15th March 1976: Government takes over all voluntary Agencies’ schools including those of the Catholic, Baptist, Christ Apostolic Churches in Nigeria. This Policy changed mission schools into government institutions.
15th March 2021: Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) sues the Nigerian Government to court over CAMA Law. The Suit was made to exclude Churches from the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020 that makes it possible for CAMA officials to take over a Church, appoint a Bishop, Overseers or Executive Director of their choice and even decide what sermon shall be disseminated.
15th March 1953: Sam Amaga is born in Olowa Kogi State, Nigeria. He is the Founder of Salem International Christian Centre (SICC) Abuja, the Presiding Archbishop of Foundation Faith Church Worldwide and the Founder and Visionary of Salem University.
15th March 1964: Agu Irukwu is born. He is the Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jesus House, United Kingdom. He is also the Executive Chairman of RCCG United Kingdom and Pentecostal President Churches Together in England (CTE).
15th March 1935: Jimmy Swaggart is born. He is the Senior Pastor of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA and owns the SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN).
15th March 1672: King Charles II of England, United Kingdom enacts the Declaration of Indulgence in an unsuccessful attempt to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics.
15th March 1856: Haverford College is chartered in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It is the first Quaker College established in the United States of America.
15th March 2012: Gûnmén rà id a village dominated by Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria. They k!lled 10 people including a Pastor and injured four others.
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