2 History Entries Documented

The Historical Record

A sourced chronology of Christian church contributions to Nigeria — from the 1842 Methodist school in Badagry through the founding of the modern Pentecostal movements. Filter by era. Every entry is sourced.

All Eras Colonial Era (1900–1960) Early Mission Era (1842–1900)
  1. 1948
    Colonial Era (1900–1960)

    1948 — Uzuakoli Methodist Settlement Trials the Drug That Would Cure Leprosy Globally

    Methodist Leprosy Settlement · Uzuakoli, Abia

    At the Methodist Leprosy Settlement in Uzuakoli, medical researchers ran the trials that confirmed Dapsone (DDS) as a working leprosy treatment — a drug the WHO would later adopt as the global standard.

    → Trial site for the drug that became the global leprosy standard.

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  2. 1952
    Colonial Era (1900–1960)

    1952 — Reverend Josiah Akindayomi Founds the Redeemed Christian Church of God

    Reverend Josiah Akindayomi · Lagos

    In a small Lagos prayer fellowship, Reverend Josiah Akindayomi formally established the church that would, over the following seven decades, become Nigeria's most internationally recognisable Pentecostal movement.

    → Founding of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

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