Photo of the delegates and Church leaders from four Annual Conferences in Nigeria meeting at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, Mile 6 Jalingo Grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. We pray every one of you is doing well and staying safe at this unprecedented time. We are the leaders of the United Methodist Church in Nigeria, among us are General Conference delegates, Central Conference delegates, Annual Conference delegates, District leaders, local church leaders both clergy and laity. Our attention has been drawn to an impersonating article published by John Lomperis of the Institute on Religion and Democracy’s blog on March 18, 2021, claiming that Nigerian Leaders Support UMC Separation and reject Africa Voice of Unity. As Nigerian leaders, we want to debunk this false information and made it very clear to the public that the article and the statement thereof is a scam. Therefore we wish to debunk the said article and the purported statement by stating categorically

  By: Rev. Ande I. Emmanuel  Grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. I hope my African brethren are doing well wherever you are in this great continent of Africa. I am putting this presentation together to help our African brothers and sisters understand clearly what is going on in the United Methodist Church as we face the uncertainties of our next General Conference.   Currently, there are two major petitions before the United Methodist General Conference which when passed will determine our future together or apart. One of these petitions is called "Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation" this is the plan that is calling split in the United Methodist Church. The other petition is called "Christmas Covenant" this is the plan that is calling for unity of the United Methodist Church that allows contextual and regional ministry in the United Methodist Church. At the moment in Africa, two advocacy teams are working among Africans to