From all available records it took about one year before an official stamp was given to the individual work of this godly couple. International church of the foursquare gospel that is a separate legal entity that has elected to affiliate with the international church of the foursquare gospel by mutual agreement in a covenant relationship which obligates the local church to operate by the bylaws of the international church of the foursquare gospel, with the rights and duties. The history of foursquare gospel church, akoboojurin, ibadan, nigeria, 200720. The general overseer of the foursquare gospel church in nigeria rev. As a denomination, the foursquare church has a unique history that stems from missions and evangelism. Academic works on the history, growth and development of. A transplant of the vine forty years of foursquare history in nigeria.
Our heart is to passionately reflect gods love in the world through inspiring gatherings, meaningful spiritual growth and volunteer work that makes a tangible difference in our community. Foursquare is a biblical term used of the tabernacle in the book of exodus, of the temple of the lord in ezekiel 40. The foursquare gospel church in nigeria, sometimes referred to as foursquare gospel church, yaba, is an evangelical pentecostal christian denomination founded in november 4, 1954 by rev. In the 1950s the celestial church of christ arrives in western nigeria from benin. Christ apostolic church aladura and agnes okoh who founded christ holy church in 1947. The auditorium which is believed to seat over twenty thousand people was the first stadium church in africa. Our tenets of faith foursquare gospel church garki. He presently pastors the first barley harvest model church in nigeria, the assembly of his excellency, asokoro abuja, nigeria. This family arrived the shores of nigeria on november 4, 1954 from the united states of america with a clear goal of starting the foursquare gospel church in nigeria. What a marvelous god we serve and who has indeed done marvelous things for us.
Today church of god mission international has presence in all parts of nigeria and the world over. The work effectively started in 1955 through a vocational bible school. The main thrust of this paper is to attempt a projection into the future of prosperity gospel in nigeria with a view to suggesting what should be the most appropriate and reasonable course of actions toward the phenomenon in this 21st century. Here are five beliefs that foursquare gospel church members have. Pdf this study documents the history and growth of the redeemed christian. Man of sorrows and of grief, dying on the tree, mighty redeemer, glorious saviour, jesus of calvary. Foursquare was founded by a woman who knew this, and it guides us still today.
Felix meduoye, has called on nigerians never to lose hope in the country because of the current. Foursquare gospel church in nigeria km 10, new ibadanilorin expressway, moniya, p. Believersportal has taken time to prepare this list of over 60 nigerian pastors, their biographies and the churches they pastor. In 1922, aimee semple mcpherson 18901944, an evangelist known as sister aimee, explained for the first time her definition of the term foursquare gospel.
Historical overview of pentecostalism in nigeria pew. Nov, 2009 foursquare gospel church nigeria may have to wait for one year to get a new general superintendent to replace rev. Coinciding with the growth of churches in benin was the planting of branches. As of 2000, it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. Welcome to foursquare gospel church in nigeria message from the general overseer rev. Foursquare gospel church nigeria and world news the. Our tenets of faith our belief is based on core biblical truths we call the 22 tenets of faith, as drafted by foursquare founder aimee semple mcpherson. She died in 1944 at the age of 54, and her son, rolf kennedy mcpherson became the head of the foursquare church. To him alone be all the glory, honour, praise, power, dominion and. Wilson badejo who was during the week voted out after serving the church for two. The foursquare anthem foursquare gospel church garki. To fulfill the great commission, it takes all of us. The foursquare church, officially named the international church of the foursquare gospel, is a pentecostal denomination that resulted from the. Also, the foursquare gospel church was also introduced in nigeria at the same time.
Foursquare gospel church, diamond jubillee 60th convention. Following the opening of angelus temple, our founder did not take time to rest on her laurels. The founding fathers of the foursquare gospel church in nigeria were rev. Enter the username, password and pin to reset your password. Foursquare gospel church in nigeria, jos district home. The international church of the foursquare gospel icfg, commonly referred to as the foursquare church, is an evangelical pentecostal christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher aimee semple mcpherson. Preach the foursquare gospel, the foursquare gospel clear let the foursquare message. The holy scriptures we believe the bible is godinspired 2 timothy 3. Origin of foursquare gospel church nigeria believers portal. It is helpful to think of the local church historians task as a research into a congregations dna, and its particular personality. How does this part of our foursquare history affect your ministry in the foursquare church today. Some local pentecostal churches also sprung up, these include the celestial church of christ which arrived in western nigeria from benin to become one of africas largest aladura churches. The foursquare gospel church in nigeria, sometimes referred to as foursquare gospel. The foursquare church, officially named the international church of the foursquare gospel, is a pentecostal denomination that resulted from the dynamic evangelistic ministry of aimee semple mcpherson, who opened the historic angelus temple on jan.
Foursquare gospel church in nigeria, jos district, jos, nigeria. The work also covers the origin and growth of the church in east, north, central, south and west africa. Frank kathleen greer, john and dianne shober please consider supporting the individual fmi missionaries listed here, or giving on this page to the work of fmi throughout the nation. James abayomi boyejo, fondly referred to by many as. The second stream or response was the churches that resulted from the activities of western missionaries in nigeria, such as the assemblies of god church and foursquare gospel church. The registered headquarters in nigeria is at 6266 akinwunmi street yaba, lagos state. It began as a powerful evangelistic movement and spread throughout the nations to become the global family it is today. The foursquare gospel church, officially named the international church of the foursquare gospel, is a pentecostal denomination that resulted from the dynamic evangelistic ministry of aimee semple mcpherson, who opened the historic angelus temple on jan. See 5 photos and 3 tips from 14 visitors to foursquare gospel church. The nigeria work of the ministry is traceable to the arrival in nigeria from the united states in 1954 of missionary family in the persons of rev. The organization is one of the largest churches in nigeria, and claims 2064 branches in nigeria. After clicking on the reset button, proceed to login with the same username and password.
Foursquare gospel church in nigeria congregational church. The foursquare anthem foursquare we stand for the living word for the word of god, telling to all the story of jesus, stem of jesses rod. The link on each name and church leads respectively, to the biographies and church. He is the brain behind the barley harvest which planted new foursquare gospel churches in 4 years in nigeria. 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. Do you fully subscribe to the foursquare declaration of faith as compiled by. The foursquare church has 200,000 members in the u. The foursquare gospel church in nigeria currently has about 4032 churches spread over 154 districts and 824 zones as at september 2018.
The foursquare gospel church, a pentecostal type of denomination, came about during an intense revival in the city of oakland, calif. List of all nigerian pastors, their biographies and church nigeria has over 100 different christian churches with different founders, generaloverseer and pastors. Odunaike, samuel olusegun, boyejo, james abayomi and rev. Foursquare gospel church in nigeria 6266, akinwunmi street, p. Blessed be god almighty for bringing us into the threshold of another year ad 2020. Knock down for a lifting upby benson idahosavisit read d description 4 info duration. The term foursquare gospel was given in the inspiration of revival to the denominations founder, aimee semple. Foursquare church gets new general superintendent next year. The message of jesus stays the same, but the delivery of that message shifts with culture, geography and time. The general overseer of the foursquare gospel church, rev.
Foursquare vgc is a community of imperfect people who have collided with the saving grace of jesus. The launch into foreign ministry fields also began in the 1920s. About foursquare foursquare gospel church in nigeria. No doubt, the presentday character of a local church often has deep historical roots.
Published by international church of the foursquare gospel. The foursquare church, officially named the international church of the foursquare gospel, is a pentecostal denomination that resulted from the dynamic. The foursquare church vgc the foursquare church vgc. Felix meduoye gave away his daughter in marriage on saturday july 16th 2016.