Aladura churches
A living tradition within African Initiated Churches. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Aladura churches is a living tradition within African Initiated Churches. Also written Church of the Lord (Aladura), Cherubim and Seraphim, Celestial Church of Christ.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. A family of Nigerian prayer-centred churches ('aladura' meaning owners of prayer in Yoruba) relying on prayer and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Church of the Lord (Aladura) is a World Council of Churches member. No single founding year applies.
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Citation
English
The language and the date you read it belong in the citation: this corpus is multilingual and articles are revised after publication.
John Shaqi. “Aladura churches.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-aladura-churches.
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}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.