8th November, 1944: The first evangelistic service of The Apostolic Faith Church (Apostolic Faith Mission) in Nigeria is held in Lagos, with 8 people in attendance under 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 Crawford in 1906.
8th November 2020: Winners’ Chapel International completes planting of over 10,000 new churches in Nigeria and some 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 25 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, 1990: Dr David Heward-Mills is born. He was 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 15th April 2022.
8th November, 2008 : Pastor Sola Osunmakinde weds his wife Abigail Osunmakinde. Pastor Sola Osunmakindw is the Founder of Household of David Church.
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