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The Church of the Lord (Aladura) is an African Initiated Church founded by the first Primate and Late Prophet Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu in 1925, but inaugurated in 1930 in Ogere Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.〔''Journey So Far'', ISBN 9789789004775; Publication - TCLAW Publishers, 2009.〕 Late Prophet General Dr. Josiah Olunowo Ositelu was born on Wednesday, the 15th of May, 1900 at Ogere, ?ijebu-Remo, Ogun State in Nigeria.〔''African Instituted Churches'', ISBN 3-8258-6087-6, LIT-Verlag Muenster-Hamburg-London, 2002, page-119〕 "Aladura" in Yoruba means "owners of prayer", "Prayer Fellowship" or "The Praying People". They always wear white. Also known as Aladura churches, they emphasize the power in praying and believe in faith healing and various elements associated with Pentecostalism. Most of the founders of the churches were associated with Anglicanism, though some Methodists joined the movement as well. The churches despise the power of traditional African religion, because they deem that power to be basically malign. Therefore they sometimes burn cult images as "idols" and oppose both polygamy and witchcraft. Unlike Kimbanguism, the churches tend to avoid politics and focus instead on the "holiness movement." Dr. Rufus Okikiola Ositelu (Ph.D. Comp. Sc.; Ph.D. Theo.) is Archbishop And Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Nigeria and the Primate of The Church of the Lord (Aladura) Organisation Worldwide == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church of the Lord (Aladura)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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