Saturday 18th July 2020 Devotion
Scripture:- Acts 7:5-17
Topic:- Faith Tabernacle Movement [2]
Text:- Acts 2:42
Hundreds of people, men and women started to identify themselves as the followers of the new Prophet. These people began to exercise the same religious faith in their homes, towns, and villages. This was the GENESIS of the explosion of the evangelistic revivals and crusaders, which we are still witnessing in Nigeria till today.
In 1932, This movement initiates ties with the pentecostal Apostolic Church of Great Britain after coming into conflict with colonial authorities, but the association dissolves over the use of modern medicine.
In 1941, Babalola founds the independent Christ Apostolic Church. Foreign pentecostal denominations such as the Welsh Apostolic Church (1931), the Assemblies of God (1939) and the Foursquare Gospel Church (1954) are also introduced during this period
In 1952, a former member of the Cherubim and Seraphim society, Pa Josiah Akindayomi, founds the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Under Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the Church becomes increasingly pentecostal in theology.
A wave of pentecostal expansion spawns new Churches in the 1960s and 1970s. A leader of this expansion is Benson Idahosa, one of Africa’s most influential pentecostal preachers. Idahosa establishes the Church of God Mission International in 1972.
In 1974, Grace of God ministry was founded in eastern Nigeria. The Deeper Life Bible Church was founded in 1975. New charismatic churches grow throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, David Oyedepo founds Living Faith Outreach Worldwide, popularly known as “Winners’ Chapel.
Today .Pentecostalism is seen as one of the fastest growing movements within Christianity in Nigeria. Hundreds of people, men and women started to identify themselves as the followers of the new prophet.
These people began to exercise the same religious faith in their homes, towns, and villages. This was the GENESIS of the explosion of the evangelistic revivals and crusaders, which we are still witnessing in Nigeria till today.
Prayer Point:- Oh Lord God, visit us again with the old time religion and revival by fire now, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have A Blessed Saturday!
