Ọrụ Afrịka

Mission Africa (nke a maara n'oge gara aga dị ka Qua Iboe Mission na mgbe e mesịrị **Qua Iboe Fellowship**) bụ òtù ozi ala ọzọ nke Ndị Kraịst. Mgbe e hiwere ya na 1887, site n'aka onye ozi ala ọzọ nọọrọ onwe ya nke Irish bụ Samuel Bill, nzukọ a jere ozi na Nigeria.  Taa, ọ na-arụ ọrụ na Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad na Kenya ka ọ na-edobe isi ụlọ ọrụ na Belfast, Northern Ireland.  Onye isi ya ugbu a bụ Mr Paul  Wright.

## Akụkọ ihe mere eme
Mgbọrọgwụ nke Mission Africa laghachiri n'etiti afọ 1880, mgbe otu ndị isi si n'ógbè Ibeno nke Niger Delta bịakwutere Calabar Mission nke Free Church of Scotland ma rịọ maka onye ozi ala ọzọ ka ọ rụọ ọrụ n'etiti ha. Ọrụ ahụ gbatịrị agbatị, nke na-enweghị ike ịgbaso, gafere arịrịọ ahụ na Henry Grattan Guinness na Harley Missionary Training College ya na London, ebe ọ gbasara ya. Otu n'ime ndị a na-azụ na kọleji, Samuel Bill (1864-1942) si Belfast, zaghachiri n'ụzọ siri ike.N'afọ 1887, ọ gara ụgbọ mmiri, na-enweghị nkwado ego.  Ndị ozi Calabar enweghị ike ị nweta ya, ma ọ malitere ọrụ naanị ya n'ọnụ mmiri Qua Iboe na Disemba 1887, na-echepụta ma na-arụ ụlọ maka onwe ya, yana ụlọ ụka dị na Upenekang.  Enyi Bill nwere ogologo ndụ, Archibald Bailie malitere mbọ mbụ n'ịwewe ntọala nkwado na Belfast maka ozi ọhụrụ ahụ, mana n'oge na-adịghị anya hapụrụ Belfast ịbanye na Bill na  Naịjirịa.

Ndị nnọchi anya ụka Belfast, nke okpukpe dị iche iche, guzobere Kansụl Ozizi Qua Iboe na 1891, iji kwado ọrụ Samuel Bill. Ndị ozi ala ọzọ sitere na Presbyterian, Baptist, Quaker na ndị ọzọ. Kansụl Ọrụ Ndị Omeiwu na-aga n'ihu na nlekọta ya nke Ọrụ ahụ ruo taa.

Chọọchị Qua Iboe (nke bụzi QIC-United Evangelical Church of Nigeria) site na 2000 hiwere kọleji atọ nke nkà mmụta okpukpe, gụnyere Samuel Bill Theological College na Ikot Ekang, Abak (malite na 1940s), Ụlọ akwụkwọ nkuzi atọ nke post-primary gụnyere Etinan Institute (nke malitere 1915), ụlọọgwụ abụọ (na Ekpene Obom na Ochadamu, nke a na-akpọ Holley Memorial Hospital) na ebe obibi akwụkwọ na Etinan, yana ọtụtụ ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị.  Ndị otu Nzukọ-nsọ nọ na mbụ naanị n'ime ime obodo, na-eji nwayọ bata n'ime obodo na obodo ukwu.  Ka ọ na-erule n’afọ 2000, ọgbakọ ahụ amụbaala ruo ihe karịrị otu puku ọgbakọ n’ebe nile na  Naịjirịa bụ́ ndị na-adịgasị iche n’ibu site n’ihe dị ka mmadụ 50 ruo ihe karịrị 1,000.

Mission gbanwere aha ya site na Qua Iboe Mission gaa na Qua Ibe Fellowship na 1986, wee bụrụ nke a maara dị ka Mission Africa n'etiti afọ 2002. Ebumnuche mgbanwe aha ahụ bụ iji gosipụta oke nke Mission, ebe ọ bụ na ọ bụghịzi naanị n'otu mpaghara nke Naịjirịa. Aha iwu nke ọrụ ahụ bụ ugbu a Mission Africa (The Qua Iboe Fellowship). Ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ edebanyere aha na Belfast (R611) ma bụrụ nke ndị isi ụtụ isi Britain (HMRC) nabatara dị ka ọrụ ebere, XN45493.

## Nchịkwa
Ndị otu Home Council na-achị Mission Africa, nke sitere na Community Christian na Northern Ireland.  A na-enyefe ọrụ a kwa ụbọchị n'aka onye isi nchịkwa.  Mission Africa bụ onye otu Global Connections, UK wide missions Alliance, na Northern Ireland's mission mission organization, Mission Agency Partnership.

## Ọrụ Afrịka Taa
Mgbalị ndị ozi ala ọzọ nke nzukọ ahụ taa na-elekwasị anya na agụmakwụkwọ nkà mmụta okpukpe, ọzụzụ ọdịbendị, ịkụ osisi ụka, ọrụ ahụike, imeghachi omume na HIV / AIDS, izisa ozi ọma, na ozi ndị ntorobịa. Ọrụ ya, n'akụkụ dị iche iche nke ọrụ, gụnyere:

* Chad: na-arụ ọrụ n'akụkụ Chọọchị Evangelical nke Chad (EET) na dị ka ụlọ ọrụ ozi ala ọzọ, ọkachasị The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM).
* Burkina Faso: Ntinye aka na ịkụ osisi na ime obodo. Ndị mmekọ na Burkina bụ Evangelical Protestant Church.  (Ebe E Si Nweta)  WEC International rụrụ ọrụ na Burkina Faso ruo ọtụtụ afọ na Mission Africa nwere obi ụtọ iso ha rụkọọ ọrụ.
* Naịjirịa: Mission Africa na QIC-United Evangelical Church, nke bụbu Qua Iboe Church, na-arụkọ ọrụ, ma na-enye ndị nkuzi nkà mmụta okpukpe na kọleji nke ụka ahụ. Ọrụ ahụ na-enyekwa ụfọdụ ndị ọrụ nkwado na ụlọ ọgwụ UEC.
* Kenya: kemgbe afọ 2011, Mission Africa na Presbyterian Church of East Africa na-arụkọ ọrụ. Ka ọ na-erule n'afọ 2015, mmekọrịta ahụ bụ naanị na Mission Africa na-eziga obere ìgwè na Kenya.
* Mission Africa na-enyekwa ndị ọrụ na interdenominational Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN) na Jos ECWA Theological Seminary (JETS) nke bụ isi seminarị nke Evangelical Church of West Africa.
* N'afọ 2006, Mission Africa na UEC malitere Stillwaters Project, nke a kpọrọ Advance na 2012, nke bu n'obi iguzobe 1500 HIV / AIDS care and counseling center na Naịjirịa dum. Mision Africa etinyewokwa aka na ọrụ mgbochi HIV / AIDS site na ECWA Evangel Hospital na The Faith Alive Foundation, nke abụọ na-ekesa Ọgwụ antiretroviral dị ka akụkụ nke mmemme PEPFAR. ADVANCE na-etinye aka n'ụdị ozi dị iche iche nwere ọmịiko, dị ka ịzọpụta ụmụaka na-enweghị nne na nna na ndị na-adịghị ike; ọrụ a na-ewere ọnọdụ na Kogi State.
* Africa Christian Textbooks, ọrụ nkesa akwụkwọ nke Mission Africa guzobere n'ụzọ dị ukwuu, na-enye ụmụ akwụkwọ na ndị ụkọchukwu na Naijiria na Kenya akwụkwọ agụmakwụkwọ Ndị Kraịst. ACTS na-atụ anya imepụta akwụkwọ ndị Afrịka maka ndị Afrịka, yana ịsụgharị ọtụtụ akwụkwọ maka obodo ndị Kraịst na mba Ndị na-asụ French.

## Nkwupụta na Ọmụmụ Akụkọ Ihe Mere Eme

* Gerald H Anderson, onye nchịkọta akụkọ, Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (Simon na Schuster Macmillan, NY,1998).
* J. S. Corbett, "Dị ka atụmatụ si dị" (Belfast: QIF, 1986).
* R. J. Graham The Qua Iboe Mission 1887 - 1945 (PhD Thesis, Mahadum Aberdeen) 
* E. B. Ikpe, Qua Iboe Church of Nigeria: the first hundred years: the next jubilee (Uyo; QIC, 1987).
* W. Leach, "Century of Service in Nigeria" (Belfast: QIF, 1987).
* Robert L. McKeown, *Afọ iri abụọ na ise na Qua Iboe: akụkọ banyere mgbalị ozi ala ọzọ na Naijiria* (London: Marshal Morgan na Scott, 1912).
* D. O. Olayiwola "Mmalite, Uto na Mmetụta nke Qua Iboe Church na Naịjirịa, 1887-1987" *Neue Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft* 1997, mpịakọta. 53, nke 1, peeji nke 61-68 [ISSN 0028-3495]&nbsp;
* Eva S. Watt, "The Quest for Souls in Qua Iboe" (London: Marshal Morgan and Scott, 1951).
* Margaret Ussher, Fifty plus: flash-back n'ime afọ iri ise nke ahụmahụ ozi ala ọzọ dị mkpa nke H. W. Dickson na Naijiria (Belfast: Qua Iboe Mission, 1972). 
* Corbett, Jean S., All the days of my life: recollections of Herbert W. Dickson (Belfast: Qua Iboe Mission, 1981). 

## Njikọ mpụga

* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Mission Africa
* Chọọchị Qua Iboe (United Evangelical Church)
* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ JETS
* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Global Connections
* Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Mission Agencies Partnership