In 1987 the General Council changed the name of the Project from "Islam in Africa Project" (IAP) to "Project for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa" (PROCMURA). The change of name was necessitated by submissions from the Project’s constituencies that the name Islam in Africa Project neither reflected the Project’s affiliation to the churches nor to Christianity, and that it did not also reflect the Project’s quest to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Muslims in Africa. Thus the change of name sought to make it clear that PROCMURA is aimed at fostering constructive relations with Muslims and that it is a Christian Project. An evaluation carried on the Project in 1997 demonstrated that Christian-Muslim relations in Africa, as elsewhere, were always to be part and parcel of the Church's life and witness for all time and for all ages. The General Council of PROCMURA at its meeting in Accra, Ghana, in August 2003 took note of this and argued that a "project" has a shorter life span while a "programme" can be ongoing for a long time yet. As a result of this argument, the Council changed the name from "Project for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa" to "Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa" so as to illustrate the ongoing importance of Christian-Muslim relations in the life of the Church.
