rhema Christian Academy in the village of Uruk Otong. On October 27, Aniefiok…
Aniefiok Akpan, Founder of Rhema Christian Academy and the Campus Church of Christ in Uruk Otong, Nigeria, writes, “Two female students of Rhema Christian Academy, Iniso Effiong Udo, and Imefon Otobong Nsini, accepted Christ and were baptized yesterday at the Campus Church of Christ, Uruk Otong, Nigeria.” “We use World English Institute booklets and a projector…
Aniefiok writes, “Please, if you are a WEI teacher and would like to help teach some of our high school students English and the Bible using WEI materials, kindly send your name and [email] address and tell us how many students you would like to start with. Don’t worry about the lesson booklets. We will…
Earlier this year, a junior high girl at RCA, Emem Sunday Archibong, was raped on her way to school, and her throat was slashed with a sharp knife. Aniefiok says, “Her life was miraculously spared by God for a purpose. Yesterday, she gave her life to Christ in obedience to the gospel and was baptized…
