Two years after, the Ibesikpo United Church which later became Evangelical Lutheran Church when Rev. Dr. Jonathan Udo Ekong, whom the former sent to the United States of America to source for a mission which they (Ibesikpo United Church) could be affiliated to, saw an article written by Prof. Martin S. Sommer titled: AFRICA-WE OUGHT TO BE THERE.

The article was an answer to the prayer Rev. Dr. Jonathan Udo Ekong, the founder of Lutheran Church in Nigeria needed and without any waste of time, he established a relationship with the Americans and negotiations commenced.

In 1934, the decision to visit and establish a Church in Ibesikpo on the request of the Ibesikpo United Church through their representative Rev. Dr. Ekong, was taken. Rev. Henry Nau with Pastor Immanuel Alberht and Pastor Otto A. Boecler arrived in Nigeria on January 5, 1935. A month after, the three white missionaries arrived Nung Udoe, where they stayed for 6 months and were received by Chief Nyong Etim Udo, Effiong Akpan Ukpong, Frank Mazza Udo, N. E. Eton, Akpa Eso, Asuquo Udo Ekong, and Andrew Udo Akpan. Rev. Henry Nau later came to Nigeria and officially established what is known today as the Lutheran Church of Nigeria (formerly Evangelical Lutheran Mission) in April 1936. The coming of the Lutheran Mission was not only to establish Church. "The early missionaries sent to Nigeria in pursuance of the Spiritual cum, educational development agenda also possessed teaching and administrative credentials, which fully equipped them for the pioneering initiative in the establishment and administration of educational institutions. In this regard, the Lutheran mission worked tirelessly to plant both the gospel, hospitals and schools in a good number of locations in the country. Primary Schools such as Boeder Memorial School, Obot Idim, Lutheran Teachers Training College, Ibakachi, Immanuel Hospital, Eket , Lutheran High Schools, Obot Idim, Uyo and Ikot Obong Eron, Ikot Ekpene respectively, were established purely as Christian Schools meant for the development of manpower for the mission and the nation”, according to Ofonime Inyang.