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In 1918, Aldadura (Owner of Prayer), was started in Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) by young elites in the Christian community. Influenced by the american Faith Tabrnacle Church of Philadelphia, as well as being frustrated by western religion and their lack of spiritual healing, the group focused on divine healing, prayer protection, and puritanical moral code. -
In 1922, distancing from Anglican practice caused the church to forcibly of a group that became known as the Faith Taberlance. -
The movement, had a mass separation in 1930 when Joseph Babalola, a prophet healer became the centre of a mass divine healing. The Aladura movement rejected Yoruba religions in favor of a more western pentecostal church, which lead it growing more when those western missionaries came to Nigeria. But there was problem when the missionaries started using western medicine which went against their practice. So, in 1938-41 Babalola and Isaac Akinyele formed their own Apostolic Church. -
By the 1940s, after Babalola had founded the Christ Apostolic church breaking away from the first church. Other Churches such as Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) (1947) and Church of the Lord (Aladura). -
The Aladura churches expanded across West Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States. By 1960s, the church had over 100,000 members. With such expansion, came structures, bibles schools, and leadership. -
As time has goes on, and the Aladura religion has expanded. There have been some modernization within the community, with many churches nowadays by adding technology into their seremons. They even use social media to reach new audiences.