Christian Association of Nigeria Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Leadership== In 2016, [[Supo Ayokunle]], President (and Chief Executive Officer) of The Nigerian Baptist Convention, was elected as president and Prof. Joseph Otubu, of the Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, the Vice President. Ayokunle was re-elected for second term and inaugurated in July 2019 alongside his Vice President Rev Dr. Caleb Ahima.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fellowpress.com/latest-news/59186/can-inaugurates-ayokunle-for-second-term-presidency/|title=CAN inaugurates Ayokunle for second term presidency|last=Adeniyi|first=Olakunle|date=2019-07-19|website=Nigeria news|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-19|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126183302/https://fellowpress.com/latest-news/59186/can-inaugurates-ayokunle-for-second-term-presidency/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2022, [[Daniel Okoh]] was elected as the present president of the association <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/daniel-okoh-emerges-can-president/|title=Daniel Okoh emerges CAN president|date=2022-07-27|website=The Guardian|language=en-US|access-date=2022-07-27}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;" width="80%" ! scope="col" width=5%| Order ! scope="col" width=20%| Term of Office ! scope="col" width=10%| Tenure Served ! scope="col" width=20%| Name ! scope="col" width=10%| Place of Birth ! scope="col" width=10%| Denomination ! scope="col" width=20%| Notes |- |1 |November 1988 - November 1995 |2 re-elected 1992 |[[Anthony Olubunmi Okogie|Anthony Cardinal Okogie]] |[[Lagos, Nigeria]] |[[Roman Catholic]] |[[Archbishop of Lagos]] |- |2 |November 1995 - November 2003 |2 re-elected 1999 |[[Sunday Mbang]] |[[Akwa Ibom]], [[Nigeria]] |[[Methodist]] |Prelate of the [[Methodist Church of Nigeria]] |- |3 |November 2003 - June 2007 |1 | [[Peter Akinola]] |[[Ogun, Nigeria]] |[[Anglican]] |Prelate, [[Anglican Church of Nigeria]] |- |4 |June 2007 - July 2010 |1 | [[John Onaiyekan|Archbishop John Onaiyekan]] |[[Kabba]], [[Nigeria]] |[[Roman Catholic]] |[[Archbishop of Abuja]] |- |5 |July 2010 - July 2016 |2 re-elected 2013<ref>{{cite news |title='CAN Officers' |url=http://canng.org/about-can/national-directors |accessdate=2017-03-18 }}</ref><ref name="canpres">{{cite news |title= CAN re-elects Oritsejafor as president. On July 10, 2013. He was first elected into the position in May 2010'|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/can-re-elects-oritsejafor-as-president/|work= [[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard News]] |date=2014-10-28 |accessdate=2016-02-04 }}</ref> |[[Ayo Oritsejafor]] |[[Warri, Nigeria]] |[[Pentecostal]] | Pastor, [[Word of Life Bible Church]] |- |6 |July 2016 β July 2022 |2 re-elected<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fellowpress.com/news/57280/ayokunle-retaind-seat-as-can-president/|title=Ayokunle retains seat as CAN president|last=Press|first=Fellow|date=2019-06-19|website=Nigeria news|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-19|archive-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719133203/https://www.fellowpress.com/news/57280/ayokunle-retaind-seat-as-can-president/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |[[Supo Ayokunle]] |[[Oyo, Nigeria]] |[[Baptist]] |President, [[Nigerian Baptist Convention]] |- |7 |bgcolor=00ff00|July 2022 - till date |Incumbent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationaldailyng.com/most-rev-daniel-okoh-emerges-can-president/|title=Most Rev Daniel Okoh emerges CAN President|last=Press|first=Fellow|date=2022-07-26|website=National daily |language=en-US|access-date=2022-07-26}}</ref> |[[Daniel Okoh]] |[[Kano, Nigeria]] |[[Pentecostal]] |General Supretendent, [[Christ Holy Church International]] |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page