The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the death of the General Secretary of the association Dr Musa as shocking and a big loss to the nation.
The President of CAN Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle in a statement by his spokesman Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, said Rev Asake would be missed by all.
Dr Musa Asake, 66, died yesterday in an undisclosed hospital after a brief illness.
Asake was born on 15 September, 1952, in Unguwan/Rimi Bajju- Kafanchan in Zango Kataf Local Government Council, Kaduna State.
His last official assignment was the April 27 press conference he addressed on the incessant killings in the country where CAN urged Christians to embark on a peaceful protest with a view to waking up the Federal Government and the security agencies to its constitutional responsibilities.
“Rev. Asake was between 1999 and May 2005, the General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), with its headquarters in Jos, Nigeria. He was a pastor and teacher, conference speaker and counselor, rose to the office with a wealth of family, educational, academic, pastoral, teaching, education and church administration, cross-cultural, national and international, government and political experiences.
“He started his pastoral career as an assistant and senior pastor at the ECWA Church, Unguwar Rimi, Bajju, his hometown in Zangon Kataf Local Government of Kaduna State in 1976. In 1996, he became the pastor-in-charge of ECWA Headquarters Church in Jos on completion of his doctorate degree in philosophy, PhD at the Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, USA with specialization in Bible Exposition. Between 1976 and 2012, the new CAN General Secretary pastored at three different churches and lectured part-time at Jos Theological Seminary (JETS),” the statement said.
According to him the late Asake was a member of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) between 1999 and 2005, served as chairman and member of several Christian boards and governing councils, like the Plateau State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board where he was chairman between 2003 and 2005.
He also served as a member of the Board of Trustee (BoT), ECWA Bingham University and became chairman, Ministers Development Initiative (MDI), Jos, Nigeria.
Dr. Asake who lived in North America for 10 years had travelled to countries like the UK, Germany, India, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia for various ministries, conferences and seminars, including church-based leadership development seminar, Ames, Iowa, USA; United Nations Aid Summit 2002; SIM ECWA Related Churches Consultation in London, Ethiopia and South Africa and Haggai Institute on Leadership in Singapore in 2007.
He is survived by wife, children, (biological and spiritual), brothers and sisters among others.
Oladeji said the burial ceremony would be announced later.
His younger brother who was a former member of the House of Representatives, Jonathan Asake had earlier confirmed his death, saying he died on Friday morning.
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