Currently,
we are on the VISION 3:3:30 Programmes
with the mandate to reach 15,000 souls for christ.

ONICHA is a community in the Onicha local government in the old Ohaozara of Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria. Having a general population of about sixty thousand people (men, women and children included)
Blessed with a lot of natural resources like the concrete and metamorphic rocks, flowing streams and rivers.

The Onicha people live in small family colonies and a bit distant from each other. Noted for their unity in purpose and hospitality especially to strangers, they seems to be a strong community in the Ohaozara clan.

Mainly farmers on Food and Cash crops like RICE, CASSAVA, YAM, PALM e.t.c, their woman are rather hard working and highly industrious.


Villages that made up the Onicha community are the
AMANATOR: AMUTU:AKANU:ENUAGU:EZIGA:ISIAMA:OKPOMA:UGWU:
UMUBO:UMUDOMI:AMANKWO:AMAKPORO:NTIABOR:OTIKA:EZEKPOROKE and UMUEZEUKWU

Survey reveals that these people are allegiance to many different beliefs and culture among which are
CHRISTIANITY

SHAMANISM

SPIRITISM

IDOLATRY

CULTISM

and RE-INCARNATION.

Howbeit, Christianity has the upper hand but dominated in the below percentages
PENTECOSTAL 49%

ORTHODOX 31%

SPIRITUAL 8%

CHARISMATIC 3%

While others constitute 11%.

The response of the gospel among it`s people is high on the female side as the men are not fully responding to the Gospel because of the cultural background, heritage, family meetings, and other reasons not too fit for publishing.
SOME OF THE EXISTING CHURCHES AMONG THE ONICHA PEOPLE INCLUDES

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCHES
GRACE OF GOD MISSION CHURCHES
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
CHRIST ASCENSION CHURCHES
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCHES
DEEPER LIFE BIBLE CHURCHES
JEHOVAH WITNESSES CHURCHES to mention a few.

(Information Provided by the Blazing Youths and Gospel Ecclesiastes,
Anike Onicha,Ohaozara, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

(The Blazing Youths small cell unit exists in the Anike Onicha community.)