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CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITHIN METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA By Rt. Rev. (Dr.) C. Raphael Opoko, TFG 1. PREAMBLE It has been discovered experientially and practically that effective communication is partially or non existent in Methodist Church Nigeria. Compliance to demands of conference occasioned by the collective decision of all stakeholders of the church have never received sixty percent rate. This percentage undoubtedly has been very generous. This is a great challenge to our church and calls for a radical holistic overhaul and change to enable us achieve our vision and mission as a church. Communication can not be effective if it is not a two-way approach that has the feed back loop as the connecting bridge. Communication is both giving and receiving information and utilising the information both given and received realistically to ensure the running of a smooth organisation such as our church. Any lack of it could only bring chaos, frustration and lack of progress. The preamble gone, I have been given a topic: “Challenges of effective communication system within Methodist Church Nigeria. No doubt there are challenges of effective communication systems in other spheres of human endeavours or organisations, which may not be different from the experiences in Methodist Church Nigeria. But the context of our paper or focus is our great church which came to Nigeria in 1842. There is no doubt a myriad of challenges exist in our communication system from the pulpit to the pew and from one local church, circuit, church group or organisation to another. These effective communication challenges no doubt have led to disunity, frustration, dissatisfaction, complacency, retardation of growth, migration of members to other denominations and more. 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 There are many areas of challenge in a church that seeks genuine growth. We find ourselves encompassed with fast growing new generation churches whose seeming “modern” ways attract a large number of our younger and middle generation. Be that as it may, we 12
must however appreciate our heritage as well as value the age in which we find ourselves and face the challenges squarely. 2.2 The challenge of an effective communication system within a church such as ours is one we must address urgently as a church, for our continuing to ignore them will be more perilous to us as a church. We are already paying a very steep price by the fact that so many of our young people are disenchanted with the communicating skills of our preachers (lay and Clergy), causing them to migrate to other seemingly vibrant churches around us. As a church much depends on our ability IN ONE ACCORD to realize quickly our shortcomings and together seek for and apply solutions that will enable us bridge the gap of the identified shortcomings to ensure meaningful progressive advances. 2.3 In this paper therefore we shall seek to discuss frankly the state of communication in our church, what the problems are and proffer probable solutions to these problems. This paper will not go into classical and academic issues of communication. However, it may seek a fresh approach to communication both within and outside our Church. It is our sincere hope that by the end of discussion God would have given us new direction to enable us discover, to recover by ensuring that an effective communication system is not just put in place but also practiced through our change in culture and attitude. 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS. To proceed, we must define the operative words of the text of our paper such as Challenge, Effective and Communication. 3.1 WHAT IS CHALLENGE? The word “challenge” in the context of this paper conveys such happenings in the church that negatively impact on us. Those communication needs that dare, confront, defy, test and try us as an organisation. 3.2 EFFECTIVE. The word “Effective” connotes such other words as efficient, valuable, successful, useful, effectual, helpful etc. The word presupposes a communication that would be helpful and successful in our Church. 3.3 WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? The web accessed via internet defines Communication as the sending and receiving of ideas, thoughts or feelings from one person to one or more persons in such a way that the person receiving it understands it in the same way that the sender wants him/her to understand. In the context of this paper, communication simply means the transmission 13
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