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  • Baba Aladura: 13 things to know about late spiritual father of C&S

    Baba Aladura: 13 things to know about late spiritual father of C&S

    The spiritual father and chairman of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Abidoye, popularly known as Baba Aladura, has passed away.

    Here are thirteen things to know about the church leader

    1. Baba Aladura was born on June 26, 1926, at Omu Aran, Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State.

    2. His father was Odetundun Abegunde, who was Oba Olomu of Omu Aran, which was in Ilorin Province at the time.

    3. He started schooling at N. A. Primary School, Omu Aran in May 1934.

    4. Around 1938, a Reverend Man of God, Senior Apostle Prophet Peter Oyinloye from Rore near Omu Aran, introduced Baba Samuel Abidoye to the Cherubim and Seraphim Church.

    5. In 1934, he was one of the students who gained admission into Ilorin Middle School for their Secondary school from N. A. School (Primary School) Omu Aran.

    6. After schooling, he began work with the Nigeria Railways in 1944, he worked with the Railways from 1944 to 1958

    7. He then moved to Kaduna and secured another employment with the Ministry of Agriculture, Kaduna from 1958 to December 1960.

    8. While in Kaduna, he worshipped at the National Headquarters of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Katsina Road Kaduna.

    9. In 1965, he and other church elders started the Holy Order of The Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church in London at his house

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    10. He started representing the Cherubim and Seraphim Church at the meeting of the World Council of Churches in 1976.

    11. In 2005, Rev’d Dr. Samuel Adefila Abidoye was unanimously appointed the Spiritual Father (Baba Aladura) of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide

    12. His official installation as the Fifth (5th) Baba Aladura took place in May 2006 during the Mount Horeb Ascension celebration at Kaduna.

    13. He dies on 12th November 2023.

  • Baba Aladura Bob-Manuel tasks Tinubu on insecurity, economy, others

    Baba Aladura Bob-Manuel tasks Tinubu on insecurity, economy, others

    Supreme Head and Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim, Mount Zion National Headquarters, His Most Eminence, Baba Aladura (Dr.) David Bob-Manuel has urged President Bola Tinubu to empower security architectures and agencies to tackle the rising insecurity in Nigeria.

    Baba Aladura gave the charge at a briefing to herald activities marking his 6th induction anniversary as the Prelate of ESCOS Church worldwide and enthronement as Moses Orimolade IX in Lagos.

    The revered Christian leader said insecurity in the country can be categorised into criminality, ethnic and religious conflicts, noting that all three can be addressed if the teeming youths are adequately engaged in gainful employment.

    “Once a larger percentage of the youths are gainfully employed and moved out of the poverty bracket, it will drastically reduce bandits’ cells and vulnerable citizens. Also, security must be kept out of politics and modern technologies deployed to fight criminals,” he stressed.

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    Bob-Manuel also advised the Tinubu administration to build strong military and paramilitary institutions and increase funding to the police.

    He also implored the Federal Government to urgently implement a social safety net programme to protect the vulnerable population from the impact of higher fuel prices following the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.

    “The government should also create public awareness programs in educating the citizens on the reasons behind subsidy removal and the long-term benefits for a more efficient and transparent energy market,” he stated.

    On unemployment, Baba Aladura Bob-Manuel advised the Federal Government to review and reform labour market regulations to make it easier for businesses to thrive and provide job security for workers.

    “Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises through access to finance, training and infrastructure stimulates job creation and entrepreneurship to enhance productivity and reduce criminality to the barest minimum,” he added.

    While thanking God for allowing him to celebrate his 6th induction ceremony, Dr. Bob-Manuel said in the last six years, the Church has witnessed an upsurge in the development of cathedrals and physical structures, noting the drive for evangelism and winning souls for Christ which he said is the primary goal of the Church.

    Senior Apostle General and Secretary to the ESOCS Church worldwide, His Eminence, Elder Dr. Napo Emuchay, said the church has witnessed giant strides in several respects across all provinces worldwide since the Baba Aladura was enthroned in 2017.

    He said several programmes have been lined up to celebrate the induction, including several empowerment programmes, dinner party, spiritual upliftment and a grand thanksgiving service at the Mount Zion National Headquarters Cathedral on Sunday, September 10, 2023.

  • Elder Manuel is new Baba Aladura

    Elder Manuel is new Baba Aladura

    His Most Eminence Elder (Dr) David Bob Manuel (Moses Orimolade IX) is the new Baba Aladura.

    He is the Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim.

    Speaking yesterday at his induction and thanksgiving service at Mount Zion National Headquarters in Surulere, Lagos, Manuel in his sermon urged Clerics to be good shepherds to their sheep.

    According to him, “A good shepherd must protect and guide the sheep to a good pasture because sheep needs somebody to lead them.”

    He added that Shepherds must honour God, show kindness, serve the people and preach salvation.

    He warned the gathering to follow God, noting that; “When you follow God, you would find eternal life and safety but, when you do not follow God you would meet eternal death.”

    He said they must be a true follower of Jesus Christ, saying, “To be a follower of Jesus Christ, you must live a holy life because God is holy. You must be willing to care for and serve one another just as Jesus Christ did. Teachers of the gospel and all christians must serve just as Jesus came to the world to serve others. Let your neighbours and all those around you see the life of christ in you so that you would attract others into the kingdom,” he said.

  • Elder Manuel is new Baba Aladura

    Most Eminent Elder (Dr) David Bob Manuel (Moses Orimolade IX) is the new Baba Aladura.

    He is the Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim.

    Speaking yesterday at his induction and thanksgiving service at Mount Zion National Headquarters in Surulere, Lagos, Manuel urged clerics to be good shepherds to their sheep.

    He said: “A good shepherd must protect and guide the sheep to a good pasture because sheep need somebody to lead them.”

    Shepherds, he added, must honour God, show kindness, serve the people and preach salvation.

    Manuel warned the gathering to follow God, noting that; “When you follow God, you will find eternal life and safety, but when you do not follow God you will meet eternal death.

    “To be a follower of Jesus Christ, you must live a holy life because God is holy. You must be willing to care for and serve one another just as Jesus Christ did. Teachers of the Gospel and all Christians must serve just as Jesus came to the world to serve others. Let your neighbours and all those around you see the life of Christ in you so that you would attract others into the kingdom.”

  • ESOCS gets new Baba Aladura

    ESOCS gets new Baba Aladura

    The Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide (ESOCS) has a new Prelate.

    He is Dr David Bob-Manuel.

    Bob- Manuel succeeds Elder Lazarus Onyeleonu, who died on May, 13 after leading the church from 2010.

    His appointment was announced last week by the Advisory Board of the church to reporters after a strategic meeting.

    General Secretary of the church, Elder Napo Emuchay, explained Bob-Manuel would be inducted on September 7-10 to coincide with the 92nd anniversary of the church.

    The new Baba Aladura told reporters that he would continue to foster spiritual revival, evangelism and righteous living in the church.

    He said youth and women empowerment would be focal points of his administration, saying their roles in the church cannot be overemphasised.

    He solicited for the cooperation, patience and loyalty of members to take the church to the next level.

    The 76-year-old hails from Abonnema in Rivers State and retired as a management staff of Shell Petroleum and Development Company in 2004.

    He had served as a Deputy Baba Aladura and was General Secretary/ Senior Apostle for more than 10 years.

    Bob-Manuel becomes the 9th Prelate of the church founded in 1925 by the legendary Saint Moses Orimolade Tunolase.

  • Baba Aladura tasks journalists on the unity of Nigeria

    Baba Aladura tasks journalists on the unity of Nigeria

    The Spiritual father and Head, C&S Movement Church worldwide, Most Rev. Dr Samuel Adefila Abidoye, has charged journalists to commit their reportage on the oneness of Nigeria, saying press men and women are the people that govern Nigeria.
    Speaking to journalists in Lagos at the dedication of a 5,000-seater capacity ultra modern Cathedral of C&S, Chapel of Divine Blessing, the religious leader said, “except we want to deceive ourselves, we are all Nigerians and we must all try to make Nigeria great, forget about religion, everyone born in Nigeria is a Nigerian. Therefore gentlemen and ladies of the press, the work is in your hand.
    “How many people that are here know what we are doing today, but you’ll carry it to everybody and they will know what happened, so you are the people ruling Nigeria.”
    Abidoye added: “Don’t be an equal yoke with bad people by allowing them to influence your reports with money, because if you spoil Nigeria, it’s all of us who will bear the brunt. You are the mouthpiece that furnish everybody with information on what happens in Nigeria, so don’t allow money to determine what you report and it’ll be well with you all.”

  • ‘Why I’m not a full-time Baba Aladura’ 

    ‘Why I’m not a full-time Baba Aladura’ 

    His Most Eminence, Dr Israel Akinadewo, is the Baba Aladura of Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide (MCCSW) as well as Secretary, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos chapter.
    The forensic accountant spoke with Sunday Oguntola on a devotional he is working on and his ministry. Excerpts:

    You are the first Baba Aladura I know that is not full time. Why is this?
    I want to say one of the problems we have in Aladura movement is you see somebody with 10 members, who is a Baba Aladura without any source of income. The Baba Aladura will sit down and expect church members to feed him and take care of his financial needs.
    That makes them vulnerable to worldly affairs. One of the cardinal issues we have laid in our church is to make priests tent makers. You know tent-making used to be popular within the Aladura churches until the new trend.
    How can someone as young as I am, expect members, some older and some younger, to be bringing food to my table? I just can’t imagine it. A leader should not expect to be fed but learn to feed people. Jesus fed people even after preaching to them.
    Doesn’t not being full time take away from your concentration to spiritual things?
    It doesn’t at all. I can tell you I am as committed to spiritual things as those who are full-time. You can’t expect others to come and give you when God created you to be of assistance to the less-privileged. It is not right in this particular world. I have learnt in life that giving is the key to achieving successes and greatness in life.
    The more you give to people, the more God blesses you. When we get to heaven, it won’t matter whether one is full time or not. God is only interested in how many lives one could impact.
    One of my presentations recently considered tent making in ministry.
    I respect tent makers a lot.  They do not collect money from the church but rather bring in.  It has biblical backing and for me there is no distraction at all. It doesn’t stop me from performing and delivering divine mandate.
    You are a Baba Aladura, CAN secretary, an academic as well as a chartered and forensic accountant. How do you fit into all of these?
    I’m an introvert and I don’t go out. I don’t have time for social engagements. So, it is easy for me to make out time for most of these important aspects of my life.
    Being CAN secretary in Lagos state and Baba Aladura relate to my spiritual assignments. So, it is also easy to combine both.
    Most times, I just concentrate on reading, philanthropy and so forth. Anything that takes me out of these is nothing.
    How did you come about the idea of writing a devotional Daily Contact With God (DCWG)?
    The inspiration came last year when we were marking the anniversary of the death of the founder of the church. God spoke to me concerning the project and I got the title divinely. I remember I announced in the church at that time but I just left it at that.
    Then few months ago, one of our people that God is using in Diaspora encountered God through some of our publications. She suggested that we should have publications on periodic basis for people to learn from.
    She was just God-sent. It opened my eyes to what God already told me to do.
    There are already many devotions by denominations. Is DCWG also for members of Motailatu Church Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide (MCCSW)?
    You know Jesus Christ is the head of the church; Christ is not a messiah of some denominations. Christ is the head of all churches. Coincidentally, it is a Cherubim and Seraphim leader that is writing the devotional, but it is not meant for Aladura members alone.
    It is meant for all denominations, not even Christians alone. It is for people that want to learn more on how to get closer to God. If you look at what others have written, it means you are trying to copy but divinity is way above secularity.
    Are there features peculiar to this devotional?
    But there are two or three features common to this devotional. Every day, there is what we call Proverb for the day, you also have Psalms for the day and thoughts for the day.
    Thoughts for the day are not things people have said in the past. These are original thoughts inspired by the Holy Spirit.
    Is the devotional strictly just on spiritual issues?
    One thing that is very important is that no matter what we do, we require the direction of the Holy Spirit. Invariably, when you treat the spiritual aspect of life, it takes more than 90 percent of the entirety of what we want to do in this world.
    However, it is not about spirituality alone but it covers the areas of how to live, treat fellow humans and some others where we need God.
    Most Christians have devotionals they are already committed to. They will want to ask ‘why should I pick this to my list of devotionals for the day’.
    As a matter of fact, we always need more of God. I know there are many devotionals but we need more because the inspiration God has given to individuals is different.
    There is no devotional or church that has it all. Anything that can lead us into the way of the Lord cannot be enough.
    Aladura preachers are not known for what you are doing. If you are talking about visions or prophecies, people can understand. Why are you different?
    The word of God says ‘my people perished for lack of knowledge.’ If you look at the primary set up of the Aladura, you will realise that some uninformed successive members, changed the initial make up of the movement as founded by Saint Moses Orimolade.
    The Aladura of old, we were told, had to do with praying and taking people from darkness into light. There were no strange practices. Yes, the founder down to some generational leaders, were illiterates but they were truthful and obedient to the ministry as commanded by God.
    Nonetheless, being educated is advantageous in properly fulfilling the concept God has given one and structure it appropriately well. Sadly enough, because the early leaders did not have formal education and they couldn’t document the original formats, which gave rooms for many strange practices you find among some Aladura churches and members these days.
    Meanwhile, the reason for the devotion is to enlighten people the more. Aladura churches tend to focus more on helping people solve their problems. We do that so well but do not really prepare them for life hereafter.
    Many of us have woken to this challenge and I can assure you things have started changing for the better.
    Are you confident that Aladura members will embrace the devotional because people say that all they want is prophecy?
    This book is not meant for Aladura members alone. Let’s get that straight. It is simply written by an Aladura leader for all Christians and non-Christians.
    It is an interdenominational devotional book meant for those seeking to know God better. By God’s grace, I’m not just an Aladura leader and prophet but also a trained theologian with a lot of secular and academic experience.
    Is it true you are working on a public presentation for the devotional?
    Yes, it is true
    Why a public presentation?
    When Jesus Christ was on earth doing his ministry, he did everything in the open. He wasn’t doing all those things inside his inner house. Sometimes he went to the mountains, people followed him. That means he was well-known.
    He wasn’t an obscure leader. He wanted to reach as many people as possible. He knew he had something the world needed.
    It is the same with me. I am inspired by God to do this.
    So, how can you cook a good food and expect the aroma to stay inside the house? That’s the essence of this public presentation.
    However, it is not for pride. Writing a book is another form of evangelism.
    Imagine the number of homes that will get the devotional book and how it is going to transform their lives, with corresponding benefits to the larger nations.
    How long did it take you to write a 365-day devotional?
    It is difficult for anybody to research into it because it is an inspired book. If you are not doing anything, you can say you want to dedicate yourself in two or three months to write. But because it is divinely inspired, you have to wait for God to bring inspiration.
    Is this devotional an annual publication henceforth?
    Yes by His grace. It is a lifetime project that one will even pass on to the next generation.
    Are you sure you have enough materials, time, inspiration and resources to do it?
    The word of God is always new and the inspiration will always come. It is different from writing other secular books but when you are writing a devotional book, which is spiritual, it takes the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
    The Holy Spirit is always available. It is not about me but about God. As long as one is in Christ, and God liveth, this project will stand.

  • ‘I’m Baba Aladura’

    Prelate Lazarus Anuba Onyeleonu has said he is the authentic Baba Aladura of the 84-year old Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (Worldwide).

    A statement by the Secretary to the Holy Order, Dr Napo Emuchay, reads: “The Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim(Worldwide) as founded by St Moses Orimolade Tunolase in 1925 and registered on February 14, 1930 with its national headquarters at 9/11 Pearse Street, Surulere, Lagos has a subsisting Baba Aladura in the person of Elder Lazarus Anuba Onyeleonu (Moses Orimolade V111), who was installed as the Baba Aladura and Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (Worldwide) on September 8, 2011.

    “The public is hereby duly informed to be mindful of the false and misleading publications by those persons parading themselves as members of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim to which they have no legitimate claim.”