Many years ago around 1910, an Anglican deacon launches an indigenous prophetic movement that later becomes the Christ Army Church.
Following an influenza epidemic in 1918, revivals flare within the mission churches and the Christ Army Church. Spirit-filled groups also expand, including those known by the Yoruba word Aladura (“praying people”). Early Aladura churches include the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Society, founded in 1925, and the Church of the Lord (Aladura), founded in 1930. Around 1918, an Anglican forms a prayer group known as the Precious Stone (Diamond) Society to heal influenza victims.
The group leaves the Anglican Church in the early 1920s and affiliates with Faith Tabernacle, a church based in Philadelphia.
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Christian Info will bring to you few things you need to know about Pentecostal Christianity:
1: During the 1930s, Joseph Babalola of Faith Tabernacle leads a revival that converts thousands. In 1932, his movement initiates ties with the pentecostal Apostolic Church of Great Britain after coming into conflict with colonial authorities, but the association dissolves over the use of modern medicine.
2: In 1941, Babalola founds the independent Christ Apostolic Church, which is estimated to have over a million members by 1990 (Anderson 2001: 86-87). Foreign pentecostal denominations such as the Welsh Apostolic Church (1931), the Assemblies of God (1939) and the Foursquare Gospel Church (1954) are also introduced during this period.
3: In the 1950s the Celestial Church of Christ arrives in western Nigeria from Benin. The church rapidly expands into northern Nigeria and becomes one of Africa’s largest Aladura churches. In 1952, a former member of the Cherubim and Seraphim society, Pa Josiah Akindayomi, founds the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
4: In 1860 a wave of pentecostal expansion spawns new churches in the 1960s and 1970s. A leader of this expansion is Benson Idahosa, one of Africa’s most influential pentecostal preachers. Idahosa establishes the Church of God Mission International in 1972. In 1974, the pentecostal umbrella organization Grace of God ministry is founded in eastern Nigeria.
5: The Deeper Life Bible Church is founded in 1975, and soon becomes one of Nigeria’s largest neo-pentecostal churches, with an estimated 350,000 members by 1993.
6: In 1986, David Oyedepo founds Living Faith Outreach Worldwide, popularly known as “Winners’ Chapel.” It opens a “Faith Tabernacle” in the suburbs of Lagos in 1999 that seats 50,000 people.
8: In the 1980s, Pentecostals become active in the Christian Association of Nigeria.
List of honours, awards received by Pastor Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian church
The General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) worldwide, Adejare Adeboye, is one of the most celebrated pastors in Nigeria and even in Africa.
The cleric has also been celebrated worldwide, winning countless awards and recognition along the line. In this report, Christian Info brings you list of his awards and recognitions.
List of Nigeria’s top 7 pastors
Nigeria is a religious country. As a result of this, there are many pastors and churches flourishing in the country.
As spiritual leaders, many Nigerians look up to these pastors for spiritual guidance.
In this report, Christian Info brings you list of top 7 pastors in the country. However, this list is not reported in order of superiority.
