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The African Church is led by His Eminence Julius Olayinka O. Abbe. The African Church structure has a Primate who serves as the spiritual head and the overall head of the church, and a Lay President who is the head of the laity and who assist The Primate in temporal matters.
Joseph Ayo Babalola (25 April 1904 – 26 July 1959) was a Nigerian Christian minister and the leader of the Christ Apostolic Church, [1] popularly called CAC in Nigeria. He was a healing evangelist. He was a healing evangelist.
The people of Efon Alaaye are subject to their king the Alaaye of Efon assisted by the six high chiefs of six major districts called "the iwara mefa" People in Efon Alaaye are predominantly Christian, and by the 1930s, there had been a widespread acceptance of Jesus Christ, resulting in a revolution that left the town with several cathedrals.
Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) is the first Pentecostal church present in Nigeria.It arose in the first half of the 20th century, in the then-British empire.It was founded in Ijebu-ode named Precious Stone Society in 1918 [1] but was formally established in 1941 after a split from the Apostolic Church which the original Aladura organization (Faith Tabernacle) had invited to Nigeria.
Samuel Bilewu Joseph Oshoffa [2] (October 11, 1909 – September 10, 1985) was the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ after reportedly resurrecting people from the dead. He founded the church in 1947 after being lost for three months near Porto-Novo in Benin. [3] The church now has its main offices in Bénin and Nigeria.
In 1938, the NYM called for Nigeria to be granted British Dominion status, putting it on a par with Australia or Canada. [124] In 1937, it was joined by Nnamdi Azikiwe , who had been exiled from Ghana/Gold Coast for seditious activities and who became publisher and editor-in-chief of the West African Pilot and father of Nigerian popular journalism.
Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin (born 15 February 1971, Burutu, Delta State, Nigeria) [citation needed] is the founder and head prophet of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry (CMDM), Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. [1] He founded the church on 3 April 2010.
Olumba Olumba Obu was the founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS). It was formed in 1956 in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, Nigeria, [7] and registered in March 1964 as a "religious organisation under the Land (perpetual succession) Act cap 98 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria."