Due to the country’s COVID-19 regulations, the team was instructed to quarantine for seven (7) days upon entry. This was not ideal as it meant they would be spending money on accommodation for seven days doing nothing that contributed to the purpose for being in the country. However, within 48 hours, it became apparent that this rule was not being enforced, because upon attending our 72 hours PCR test appointment, the officials seemed clueless about the whole matter. By the fourth day, the team decided to carry on with their normal APC duties – primarily getting the consignments ready for the upcoming conferences. The team stayed in the first apartment for five days before moving to House 35, which became their base for the remainder of their time in Abuja (a very nice place). They used the Bolt taxi service during their stay in Abuja as the driver provided by the Seminary was occupied. Due to the large number of delegates anticipated, and the large consignment, the team enlisted the assistance of five (5) workers to aid them in this task, considering they only had three days left to get the consignment ready. The workers were paid for this. Thankfully, 90% of the registration forms were ready, Rose was able to get these ready prior to the start of the conference. There were, however, a number of corrections due to handwritings that were difficult to read. The conference, overall, was well organised, and the Local Organiser went to great lengths to care for the team. The conference itself was well attended. However, these were largely students from the ECWA (Evangelizing Churches in West Africa) Seminary.
 
Delegates: We had 496 delegates at the conference and the delegates registered themselves as follows: 88 Pastors; 13 Reverends; 319 Bible Teachers; 8 Elders; 3 Ministers; 5 Missionaries; 2 Sunday School Teachers; 13 Reverends; 40 Student Pastors; 2 Evangelists; 1 Apostle and 1 Theological Student
 
Preaching: The delegates we very attentive, and genuinely seemed interested in the topic.
 
Books: 682 books were distributed there including two free books, which were:
Transforming Power by Jerry Bridges
9 Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever
 
 
Questions that were asked in Q&A:
• How do we know which books in the Bible are true?
• What about prophets today?
• What will happen to people who have never read the Bible…who do not know the
God of the Bible?
• Please can you explain more about Inspiration – if the Writers were not in a trance,
how did their writing become inspired?

Comments by delegates:
One of the comments that stood out for me, and were probably the best of all the conferences was by a man who lived and ministered in one of the towns that had suffered at the hands of Boko Haram, he said, “Thank you, pastor, for these books and teachings, they really help us. Do you know why I am here at the college, pastor? I came here to learn more so that I can comfort my people with the Word of God. Where I live, we have suffered under Boko Haram, and the only way I can comfort my people is with the Scriptures.”

 
This conference did not get off to a good start. The team arrived at what they thought was the church premises where they were supposed to be at only to discover that there were two ECWA churches with similar names in the same area (we did not ask why). They finally arrived at the right site, however, the pastor there stood and looked at them as if they were aliens from another planet. Apparently, no one had told him they were coming. So, it was all very awkward. They later discover that, Dr Solomon had not informed them properly of  the coming of the APC and what we were there to do, and what they needed to do to assist the team. So, after an hour of phone calls, They were able to get about fifteen pastors to attend during the morning sessions, and more arrived as the day went on.

As Pastor Mala and Pastor Joshua began teaching, they looked with much suspicion that it seemed almost like they were unwelcome. They said concerning Pastor Joshua: “Well, we wondered what can this boxer have to say to us?” But glory be to Christ! By the end of the conference, their Chairman, and all their board leaders came to the team and personally invited us back for next year. They instructed APC to contact them directly, and said, “Do you know how many of our pastors we could have invited? If we include the elders, we are speaking of no less than three hundred (300)people.” Then they asked the team, “May we invite pastors of others churches apart from ECWA pastors?” To which the answer was, yes, please.

Delegates: We had 49 delegates at the conference and the delegates registered themselves as follows: 16 Pastors; 12 Reverends; 12 Bible Teachers; 5 Elders; 2 Ministers; 1 Missionary; 1 Sunday School Teacher

Preaching: The delegates we very attentive, and genuinely seemed interested in the topic.
 
Books: 465 books were distributed there including two free books, which were:
Transforming Power by Jerry Bridges
9 Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever

Trinity Baptist Church
One of the highlights of the team's stay in Abuja was getting to fellowship with Pasto Abutu Joshua, and the congregation at Trinity Baptist Church – a confessional reformed Baptist church. His insights were greatly appreciated. As a result, it may be wise to have another conference in the centre of Abuja. These two conferences in Karu/Old Karu are really on the outskirts of the capital city. Pastor Abutu counselled that we were not reaching pastors in the capital itself. Pastor Mala and Pastor Joshua were given the opportunity to preach at their Sunday service gathering as our stay included two Sundays.