Origin , Nature and Trajectory of the Leadership Tussle in the Christ Apostolic Church , Nigeria : 1989 - 2010

E. O. Adeoti

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Origin , Nature and Trajectory of the Leadership Tussle in the Christ Apostolic Church , Nigeria : 1989 - 2010

Authors:

E. O. Adeoti

Publisher:

Nnamdi Azikiwe University : Department of Public Administration

Main Topics:

Religions (General)

Journal:

Review of Public Administration and Management 2015 Vol.3 Issue 7, pp.22-31

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

91757

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Bi-Annual

eISSN:

23157844

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Abstract:

 This work examines the evolution of the CAC, and the challenges which culminated in the crises that rocked the entire foundation of the church in 1989. It recalls the establishment of the church in the second decade of the 20th century when Apostle Joseph Ayodele Babalola had a divine encounter with the Lord. The paper identified some of the challenges bedeviling the church from the beginning and traced its misfortunes to doctrinal matters, structural deficiencies, organizational and leadership failures culminating in the scuffle that engulfed the church in 1989. It argues that the bone of the church arose out of vices such as corruption, insubordination, leadership ineptitude and disunity that assailed its rank and file. It adds that the emergence of charismatic prophets and evangelists coupled with the establishment of parallel ministries and administrations within the parent church by these powerful individuals with massive followership, enormous wealth and influence tended to cripple the supreme authority of the once-united body. Consequently, all attempts to restore order and sanity and make the contending forces toe the part of peace and redeem the battered image of the church proved ineffectual, a situation that ultimately led to a crisis of unimaginable proportion which polarized the church into two irreconcilable camps: the Interim and Forum Administrations which development had compromised the leadership and unity of the church. The paper concludes that inordinate ambition of the leaders, worldliness, love of power, positions, greed and avarice, among other vices, have been the nemesis of the CAC, hence the desired unity has continued to elude the church. As a way out, of logjam the paper, recommends among others that a provisional council be set up to midwife a single leadership structure that would take care of all interest groups within a united CAC and that the two warring factions should be encouraged to start joint programmes that would bring their members together with a view to forging unity and concord among them. The work adopts the descriptive and analytical method of historical discourse as the framework of analysis.

Article Details

Origin , Nature and Trajectory of the Leadership Tussle in the Christ Apostolic Church , Nigeria : 1989 - 2010

Authors:

E. O. Adeoti

Publisher:

Nnamdi Azikiwe University : Department of Public Administration

Main Topics:

Religions (General)

Journal:

Review of Public Administration and Management 2015 Vol.3 Issue 7, pp.22-31

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

91757

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

23157844

Descriptors:

RELIGIOUS CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR

CHURCH OF CHRIST

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

NIGERIA

Ayo Babalola

Worldwide

Prophets

Pastor

Crisis

Issues

Article Details

Authors: E. O. Adeoti

Publisher: Nnamdi Azikiwe University : Department of Public Administration

Main Topics: Religions (General)

Journal: Review of Public Administration and Management 2015 Vol.3 Issue 7, pp.22-31

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2015

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 91757

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 23157844

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

E. O. Adeoti

Publisher:

Nnamdi Azikiwe University : Department of Public Administration

Main Topics:

Religions (General)

Journal:

Review of Public Administration and Management 2015 Vol.3 Issue 7, pp.22-31

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2015

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

91757

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

23157844