Holy place #2- "United Evangelical Church, Mbak Ekpe"

Let's begin this way, there is a tribal misconception that came up many months ago, I could remember vividly that this happen before the Army Marshal Nsikak Edouk died, it was all about the denominational name Qua iboe, my state is Akwa ibom and if you can pronounce that outrightly you will find the similarity from the occurring sound, and with this, co-worshippers of this assembly decided to make it deficit of accent and any claim of ownership by the reason of nomenclature, it sounded as if the denomination was owned only by the Akwaibom so with this a change was inflicted, controversies aroused via this proposal, debates and lastly a separation occured, similar to what i would call a daugther cell emergence from the parent cell in spirogyra..

	A closer
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I wonder why this should be the case. The very Akwaibomite accepted the change; it wasn't bad, though. But the issue here is why was this change not generally accepted, and why did it lead to a division? Some stuck to the name Qua Iboe, and some came up with the name United Evangelical Ministry. The irony behind this name is if they are really united, what was wrong with the previous name? I am not criticising their actions, but it's bothersome most times, since the same church with different signposts may be the unity that will be seen soon.

The reason for that elongated introduction above is to tell the Steem-Atlas team that, eventually, I may be the first to spot this on the map with the name United Evangelical Church as a holy place of worship. If you read the above inscription, you will see that there is a split in this denomination, and it may likely be called the same name until today on Google Maps because it is not a newly established branch to say that it has never been on the map.

My description will be brief, as I took a walk to place this holy place on the map via Steem-Atlas. If you can look closely, the environment is very serene, with a building of over 20 years old grafted. It has a design like a mosque with the tall, separate, narrow-headed building just by the side, which I believe was the watchtower from childhood. I was long spearheaded, and in some churches, there is a big metallic bell hung that rings and informs worshippers of the time for prayers.

There are a lot of attractive features that baffled me, and that was the wooden bench. With the weight of this bench, it is very hard for it to shift very far from its position on sweeping. I love the arrangement, just like Catholic churches arrangement.

I don't worship here, but I was fortunate to enter this place for the first time since I was born, and another uniqueness it holds akimbo is the pattern of the places where ministers sit; it was well decorated and furnished and was higher than the main floor so that the last man seated could sight the preacher/pastor from afar.

The illumination here is empowered by generators and electricity, and their bulbs are very costly and decorative. I only see this in advertisements; the bulbs are like those in hotels waiting rooms and parlours. This is only for decoration; other bulbs that can shine brighter are around the corners to provide proper lighting.

There is proper aeration in this church; ceiling fans are hung all over the place.

The musical department is what captured my attention the most. The instrumentation, if you are entering the building from the front door, is placed in the left corner before the podium, and the instruments available are the drums (a complete set), a keyboard, and two keyboards (one will be a backup). There is a lead guitar connected to a sub.

The amplifiers are very modernised, and on entering the church, the instruments were working on it to make sure the sound amplifier will be musical, highlighting every bit of the instrument to be played. Easter is near, and I am sure this is one reason why they are testing the sound system.

There is a borehole outside that provides water to the church and also to people in the vicinity; and also outside has a lot of beautiful flowers, this is how far I could go in capturing the environment. I am sure it's ready to be placed on the map.

I would love to see @alli001, @goodybest, @bossj23, and @whizzbro4eva entries soon

Cc. @miftahulrizky