[5] Ekklesiyar Kristi A Nigeria was established in 1904 as part of the Sudan United Mission, an interdenominational mission founded by German-American missionaries.
[7] In 1927 SUM changed its name to Church of Christ in Nigeria.
In 2012, 12 COCIN pastors were killed during ongoing violence across Nigeria.
[8] The church buildings have been directly attacked in the past.
[9] COCIN has several ministries including, a girls’ high school, boys’ secondary school, teacher training college, theological college, vocational colleges, a hospital and a school for the blind.