The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Abstract

The preface to the story of the Church of Nigeria began in 1841 with the British government's First Niger Expedition, which included among its personnel two from the Church Mission Society (CMS), Mr. Samuel Adjai Crowther and the Rev. J. F. Schön. What may be regarded as the real opening chapter of the story of the Anglican Church came in the next year, 1842, when Henry Townsend of the CMS left Freetown, Sierra Leone, and landed at Badagry before proceeding to Abeokuta. He was the first missionary in the Yoruba Mission. When he landed, he met the first Methodist missionary to Nigeria, the Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman, and they celebrated the Eucharist together under a tree on Christmas Day 1842. This is held to mark the establishment of the Anglican Church in Nigeria. The Church of Nigeria is reputed to be the second-largest province in the Anglican Communion.

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