{"id":5954,"date":"2021-12-13T14:11:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:11:20","slug":"jehovahs-witnesses-celebrate-100-years-presence-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/jehovahs-witnesses-celebrate-100-years-presence-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses celebrate 100 years presence in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jehovah\u2019s Witness celebrated the religious group\u2019s 100 years presence in Nigeria on Sunday since its presence in 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5955\" src=\"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jehovahs-Witnesses-100-years-in-Nigeria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jehovahs-Witnesses-100-years-in-Nigeria.jpg 770w, https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jehovahs-Witnesses-100-years-in-Nigeria-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jehovahs-Witnesses-100-years-in-Nigeria-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The celebratory centenary event was a three\u2013hour programme titled, \u2018History-100 Years of Courage! Jehovah\u2019s Witness in Nigeria\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme featured the organisation\u2019s early beginnings in the country from 1921 broken into segments; \u201c1921-1946: Small Beginnings; 1947-1972: Standing Firm Under Test; 1973-1979: Period of Increase and 1998-2021: Courageous Stand in Modern Times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the event, the efforts of the earliest missionaries in Nigeria, Claud Brown and Willaim \u2018Bible\u2019 Brown, in spreading the message of the Bible Students, as Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses were then called, in the streets of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The celebration also featured a virtual Exhibition Tour, which included the construction of what is referred to as the first Kingdom Hall in the country, situated in Ilesha, in former Western Nigeria, now Osun State in 1935.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The virtual tour included the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\u2019 first Branch Office in Nigerian Branch, situated in Shomolu, Lagos in 1956 and the organisation\u2019s first convention in Benin City in 1958.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The centenary celebration did not leave out landmark achievements by the organisation which include the steady growth of the faith in Nigeria, the translation of the Bible and other Bible-based publications in many Nigerian languages, the commencement of four-colour prints since 1990 and the 2021 Report which puts the total number of Witnesses in Nigeria at over 400,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container ad-container-adsense\">\n<div class=\"ad-adsense\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To draw a curtain on the event, a Bible-based discourse titled, \u2018Maintain Your Courage into the New World\u2019 was presented to attendees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jehovah\u2019s Witness celebrated the religious group\u2019s 100 years presence in Nigeria on Sunday since its presence in 1921. The celebratory centenary event was a three\u2013hour programme titled, \u2018History-100 Years of Courage! 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