Immigrants share cultures, faith

African immigrants in the Louisville area support each other, helping others settle and succeed in this country. DP

African Christian Fellowship Group may buy space for meetings

By Christopher Hall, Special to The Courier-Journal
The Courier-Journal: In only 10 years, a Louisville-area group of Christian immigrants from across Africa has grown from about 20 adults and children meeting in people's homes to nearly 120 gathering weekly at Northeast Christian Church on Brownsboro Road.

The group, the Louisville Chapter of the African Christian Fellowship, has nearly outgrown the space that Northeast Christian allows it to use in the church's fellowship hall, and it may soon look for its own place.

The members focus on Christ and Christian living but also offer support to each other, according to chapter president Joseph Omotinugbon. Those who have been in the country longer offer advice to newcomers and help them adjust to the culture, he said.

"We try to be one another's brother's keeper, or sister's keeper," Omotinugbon said.

The African Christian Fellowship is a national organization with chapters in most states, said Omotinugbon, a native of Nigeria who now lives in Jeffersonville, Ind. Members of the Louisville chapter come mostly from Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Kenya and Ghana, Omotinugbon said.
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