Friends of Christ International (FOCI) is an association that was formed in 1990 by a number of friends who first met at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. When they reunited again in Lagos in 1990, they decided to come together to pull resources together to support their friend Churchill Umunnakwe (later Anozie) in his missionary activities.

This support was in the nature of prayers, funds, materials, visits, moral and any other way to help him, his family and team in the ijaw area of Nigeria to succeed in their endeavours. At that stage the group was named Friends of Churchill International(FOCI).

In 1992 the group was renamed Friends of Christ International when the need arose to widen the scope of activities of the group to include other missionaries.