PENTECOSTAL AND

CHARISMATIC CHURCH HISTORY

IN NIGERIA

WHAT IS CHURCH HISTORY?

A biblical and
prophetic perspective
into church history
that gives
understanding to our
own times and
purposes

SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR STUDYING

CHURCH HISTORY
Deuteronomy

7 Remember

32:7 (NKJV)

the days of old,

Consider the years of many generations.
Ask your father, and he will show you;
Your elders, and they will tell you:

SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR STUDYING

CHURCH HISTORY

Luke 1:1-4 (NLT)

1 Many people have set out to write accounts about

the events that have been fulfilled among us. 2 They
used the eyewitness reports circulating among us
from the early disciples.[a] 3 Having carefully
investigated everything from the beginning, I also
have decided to write an accurate account for you,
most honorable Theophilus, 4 so you can be certain of
the truth of everything you were taught.

TRAPS TO WATCH OUT FOR WHEN

STUDYING CHURCH HISTORY

The Culture of Honor must not be thrown off the

window when studying or discussing the church
history.

Learn to rightly discern the Body of Christ

PARTICULAR FOCUS

Missionary Movement
African Church Movement
First Wave of Pentecostal Movement

Garrick Braide

Second Wave of Pentecostal Movement

Aladura Movement

Third Wave of Pentecostal Movement

Sydney Granville Elton

Benson Idahosa

Evangelical Movement

Moses Orimolade
Christianah Abiodun Emmanuel (Nee Akinsowon)
Josiah Oshitelu
Faith Tabernacle Brethren
Joseph Ayodele Babalola

Scripture Union

Neo-Charismatic Movement

Kenneth Hagin Influence in Nigeria

Tunde Joda and Olubi Johnson

GARRICK SOKARI MARIAN BRAIDE

Legacy:
Garrick Sokari Marian
Braide, a prominent
healer and prophet, was
one of the originators of
the African independent
church movement.
Braide contextualized
Christianity into what
the people could relate
with
Garrick Braide achieved
in three months what
the Church Missionary
Society (CMS) had not
attained in half a
century.

Born: c. 1880
Died: 1918

WILLIAM WADE HARRIS (1865-1929)

MOSES ORIMOLADE TUNOLASE

Born:

Died:

October 19, 1933

Spouse:

ca. 1879 in Ikare

Was a celibate

Founder:

Cherubim and
Seraphim Church
(C&S)

MOSES ORIMOLADES SIBLINGS IN 1982

FINAL RESTING PLACE IN IKARE

CHRISTIANAH ABIODUN EMMANUEL

(NEE AKINSOWON)

Born:

Died: 1994
Ministry Began:

25th of December 1907 in Port

Novo

Co-founded Cherubim and

Seraphim Church (C&S) in
1925

Spouse:

Mr Emmanuel

Born

Died: 1994
Married

Married to Mr George
Orisanya Emmanuel

Child

December 25,1907

Georgina Yetunde

Legacy:
Co-founded the Cherubim
and Seraphim movement
Abiodun was a teenage girl
who was gifted in dreams and
visions. Her mysterious
experience of the 18th of June
1925 definitely played a
significant role in the
formation of the C&S Church

CENTRIPETAL FORCES AND THE CHURCH

Eph 4:25-32

What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense.
Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ's body we're all connected to
each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to
yourself.
26 Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry but don't use
your anger as fuel for revenge. And don't stay angry. Don't go to bed
angry. 27 Don't give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
28 Did you used to make ends meet by stealing? Well, no more! Get an
honest job so that you can help others who can't work.
29 Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your
mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
30 Don't grieve God. Don't break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving
and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making
you fit for himself. Don't take such a gift for granted.
31 Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. 32 Be
gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and
thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
25

JOSIAH OSHITELU

Born:

Died:

ca. 1902 in Ogere

July 12th, 1966

Spouse:
Polygamous, about 6
wives

Founder:

Church of the Lord

Movement

FAITH TABERNACLE LEADERS

FAITH TABERNACLE LEADERS

OKE-OYE MIGHTY REVIVAL OF 1930

A TYPICAL REVIVALIST IN ACTION

CIRCA 1930S

DANIEL OREKOYA