{"id":76639,"date":"2025-10-14T05:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76639"},"modified":"2025-10-14T05:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:03:52","slug":"can-mourns-renowned-evangelist-rev-uma-ukpai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/14\/can-mourns-renowned-evangelist-rev-uma-ukpai\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN Mourns Renowned Evangelist Rev Uma Ukpai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Reverend Dr. Uma Ukpai, a prominent evangelist and founder of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, who passed away on October 6, 2025, at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN described Dr. Ukpai as a \u201ctowering figure in the Church in Nigeria\u201d whose ministry spanned more than six decades and touched countless lives across denominations and regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough crusades, teachings, and acts of charity, he devoted his life to preaching the gospel, nurturing faith, and advancing the cause of Christ,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian body noted that Dr. Ukpai\u2019s unwavering passion for evangelism and his message of faith, healing, and hope left an indelible mark on generations of believers in Nigeria and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>CAN extended condolences to his wife, Reverend Dr. (Mrs.) Philomena Uma Ukpai, the entire Ukpai family, and the global Christian community, praying that God would grant them strength and consolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the legacy of his faith and service continue to inspire the Church and the nation,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Reverend Dr. Uma Ukpai, a prominent evangelist and founder of the Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, who passed away on October 6, 2025, at the age of 80. In a statement signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":76295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76640,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76639\/revisions\/76640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}