[5] The Sudan United Mission, Danish Branch first sent missionaries to Africa in 1913 with the pioneers being Niels Hoegh Brønnum, his wife Margaret C. Young, and Dagmar Rose.

[2] The mission eventually expanded and in 1948, the first five indigenous Nigerian pastors were ordained.

[4] In 1960, Akila Todi was elected the first indigenous Nigerian president of the Church.

[7] He was made bishop in 1973 when the church adopted a modified episcopal polity.

The current archbishop is the Most Revd Musa Panti Filibus PhD.