Primate na The First African Church Mission, His Eminence, Dr Sunday Matilukuro, ya bayyana labarin tarihin cocin, matsaloli da kishin kasa da cocin ta samu, da kuma matararkin da ta samu a wata hira da BIODUN BUSARI.
Cocin The First African Church Mission an kirkire ta ne a ranar 14 ga watan Agusta 1891, a wuri da ake kira Phoenix Lane, Off Broad Street, Lagos. A lokacin da aka kirkire ta, an san ta da sunan United Native African Church, amma an canza sunanta zuwa The First African Church Mission a shekarar 1984 a wajen taron shekara-shekara a Port Harcourt.
Wandaannin cocin sun kasance tara, takwas daga cikinsu ‘yan Najeriya ne, daya kuma ‘dan Laberiya ne. ‘Dan Laberiya a cikinsu shi ne limamin da ya yi shugaban cocin a lokacin, amma bai dade ba saboda rashin lafiya, ya bar cocin ya tafi gida, inda ya mutu.
An kirkiri cocin ne domin samar da cocin gida na asali a Afirka, saboda cocin da ke wanzu a lokacin sun kasance na waje na Afirka. Wandaannin cocin sun yi imani cewa masu zuwa daga waje ba su fahimci al’adun Afirka ba, kuma suna son a yi ibada a yadda suke so.
Daya daga cikin manyan matsalolin da cocin ta fuskanta shi ne haramcin drumming da kade-kade a cikin cocin. Wandaannin cocin sun kamata a kai su kotu saboda haka, amma lauyoyinsu sun yi amfani da Psalm 150 ya King David ya lashe kisan.
Cocin The First African Church Mission yanzu tana da fiye da parishes 1,000 a Najeriya, da kuma parishes a Benin, Togo, Canada, da Burtaniya. Suna shirin yin fa’ida a Ghana a yanzu.
