African Clergies storm TCNN in North-Central to Address Security Challenges

Umar Abdullahi, Jos

 A partnership African Conference between Politician, Spirited individuals and Theologians with the view to address security challenges of Christian worshippers in the North-Central zone of the country has been declared open in Jos.

The conference tagged, Theological Education in Africa (TEA conference) seeking to deliberate on herders farmers clashes resulting from the effect of desert encroachment through hoofs, destroying trees to feed their animals.

Speaking with our correspondent on the significant of the conference which they emphasis on the need for Churches (Christian) irrespective of denomination to come together and define a common goal stressing that government is not doing much to protect lives of Christian in spite killing by Fulani herdsmen.

 Prof Tersur Aben is a renowned Professor of systematical philosophical Theology expressed concern over the level of destruction to farmland in North central Nigeria were Fulani herdsmen are now on rampage destroying crops ,killing and maiming innocent people.

 According to him, “the tea conference is bringing theologian's and seminaries all over Africa to come and stay together and talk as a team on matter that is of interest this is a public theology and if you know what is going on in our environment especially the meddle belt there is no way that a Christian church can continue to dialogue just between themselves so we have to reach out to business people politician, with the economic recession in the country,’’ he stated.

He lamented that the Christians in the North have continue to suffer a lot, churches suffered too so we have think of the way forward to the good of the Christian especially those in the meddle belt.