Giving account of how Moses Orimolade coexisted with loyalists and followers can never be complete without a particular name being mentioned.
Yes!
This episode talks about the role of MOTHER CAPTAIN ABIODUN AKINSOWON
Captain Abiodun Akinsowon was only seventeen and a half years old when she came to Moses Orimolade – by which time he had spent many years in missionary work.
Mother Captain Abiodun was in a trance from the 18th to 25th June 1925. Trance was never heard of and everybody thought she was sick or afflicted with an unknown illness.
She was a member of Rev. Ogunbiyi’s church and even he referred to her spiritual journey as something else.
Eventually, Captain Abiodun’s parents heard about the praying father’s activities in Lagos and went to Orimolade’s house seven times before the spirit of God would allow him to go with them. (This repeated call to Orimolade was confirmed in Orimolade’s letter to
Captain Abiodun).
Captain Abiodun).
Moses Orimolade prayed for her and asked that she be returned back to earth. The prayer was answered and Captain Abiodun confirmed that if Orimolade had not been one of the elders from heaven, she would not have been released.
After she recovered, her parents allowed her to go and live with Orimolade as his adopted child – Orimolade used to call her “My child” and captain Abiodun would address Orimolade as “ my father”.
During the years 1925 to 1928 that Captain Abiodun and Moses Orimolade were together as father and daughter, there was a tremendous progress
in the church activities. Moses Orimolade did not go out of Lagos again but would send his daughter to lead the evangelism, hence she was referred to and addressed as CAPTAIN
in the church activities. Moses Orimolade did not go out of Lagos again but would send his daughter to lead the evangelism, hence she was referred to and addressed as CAPTAIN
As anyone would expect, anywhere there is joy, happiness and progress, satan will try its wiles to destabilise them. It was Satan through people that caused the separation between Moses Orimolade (Father), and Captain Abiodun (Daughter).
Just imagine how great C&S Church would be if she had been under one leadership (like the Catholic Church) since the inception.
The names given to the band
1. At the beginning they were called “Aladura Band”
2. From the 9th Sep. 1925 – it was called “Seraphim” as revealed to Orimolade in a vision.
3. On the 26th March 1926 – “Cherubim” was added since that time, the band has been called Cherubim and Seraphim.
1. At the beginning they were called “Aladura Band”
2. From the 9th Sep. 1925 – it was called “Seraphim” as revealed to Orimolade in a vision.
3. On the 26th March 1926 – “Cherubim” was added since that time, the band has been called Cherubim and Seraphim.
Moses Orimolade pronounced Holy Michael as the captain of the band on the 29th September, 1925.
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