Pa josiah akindayomi biography of christopher

THE ORIGIN OF THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD

     In July 1909, a son was born into the Akindayomi family of Ondo State of Nigeria. Even though this child grew up surrounded by idol worshippers, he knew there existed a greater power and yearned to know, "The God who created the earth and everyone on it".

This pursuit for God led him to the Church Missionary Society where he was baptized in 1927.

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Still spiritually unfulfilled, he joined the Cherubim and Seraphim church in 1931.

     While there, he began to hear a voice within him saying, "You will be my servant." Since this was not his intention, he decided to ignore the voice. This went on for seven years during which all the business ventures that he tried resulted into failure.

In debt and without peace of mind, he found himself totally dependent on the grace of God. Here marked the beginning of a definite relationship with God. Totally broken, he yie Akindayomi, Josiah Olufemi - Dictionary of African Christian ... ZADOK