The United Missionary Church of Africa was incorporated in Nigeria in 1956. In 1978 the United Missionary Society turned over to the UMCA the work and property which it had begun and developed. Many missionaries stayed in Nigeria after the turnover working under the UMCA. These missionaries soon organized first as The Fellowship of Invited Missionaries and then as World Partners Nigeria.
The fonds include original documents effecting the transfer of responsibility from the U. M. S. to the U. M. C. A., They include minutes of board meetings, documents related to the quota system for registering expatriates ministering in the country and to the educational and medical systems developed. Most of these are incomplete whether financial statements or minutes, or quota controls.

Includes transfer agreements, incorporation, expatriate reporting documents, relations with the church in Sierre Leone, and the Missionary Church of Canada

Guidelines and manuals for WPN personnel working with the UMCA. Includes discussions papers, histories of the relationship. Draft plans for an address by Rev. James Harmon, June 1, 1995, on the relationship.

UMCA/UMS first joint meeting: minutes Aug. 5, 1977. List of UMCA pastors with years of service and proposed retirement allowances

Reciprocal Ministry Agreement Proposal between the United Missionary Church of Africa and The Missionary Church of Canada (draft copy Nov. 11, 1992) with related correspondence and earlier drafts

Three brief histories of the UMCA Theological College and Library

Publications: June 7, 1987 edition of “Here and There in the UMCA Family” which includes an “Historical Sketch” of the UMCA. “The Salka Story” an edition of “Here and There” produced by the UMCA, n.d. Brochure for the UMCA National Secretariat building dedication Aug., 2013. "Missions Bulletin" May & Aug. 2013 with articles about the new building.

Programs in education and medicine including records of institutions and their histories, and papers written relating to discussions tied into the work of these institutions. Records cover a period from 1986 to 2004

Constitution, with organizational charts, for the UMCA undated. Constitution for 1979 and a second one effective Sept. 1, 2001. Copies of both.