Background Information about Christ Apostolic Church House of Glory

Christ Apostolic Church House of Glory is one of the assembly of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide which is one of the African Instituted Churches with her global headquarters In Ibadan, Nigeria, the denomination has expand with over one hundred branches in United Kingdom and more than ten thousand branches worldwide. We are also a member of Free Churches Group in United l<ingdom.

Christ Apostol ic Church is an Indigenous African Church. By its structure, beliefs and practices, it Is an independent Pentecostal Church and Is regarded as the first African Pentecostal Church.Tl1e history of the Church Is traceable directly to our fore-fathers, namely Oba/Pastor Isaac Babalola Aklnyele, Pastor David Ogunleye Odubanjo, Joseph Sadare, Miss Sophia Odunlaml and Evangelist (Late Apostle) Joseph Ayodele Babalola who was called to the ministry by the Lord on 11th, October, 1928. Apostle Babalola’s call subsequently led to the great revival of 1930.

Before then, there was Faith Tabernacle era of 1918-1928 characterized by the formation of praying groups’ such as the Precious or Diamond Society found in small pockets all over Nigeria. The brethren in control of this group were Joseph Sadare, D.O. Odubanjo, Oba 1.8. Akinyele (late Olubadan of Ibadan) and Miss Sophia Odunlami. Majority of the members of the first group of Diamond Society were worshipers at St. Savior’s Anglican Church, ljebu­ Ode, where they began meeting regularly for prayers and spiritual guidance. In 1918, D.0. Odubanjo developed contact between members of the ‘Praying Band’ and Pastor A. Clark, the leader of Faith Tabernacle in Philadelphia, USA. Through correspondence and receipt of tracts and magazines such as ‘The Sword of the Spirit’. Soon, tension rose between the group and the Anglican Church over such practices as divine healings, opposition to infant baptism, reliance on dreams and visions, abstention from dancing, drumming, debt-owing, drinking of alcohol,gambling and mixing with non-Christians. Mr Joseph Sadare was compelled to give up his post in the Synod and others were forced to resign their jobs and to withdraw their children from the Anglican Schools which are in existence at that period in their vicinities.

But in less than a decade, branches of the group had been established in Lagos, Ibadan, llesa, Oyan, lle-lfe, Minna, Jos and Zaria. Their members had also imbibed reliance on the power of prayer, divine healing and total reliance in the power of the all sufficiency God.

Fortunately, the Great Revival of 1930 with Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola as its medium, which emerged in July 1930 at Oke Ooye, llesa became the anchor for the establishment of the Church. Those who assisted him during the Revival included D.0. Odubanjo, Oba I. B. Akinyele and J.A.Babatope as well as Babalola’s followers such as J.A Medayese, A. 0. Omotoso, John Oye, J. B.Orogun, and Philip Mabigbade among others. Prophet Daniel Orekoya later on came to the scene.

This Great Revival did not only embrace all the beliefs accepted by the Faith Tabernacle group, but also went further by embracing the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the spiritual manifestation of seeing visions, prophesying, speaking in tongues and dreaming.

Consequently upon this, people with diverse disease were healed in thousands, and in turn, they spontaneously rejected their “juju” and other medicines. Massive revivals hitherto unknown in Nigeria ensued. Thousands of people surrendered their lives to Jesus and drop every fetish materials they possess for destruction.

Meanwhile the Church leaders were subjected to avoidable intimidations, harassment and humiliation at different levels of the society. So, on their behalf, Mr D. 0. Odubanjo sought