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The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) is a Pentecostal church in the Aladura movement, which was founded by Samuel Oshoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin. [1] It has spread from West Africa to countries in Europe, such as Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom, [2] [3] but a number of its parishes are located in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos and Ogun State.
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.
Mobiyina Oshoffa is the first son of the Pastor Founder (Late Reverend Prophet Samuel Bilewou Joseph Oshoffa) and he is the pastor of the major faction of Celestial Church of Christ, worldwide. Oshoffa was born in 1948 at Kpave, French Dahomey (now Benin), and he has been part of the choir at Port Novo church before his migration to France. As ...
Celestial City, Imeko, is the Holy City of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC). It is located in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, very close to the border with Benin. [1] Celestial City is known as "Jerusalem" by the Celestians. [2] The city has potential as a tourist location. [3]
Celestial Church of Christ is a religion which started in Benin in the middle of the 20th century by Samuel Joseph Biléou Oschoffa. An African-initiated church (AIC) is a Christian church independently started in Africa by Africans rather than chiefly by missionaries from another continent.
He described the disunity in the church as the work of the devil. [9] In April 2010 a group of leaders called the Celestial Church of Christ Unification and Reform Group petitioned the Inspector-General of Police to arrest those claiming to be pastors of the church. They said that such claims were contrary to a Supreme Court ruling that there ...
Hannah Kobayashi's family says she was "found safe" on Wednesday, Dec. 11, about a month after she walked into Mexico and vanished in what police have called a voluntary disappearance that made ...
In subsequent decades, new denominations were founded, including the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Church of God Mission (COGM) and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), amongst others. [5] By the 1980s, several other charismatic Pentecostal preachers and churches had emerged. [6]