Christ Apostolic Church

==History==
Christ Apostolic Church is an indigenous African church founded by members of Precious Stone Society (Faith Tabernacle) after separating from [[The Apostolic Church Nigeria|The Apostolic Church]] in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BRIEF HISTORY – The Apostolic Church Ghana |url=https://www.theapostolicchurch.org.gh/brief-history/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> The church's history is linked to its founders, namely [[Isaac Babalola Akinyele]], [[Joseph Ayo Babalola]], David Odubanjo, Joseph Esinsinade, and Miss Sophia Odunlami. 

Before then, Christ Apostolic Church and The Apostolic Church (called Diamond or Precious Stone at that time) were found in some places in Nigeria but met mainly at St Savior's Anglican Church.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-11 |title=African Indigenous Churches — Chapter Eight |url=https://irr.org/african-indigenous-churches-chapter-eight |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Institute For Religious Research |language=en}}</ref> The Anglican Church were opposed to the practices of the group and members of the group who are workers in the Anglican Church were forced to resign. When the Great Revival<ref name=":0" /> emerged in July 1930 people rejected their traditional medicines and thousands of people gave their lives to Jesus. On 23 September 1931, Pastors D.P Williams, A. Turnbull, and W.J Williams came to Nigeria <ref>{{Cite web |last=ChurchGistAdmin |date=2023-09-23 |title=TODAY IN HISTORY: 23rd September |url=https://churchgist.org/today-in-history-23rd-september/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Church Gist |language=en-US}}</ref> and ordained the first seven Pastors of the church. Then during the crisis that occurred in 1939-1940 in the church<ref>Retrieved from [https://grossarchive.com Gross Archive]

''Division in Christ Apostolic Church''</ref> that led to the emergence of two groups, the first is [[The Apostolic Church Nigeria]] led by [[Samuel Adegboyega|Pastor Samuel Adegboyega]] while the second is Christ Apostolic Church.