The General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Musa Asake, has died. He was 66.

Asake passed away on Friday after a brief illness, said a statement by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the CAN President, Reverend Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle.

Asake’s death comes a few days after he addressed a CAN press conference on the killings in the country, calling on Christians to embark on a peaceful protest to compel the Federal Government and security agencies to end the killings.

CAN described him as “a pastor and teacher, conference speaker and counsellor” with “a wealth of family, educational, academic, pastoral, teaching, education and church administration, cross-cultural, national and international, government and political experiences”.

Born in Ung/Rimi Bajju- Kafanchan in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on September 15 September 1952, Asake started his pastoral career as an assistant and senior pastor at the ECWA Church, in his hometown in 1976.

Between 1976 and 2012, he pastored at three different churches and lectured part-time at Jos Theological Seminary (JETS).

In 1996, he became the pastor-in-charge of ECWA Headquarters Church in Jos on completion of his doctorate degree in philosophy, PhD at the Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, USA with specialisation in Bible Exposition.

Three years later, in 1999, he became the General Secretary of ECWA which had its headquarters in Jos, Plateau State, a position he held until May 2005.
In addition to his various roles over the years, he was a member of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) between 1999 and 2005.

He also served as chairman and member of several Christian boards and governing councils such as the Plateau State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board where he was chairman between 2003 and 2005.

In addition to that, he was a member of the Board of Trustee, ECWA Bingham University and became chairman, Ministers Development Initiative (MDI), Jos, Nigeria.

Rev Asake is survived by his wife, children, brothers and sisters among others.