An Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) church in Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, held a Friends’ Day Service on April 13 as part of peace-building efforts with the local community.
Around 50 Muslim traditional rulers and clerics attended the service, 15 of whom received gifts at the end of the service. The dignitaries and over 50 disadvantaged or disabled Christians and Muslims joined the congregation in a shared lunch.
This is the second major peace-building outreach by the ECWA church, which is located in a predominantly Muslim community. Previously, the church had been attacked or burnt during every outbreak of religious violence. However, following the 2012 peace-building event, Muslim youths protected the church from attack when violence broke out later that year.
