Scripture Union ends 2026 holiday camp, charges Christians on faithfulness
Scripture Union (Nigeria), Uyo Area, has concluded its 2026 annual holiday camp for students, youths and children with a call on Christians to remain faithful and fruitful in their service to Jesus Christ.
The five-day camp, which attracted more than 600 participants, was held at Redemption Academy, Obio Etoi, from 5th to 9th August, 2026.
Held under the theme, “Faithful and Fruitful,” with “Growing in Christ, Bearing Fruit” as the sub-theme, drawn from John 15:5, the gathering also attracted adult Christians, including academics, teachers, public servants and business owners.
Addressing participants, the organisation’s Travelling Secretary, Evangelist Patrick Oguh, described the camp as a “life-transforming gathering” and an “academic camp.”
He said the programme focused on academic excellence and the need for young people to demonstrate fruitfulness in their studies and other areas of life.
“Our camp this year is focusing on academics and the need for young people to do their best to show fruitfulness both in academics and in other aspects of life,” he said.
“In a world filled with distractions and competing voices, God is calling young people to remain faithful to Him in order to be fruitful in character, service, academics, leadership, relationships and every area of life,” he added.
Welcoming participants, the Zonal Representative, Mrs Eme Obot, stressed the need for young people to steadfastly follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ, whom she described as the only true hope for the young and humanity.
Obot urged the participants to bear the fruits of holiness, which, she said, should be demonstrated by shunning examination malpractice, fornication, envy and other forms of ungodliness.
The programme featured daily Bible studies, lectures on career choices, examination malpractice and effective learning habits for improved academic performance. It also included salvation messages, discipleship sessions and a special session involving proprietors, principals, parents and pastors.
Other activities included counselling sessions, Bible trivia, worship, mathematics contests, games and question-and-answer sessions. Winners of the various contests received awards.
At the closing ceremony on Sunday, Obot thanked God for the success of the camp and appreciated the management of the host school, camp officers, participants and adult Christians who joined the younger participants at the gathering.
She charged the campers to remain faithful and true to Jesus Christ until His return.
Scripture Union was founded on 2nd June, 1867, by Josiah Spiers in Islington, London. It began with 15 children in a drawing room, later becoming the Children’s Special Service Mission before evolving into Scripture Union.
In 1892, two Cambridge students organised the first Scripture Union boys’ camp. By the 1940s, the organisation had expanded its activities, including publishing booklets for British troops during World War I and producing the first “Daily Notes” for adults in 1923.
In 1960, leadership moved from Scripture Union England to a newly established international body. In 1985, an international gathering in Harare, Zimbabwe, agreed on shared aims and working principles for all national movements.
Today, Scripture Union operates as an autonomous movement in each country while maintaining international links, with a presence in about 120 countries.
Scripture Union came to Nigeria on 1st January, 1885, through Rev. Gollmer, a CMS missionary, at Wesley Chapel, Tinubu Square, Lagos, with 204 children. The organisation marked its centenary in Nigeria in 1985.
In Nigeria, Scripture Union operates in thousands of primary and secondary schools, as well as higher institutions. It has no fewer than 40 fellowship points across Akwa Ibom State.
The organisation’s mission is to reach “children, young people and families, nurturing them through Bible engagement to become committed Christians of influence.”