Jude Chikodi Ike is a priest of the Archdiocese of Owerri (Nigeria). He studied philosophy and theology in Bigard Memorial Seminary Ikot Ekpene and Enugu respectively. He was ordained in 1987. The author obtained his doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt am Main. He served as Secretary and Chancellor Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri 1997-2008. During the period he taught Sacramental theology at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary Owerri. Currently he is working in a parish in the Diocese of Limburg (Germany).

• Contents: The search for a new humanity – Encounter with God as vocation of humankind – Salvation is encounter with God in Christ – The church as sacrament of encounter – The church’s ministry of word and sacrament – The necessity of the church for salvation – The church in Africa – Divine encounter in traditional African society – Towards a prophetic ecclesial community.

Jude Chikodi Ike is a priest of the Archdiocese of Owerri (Nigeria). He studied philosophy and theology in Bigard Memorial Seminary Ikot Ekpene and Enugu respectively. He was ordained in 1987. The author obtained his doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt am Main. He served as Secretary and Chancellor Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri 1997-2008. During the period he taught Sacramental theology at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary Owerri. Currently he is working in a parish in the Diocese of Limburg (Germany).

• Contents: The search for a new humanity – Encounter with God as vocation of humankind – Salvation is encounter with God in Christ – The church as sacrament of encounter – The church’s ministry of word and sacrament – The necessity of the church for salvation – The church in Africa – Divine encounter in traditional African society – Towards a prophetic ecclesial community.

Jude Chikodi Ike is a priest of the Archdiocese of Owerri (Nigeria). He studied philosophy and theology in Bigard Memorial Seminary Ikot Ekpene and Enugu respectively. He was ordained in 1987. The author obtained his doctorate in Dogmatic Theology from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt am Main. He served as Secretary and Chancellor Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri 1997-2008. During the period he taught Sacramental theology at the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary Owerri. Currently he is working in a parish in the Diocese of Limburg (Germany).

• Contents: The search for a new humanity – Encounter with God as vocation of humankind – Salvation is encounter with God in Christ – The church as sacrament of encounter – The church’s ministry of word and sacrament – The necessity of the church for salvation – The church in Africa – Divine encounter in traditional African society – Towards a prophetic ecclesial community.