Ezie Onuoha recounts that two native doctors from Asaga Ohafia, namely Agwu Dibia and Onugu igbeke were responsible. The two native doctors 
had traveled to Ikorona in Cross River State in the interest of their profession as native doctors. While at Ikorona, the two men attended Christian church service. They were apparently intrigued by their new found "cult'' that on their return to Asaga they reported to Ezie Ajadu Uma and the elders of Asaga Ohafia about the new cult. Unknown to them this new cult was one that preached against their practices instead of enhance them. However, the Asaga people embraced the new experience by spending 30 brass rods to invite Rev. Uwa Akpan Essien. Unfortunately, the military expedition of the British colonial Administration in 1905 put a temporary stop to this evangelist work.
Later in 1905 when Rev. J.K. Macgregor made an attempt to revive this work, the Asaga people rejected the offer. The Presbyterian Church however succeeded in Elu in 1910.
Prof. E.U.L.Imaga's work on the same issue recounts that Christianity first took roots in Ohafia at Amankwu and Ndi-Uduma Awoke. This was as a result of an evangelization outreach from a church which was already established at Iheochiowa (Arochukwu L.G.A.).
Prof. Imaga also recounts that at same time, due to unfriendly activities of the court clerks, the Elu community invited the Church of Scotland mission to establish a church and school. Hence, an indigenous missionary teacher, Onuoha Kalu was sent to start a mission centre in Elu. Onuoha Kalu was in the Rev. Macgregor's party that visited Asaga in 1908. They used the Obu Nde Imaga as church and school. This agrees with the Presbyterian Church's account that Nde Imaga compound is the cradle of Christianity in Ohafia.
In 1911, however, a mission house was built around the Ukaka and Ifu-Orie forests (where the Presbyterian Church, Isiama manse stands). Rev. Robert Collins was posted to Ohafia after the completion of this manse. The first church built in Ohafia is the one we know today as Ohafia Presbyterian Central Church, Isiama. Other Protestant and Pentecostal churches have taken toll and set up their congregations in various parts of Ohafia. Its attendant blessing is the developmental projects undertaken by these churches, such as schools, hospitals etc.