Samuel Oshoffa

Samuel Bilewu Oshoffa
Born(1909-10-11)11 October 1909
Porto-Novo, French Dahomey
Died10 September 1985(1985-09-10) (aged 75)
Lagos, Nigeria
Resting placeImeko, Ogun State, Nigeria
7°29′00″N 2°53′00″E
NationalityNigerian
Occupationcarpenter
Known forFounder of the Celestial Church of Christ
Spouse(s)Felicia Yaman and 13[1]

Samuel Bilewu Joseph Oshoffa[2] (October 11, 1909 – September 10, 1985) was the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ after reportedly resurrecting people from the dead. He founded the church in 1947 after being lost for three months near Porto-Novo in Benin.[3] The church now has its main offices in Bénin and Nigeria. Five percent, or 400,000, of the 8 million people of Benin are Celestial Christians.[4] This church was founded by him, claiming a "divine order" was given to him by an angel of God, investing his belief of the need for Evangelism to the world. This visitation is noted by followed as marking the birth of said church.

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  2. ^ Oschoffa, Samuel Bilewu Reverend Dr. Elijah Olu Akinwumi, Dictionary of African Christian Biography, accessed March 2010
  3. ^ Crumbly, Deidre Helen (2008). Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches Among the Yoruba of Nigeria p. 54 on. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-299-22910-8. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
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