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Article Title: Religion (Christianity) And Sustainable Development: The Ecclesiastical Basis For Church Proliferation
by Ogunmoroti Bamidele Seun

Abstract:
Religion (Christianity) And Sustainable Contrary to the popular notion that proliferation of religion with a bias to Christianity being evidenced in the establishment of plethora of churches under different denominations, and thereby making the business of the church doable for both theologically or religiously licensed and unlicensed persons, genuine and counterfeit human beings, this paper intends to do a heartthrob examination about the concept from a positive angle as a basis for not just development but also for a sustainable one. Hence, the choice of the topic, �Religion [Christianity] sustainable and development: The Ecclesiastical basis for church proliferation. Without mush ado, a number of undeniable developments are largely traceable to Christianity especially in Africa with crystal evidences in the areas of health, education, technology, civilization just to mention a few. This can further be established via the names some churches being preferred to some of the Institutions such as the Anglican High School, St. Theresa Catholic School, St. John Nursery and Primary School, Baptist Teaching Hospital among others. However, the tempo of this kind of trend is not as high as it was some years back and this is a result of certain factors which is not the thrust of this work. The work will employ secondary source of information largely to elicit data for the work and eventually recommend that Christianity as a religion should rekindle its �fire� of sustainable development in the 21stcentury more than it was known for in the early years of its introduction to Africa.

Keywords: Christianity, Development, Ecclesiastics, Proliferation

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