8th November 1944:Â The first evangelistic service of The Apostolic Faith Church (formerly Apostolic Faith Mission) in Nigeria is held in Lagos with 8 people in attendance led by Brother G. T. Oshokoya. Today, there are about 700 Apostolic Faith congregations across Nigeria. The mother Church is the United States Apostolic Faith International, which was founded by Reverend Florence L. Crawford in 1906.
8th November 2020: Living Faith Worldwide led by Bishop David Oyedepo announces the fulfillment of God’s prophecy at the beginning of the year to plant 10,000 new churches. At the end of 2020, a total of 10,404 churches were planted across Nigeria and about 1300 in 35 other countries in spite of the COVID-19 global lockdown.
8th November, 1889: Oswald Jeffrey Smith is born in Odessa, Ontario Canada. He was a Pastor, author and Missions Advocate. He founded The Peoples Church, Toronto, Canada in 1928. He passed on to glory on 25th January 1986.
8th November 1955 : Construction work for the first Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Nigeria begins on the new Church site at 49, Moloney Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos. The headquarters would later be moved to The Great Tabernacle, Anthony, Lagos and is currently based at Faith City, Igbesa Ogun State, Nigeria.
8th November 2008 : Pastor Sola Osunmakinde weds Abigail Osunmakinde. Pastor Sola Osunmakinde is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Household of David Church headquartered in Lagos Nigeria.
8th November 1990: David Heward-Mills is born. He was a Medical Doctor and the first son of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, the Founder of United Denominations originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC). He passed on to glory on the 15th of April 2022.
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