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REV. Richard Animpuye Abu MEET REV. RICHARD ABU

Rev. Evang. Richard Abu is the founder of Reconciliation Ministries International.

He is a lecturer in Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria.

He has been a minister of the Gospel with the Assemblies of God Nigeria for 25 years (1994-2019).

Richard Abu was born on 27 December 1963 into a large family of Late Mr. Adie, Ashindorbe Abu. His father had four wives of which his mother Mrs. Pauline Abu was the first.

Richard Abu was the third child of five children born by Late Mrs. Pauline to Mr. Abu.

Richard Abu began his primary education in Government Primary School Kutiang (1971-1977), proceeded to Comprehensive Secondary School Kutiang (1979-1982), transferred to Begiading Secondary Grammar School Ohong (1982-1985) where he bagged his Senior School Certificate.

Known as Bro. Richard Abu, he built a mud house of four bedrooms and a living room in 1986. He built this house from doing local jobs such as preparing mounds and cutting grasses for farmers around Obudu.

He married his first wife, Late Pst. Mrs. Patience Abu who was then Sister Mary Uyimse on 19 March 1988.

Richard Abu had his first daughter, Pauline Abu in April 1991, his first son, Joshua Abu in April 1993, second daughter, Mercy Abu in October 1995, second son, Ezekiel Abu in January 1998, and his third son/last born in April 2001. He had lost his first child Faith born in April 1989, in 1990.

Bro. Richard had sojourned in Boki as a manual laborer in 1986, moved to Ikom in 1987 then returned to Obudu and married in 1988 after which he moved to Ikom with his wife after marriage in 1988 as a Cocoa farmer.

There he also became a laypreacher of the Gospel,and the ministry of which witnessed visible manifestations of the power of GOD in very great dimensions and led to opening three churches in Ikom LGA between 1987 & 1990. Thereafter, the call of GOD into full-time Gospel ministry made him return to Obudu in 1991. And he finally submitted to the call of GOD in 1994 when he got enrolled in a Theological Seminary known as Eastern Bible College (EBC) Ogoja; now, Assemblies of God Seminary (AGS) Anyikang.

Pst. Richard Abu was the pioneer pastor of Assemblies of God Church Begiaba, Obudu, a church with two members in 1994. He was the pastor of that church for six years (1994-1999. There he put in much effort with hard-work bringing in little children and some families that joined the church and the result of his hard-work is seen in the lives of the members who are still there till date. The history of Rev. Richard Abu can never be wiped out from the memories of the people in Obudu.

Rev. Richard Abu was transferred from Begiaba to Utukwe in Bekwarra LGA, Lishiche in Obabliku LGA, Ebegang, then Ukpah 1 both in Bekwarra LGA.

From there he was assigned a teaching job in a theological seminary in Benue state in September 2010 and has been in seminaries till date, which gave him some enablement to create time for missionary activities.

Recently in 2019, Rev. Richard Abu embarked on a missionary activity that yielded fruits like never before, even as he shared clothes and books to unbelievers and Christians alike in three communities in Obudu. This was an indication of having a vision for a personal ministry. This ministry vision was actually given to him while he was a laypreacher as he received the call to full-time Gospel ministry.

It is now becoming a reality.