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    Intercultural Communication and Church Administration in Lagos East Baptist Conference, Lagos State, Nigeria
    (Lead City University, 2023-12) Regina Iyabode OBASA
    The existence of diverse cultural and religious belief systems in the metropolis of Lagos with virtually all the major 350 ethnic groups in Nigeria and the naturalized Portuguese, Sierra Leoneans, Liberians, Kenyans, Lebanese, Arabs and Chard business tycoons coupled with the effects of modernity and globalization has made Lagos Churches pluralistic causing constant change in co- existence and intercultural relationship with its antecedent challenges of disunity, tribalism and poor integration in spite of the rich array of culture and civilization. Scholars have carried out some research on Church leadership roles in managing the recurrent problems. However, intercultural communication skills for Leadership Administration in Lagos East Baptist Conference has not been given adequate attention, this lacuna is the crux of this dissertation. The study employed historical and quantitative methods premised on Xiuwen and Razali’s Intercultural Communication Skill theoretical framework, which states that, in human society, communication provides a premise to share pluralistic worldview, ideas, moral values, emotional intelligent and feelings, promoting mutual relationship in the society. Two hundred and ten of the purposely distributed 300 copies of questionnaire were retrieved and data collected were subjected to content analysis. The finding reveals that, the Baptist churches in Lagos are characterized with multi-cultural diversity because of the variegated interconnectedness, which makes it increasingly clear that the Baptist church leadership requires intercultural communication skills for understanding individuality and corresponding cultural traits for encouraging oneness and unity in the churches. Conclusively, Intercultural Communication skill is a veritable mechanism for church leaders in managing and administering their pluralistic congregations for cohesion and integration in spite of the cultural diversities. It is recommended therefore that, the multicultural composition of the churches in Lagos East Baptist Conference makes adoption of intercultural communication a crucial skill for church leadership and administration. Keywords: Intercultural Communication, Church Leadership Administration, Lagos East Baptist Conference, Lagos State. Word Count: 291