The relevance of christ apostolic church faith home ede to the missionary activities of christ apostolic church in Nigeria.
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2022
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Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts. Obafemi Awolowo University.
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This study traced the origin, vision, and mission of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Faith Home, Ede. It examined the administration, organization and contribution of CAC Faith Home, Ede to the missionary activities of Christ Apostolic Church in Nigeria. It also evaluated the relevance of Faith Home, Ede to the Missionary activities of Christ Apostolic Church in Nigeria. These were with a view to determining the contribution of Faith Home Ede to the Missionary activities of Christ Apostolic Church Nigeria.
The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary source comprised oral interviews and questionnaire. The oral interviews were conducted with ten purposively selected persons. This consisted of missionary health workers of Christ Apostolic Church Faith Home, Ede, two matrons (past and present), two resident male doctors and two female nurses, two administrative staff and two labour room officers. Forty copies of questionnaire were administered in all; twenty to current students and fifteen to the outgone students and five to coordinators of the Faith Home. The Secondary source included books, journals articles and the Internet. The data collected were analyseed using socio-anthropological method.
The results showed that the origin vision and mission of the Faith Home has been a point of manifestation of the miraculous within the CAC worldwide. The study revealed that the CAC Faith Home, through its administration and organization has contributed to the missionary activities of the Church by establishing the efficacy of its beliefs and practices regarding the power of prayers and faith healing. The study discovered that the Faith Home was relevant because it continued to enjoy increased patronage due the form of charity-based approach to its bills for health services. It also found that the CAC Faith Home adopted an open-door disposition to its operation by never discriminating on religion basis. It also discovered that the CAC Faith Home was dedicated mostly to delivery issues of women whose cases often been declared medically helpless.
The study concluded that the CAC Faith Home has evolved over the years to become an integral part of the Church’s missionary platforms in Nigeria and beyond and the Faith Home contributed to the health services of the people of Ede by assisting people generally and specifically women who have medical issues to deliver successfully.
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OGUNGBARO,J.O. (2022) The relevance of christ apostolic church faith home ede to the missionary activities of christ apostolic church in Nigeria. Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts. Obafemi Awolowo University.