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Nigeria’s Lutheran archbishop elected TEKAN president as predecessor dies in Denmark

Nigeria’s Lutheran archbishop elected TEKAN president as predecessor dies in Denmark

Africa Church & Missions

Nigeria’s Lutheran archbishop has been elected president of a major evangelical church body in the country, marking a leadership transition that comes weeks after the death of his predecessor. The Most Rev. Dr. Musa Panti Filibus, archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN), was elected Jan. 10 as president of the Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria, commonly known as TEKAN — from its Hausa name, Tarayyar Ekklesiyoyin Kristi a Nijeriya — during the group’s 70th General

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