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[1] [2] In 1922, the group left the Anglican Church. [3] The group joined the Apostolic Church in 1931. [4] [5] In 1938, the denomination counted 120 churches in Nigeria. [6] In 2011, the denomination inaugurated a 100,000 seat temple called National Temple in Lagos. [7] [8] In 2018, the church had 4.5 million members in Nigeria. [9]
The National Temple is the church building of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, which is located in Olorunda-Ketu, Lagos State. It has 100,000 seats. It has 100,000 seats. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. According to Pew Research, Nigeria is the second most religious country in the world. Its populace is evenly divided between the largely Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south. Below is a list of notable churches in Nigeria. It also contains the year of establishment ...
The Redeemed Christian Church of God is a Pentecostal mega church and denomination founded in Lagos, Nigeria. The General overseer (most senior pastor) is Enoch Adeboye , ordained in 1981. In 2008, it had 14,000 churches and 5 million members in Nigeria.
Samuel Gbadebo Adegboyega, MON (1 April 1896 – 23 October 1979) was a Nigerian Christian clergyman widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. He is the first territorial chairman of the Lagos and Western/Northern Areas Territory (LAWNA) field of The Apostolic Church Nigeria. [1]
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.
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.
It was founded by The Apostolic Church Nigeria, LAWNA (Lagos, Western and Northern Areas) Territory, which has its headquarters at Olorunda-Ketu, Lagos. The university was named after the first Nigerian Superintendent of the church, Pastor Samuel Gbadebo Adegboyega.