27th May, 1960: His Eminence, Prelate Oliver Ali Aba is born to the family of Mr and Mrs Audu Aba in Ogbadibo Local Government Area in Benue State. He is the fourth and current Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria.
27th May, 1979: Kenneth Copeland Ministries launches her television ministry having earlier launched her radio ministry in May 1975.
27th May, 1984: The dedication service of the new headquarters of the Apostolic Faith Church is held in Portland, Oregon, USA. The Apostolic Faith Church, formerly the Apostolic Faith Mission, was founded in 1907 by Florence L. Crawford who served under William J. Seymour. She was also a participant of the Azusa Street Revival of Los Angeles, California.
27th May, 2007: Obong University, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria is licensed by the National Universities Commission (NUC). It is a private university located in Obong Ntak, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. It is associated with the Churches of Christ, with Rivergate Church of Christ in Madison, Tennessee, USA, as its sponsoring congregation.
27th May 1917: Pope Benedict XV proclaims the Codex luris Canonici (Code of Canon Law) by papal bull. This Code of Canon Law which is divided into five books and 2,414 canons is the first redaction of the Canon Law to be made in the Roman Catholic Church in modern times.
27th May, 1564: John Calvin (born Jean Chauvin) passes on to glory. He was a French-born theologian and Swiss ecclesiastical reformer, also called “The Organizer of Protestantism”. He built on the premise that the Bible is the only trustworthy source of knowledge and thereby unified the scattered reform theologies of Europe.
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