{"id":3222,"date":"2020-01-21T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2020\/01\/21\/west-africa-school-of-missions-makes-history\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T05:08:47","slug":"west-africa-school-of-missions-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/west-africa-school-of-missions-makes-history\/","title":{"rendered":"West Africa School of Missions Makes History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History was made in the Lagos church on 5 January 2020 as we witnessed for the first time in West Africa, the sending off of 15 graduates from the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/icocnigeria.org\/icoc-school-of-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emeka Onyechi Oguagha School of Missions<\/a> (West Africa) in Lagos.  The School of Missions is a training academy for the young, vibrant breed of well-trained leaders in our fellowship which aims to take the mission to a new and even greater height. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The School of Missions is a training academy for the young, vibrant breed of well-trained leaders in our fellowship which aims to take the mission to a new and even greater height. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"755\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-r9lIQz4ayI\" title=\"Emeka Oguagha School of Missions (West Africa)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This school is made possible by the selfless financial support of our sister congregations in the U.S. Funding for the West Africa School of Missions was provided by the Tom Beam Foundation for 20 participants from across six countries in West Africa, and the Mission Point Church in San Antonio, Texas is supporting five Lagos campus interns, with counterpart funding from the Lagos Church of Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Shared from <i><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/icocnigeria.org\/2020\/01\/15\/emeka-oguagha-school-of-missions-west-africa-graduates-15-students-in-lagos\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICOC Nigeria<\/a><\/i>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History was made in the Lagos church on 5 January 2020 as we witnessed for the first time in West&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[51,61],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-africa","tag-missions"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/school_of_missions_west_africa.jpg?fit=801%2C438&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-PY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":496,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/600-attend-west-africa-missions-leadership-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":3222,"position":0},"title":"600 Attend West Africa Missions Leadership Conference","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"September 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2015 West Africa Missions (WAM) Leadership Conference came to a rousing and breathtaking conclusion in the oil-rich city of Warri, Nigeria as more than 600 people attended the well organized and colorful grand finale at the exquisite hall of the Petroleum Trust Institute, Warri. 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