Full Mysteric History Of Late Founder Of C.A.C, Apostle Ayo Babalola

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History of late founder of C.A.C,Apostle Ayo Babalola from book Revelations

Apostle Ayo Babalola died several decades ago many

CAC members still pray with his name.

Whenever they pray they add Olorun Joseph

Ayo Babalola. That is how much he is

reverred by CAC adherents. This is one of

the things that got us curious in City People

about the Life and Times of this great man

of God this is because late Apostle Ayo

Babalola is one of the greatest men of God

that ever tread the face of this earth. He is

the founder of Christ Apostolic Church

(CAC). He was born on the 25th of April

1904 at Odo-Owa,Ilofa, in present day Ekiti

Local Government areas of Kwara State,

Nigeria to the family of late Pa David

Lawani Rotimi and Madam Martha Talabi

Rotimi. His father was a devout Christian

and was also the founded CMS church at

Ilofa/Odo-Owa, the Church was in sixteen

other towns then. Babalola was brought up

as an Anglican.

He was brought to Lagos by his Uncle Mr.

M.O. Rotimi who was a teacher at C.M.S. he

went to elementary school at Oto-Awori

near Badagry before he went to Methodist

school at ago ijaye in ebute meta Lagos for

just 2 years before he was enroll again at

All saint M.C.S school in Osogbo, Osun

State were he study to Nigeria Reader IV

(primary 4) were he stop his education to

learn Blacksmith for two years. He also

learn Roller Driver under P W D (Public

Works Department), he became a

Steamroller Operator then under the control

of the whites, learning to become a

Steamroller Driver.

After 15 days of learning how to drive the

caterpillar, he was able to drive it without

any assistance. After nine months; he

became a master in his class. He became

the prophet of God in 1928 when God

called him. It was while he was working as

steamroller along Akure – Ilesha road in

October 9th 1928 about 12.00 noon by the

river Ariran that he heard a loud voice from

above like the roar of thunder which called

his name thrice saying “Joseph! Joseph!!

Joseph!!! Leave this job you are doing; if

not, this year you are going to be cut off

from the earth.” Again On 11 October 1928,

while trying to repair his machine, he heard

an audible voice from the Lord to abandon

the job and start preaching. That is how he

received the call and he went into fasting

and prayer. In this Special Report, City

People ONDO/EKITI Reporter, ADEOLA

SHITTU tells you some hard Facts and

predictions of the founder of C.A.C, Apostle

Joseph Ayo Babalola.

His first encounter with God after hearing

his voice, was when the angel of the Lord

told him to enter his house the voice called

to him again telling him to fast for six days

and pray 120 times which he faithfully did

as he slept that night, an angel entered

into his room like lightning and began to

talk to him. Then the angel told him to put

off the light inside the room which he

immediately did. Thereafter a brighter light

completely different from any other lighted

the whole room. The angel told him not to

taste any manner of food for six days that

the Lord Jesus Christ wants to send him

some important works to various towns.

The angel told him that he was the one

who had been talking to him on the road

when he was driving and that he would

have died if he had refused to hearken to

his instructions. That is how he received

the call and he went into series

of fasting and prayer, all the while he was

in Ipetu-Ijesha in Oriade local government

area of Osun State. During this period

of fasting and prayers , he received lots of

revelations which formed the basis of the

way he operated in his ministry. He later

joined the Faith Tabernacle Church in

November 1929 where he was baptized in

Lagos lagoon in December the same year.

Following the voice of the Lord

that Apostle Babalola heard in 1928, his

first miracle was when the revival of his

mission began with the raising of a dead

child in September 1930. What followed

this in three weeks was the healing of

about 100 lepers, 60 blind people and 50

lame persons. This also resulted in the

desolation of Churches in Ilesa because

their members transferred their allegiance

to the revivalist and that all the patients in

Wesley Hospital, Ilesa, abandoned their

beds to seek healing from Babalola. This

divinely kicked off The Great Revival of

1930, which saw people coming from

most parts of Africa and diaspora without

posters and TV adverts.

Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola ministries

were given Bell (Agogo), Omi (water), Staff

and his Bible. According to him the use of

Bell (Agogo) is said to be used to call

Angels of God down during a prayer

gathering. While the water is said to be

used for healing of all illness and disease

and it opening the womb of any barren

women. He had toured Yoruba land and

eastern Nigeria, preaching about

repentance, and renunciation of idolatry,

the importance of prayer and fasting, and

the power of God to heal sickness. And

although his tour he have with him, his bell

and Yoruba Bible in hand. During this

period he also visited many towns and

villages based on the Lords guidance

where he preached the message of healing

and deliverance to the people. He was

specifically instructed by God to heal the

sick through water which he prayed into.

However for a period of six months he still

maintained a strict regime of prayer

and fasting.

In 1930 Faith Tabernacle affiliated with the

British Apostolic Church. Then following a

schism in the Apostolic Church about

1940, Babalola went with a

new independent church, Christ Apostolic

Church (CAC), where he continued his

healing and revivalist activities until his

death. The CAC regards Babalola as an

apostle and his revival ministry as the

beginning of the church. A CAC retreat

center was built at Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State

where Babalola was first called in 1928.

The watershed in his early ministry came

when he was commanded by God to go to

his hometown to warn his people against

Idolatry, fetish practices and evil

works. According to him, The Spirit told me

to go to my hometown, where I was born.

The Lord said I should rub my face with

ashes and to carry palm leaves in my hand

and to buy a bell, which I was to be ringing

the moment I entered the town and I

obeyed. The voice told me to tell my

people that unless they repented, evil

beasts would enter the town to destroy

them. On that same day I entered the town

with a bell in my hand. The entire town

was moved and there was great stir and

consternation as people fled as they saw

him.

The moment they set eyes on me they

fled. The Voice told me to ring the bell in

my hand round the town and I obeyed. His

people however refused to repent or

change their ways they instead summarily

beat him up and his family was subjected

to heavy persecution by the people of the

town. In defense against the prophesied

invasion of the town by wild beasts the

people of the town armed themselves with

Guns and Cutlasses. However God told His

Servant to tell them he would not bring

beasts again but instead would bring

epidemics and it would start within forty-

five days. At the expiration of the

prophesied forty-five days and epidemic of

small pox broke out and within 3 weeks

about 300 persons had died. But those

who repented and those who came to the

man of god after contracting the disease

were spared.

Another fact about him is that, Apostle

Babalola will pray for days unstop.

According to some of his disciple that

said, on several occasion as the God

Apostle prayer to God on broken glass. He

also sometime stand for 7 days praying to

God unstop. Another interesting scenario

of his prayer style is that Babalola’s

shortest and brief prayer was that of 3 to 4

hours. It was remarked by Elder Abraham

Owoyemi of Odo-Owa that

the prophet regularly saw angels who

delivered divine messages to him. An

angel appeared in one of his prayers and

forbade him to wear caps.

In 1930 Faith Tabernacle affiliated with the

British Apostolic Church. Then following a

schism in the Apostolic Church about

1940, Babalola went with a

new  independent church, Christ Apostolic

Church (CAC), where he continued his

healing and revivalist activities until his

death. The CAC regards Babalola as an

apostle and his revival ministry as the

beginning of the church. A CAC retreat

center was built at Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State

where Babalola was first called in 1928.

Another noticeable feature of his work was

the usage of water for healing which

prompt the popular C.A.C song then:

“Babalola Olomi Iye re o. Omi Iye, Iye, Iye,

re o. Omi Iye…”

He became a prophet and a man with

extraordinary powers. Enabled by the

power of the Holy Spirit he could spend

several weeks in prayer. Ayo Babalola was

sent out of the Anglican Church of his

village by his Bishop because most

members of the Church see visions; speak

in tongues and pray vigorously.

Babalola was a spiritually gifted individual

who was genuinely dissatisfied with the

increasing materialistic and sinful

existence into which he believed, the

Yoruba in particular and Nigeria in general

were being plunged as western civilization

influence on society grew.

The C.A.C believes that the spiritiual

power bestowed on Babalola placed him

on an equal level with Biblical apostles like

Peter, Paul and others who were sent out

with the authority and in the name of

Jesus. Joseph Ayo Babalola slept in the

Lord in 1959.

He predicted the changes that will occur in

C.A.C ( Chirst Apostolic Church) doctrines

after his death in 1959.

He was one of the first and few prophet of

God that have the grace to know when they

will die, as he predicated his death in 1957

for his disciple at ikere Ekiti during his 3

days fasting and prayer with them.

Another fact was that, before he even took

the ministry, there was prophecy that he

was going to work for God for just 30

years before he will be call upon by God.

He took the full ministry after his baptising

in 1929 at the age of 25 ages and deid at

the age of 55 years in 1959 and that same

year his ministry clock 30 years.

Babalola’s evangelistic success in Efon-

Alaaye was a remarkable one. Archdeacon

H. Dallimore from Ado-Ekiti and some

white pastors from Ogbomoso Baptist

Seminary were believed to have come to

see for themselves the “wonder-working

prophet” at Efon. The success of the

revival was accelerated by the conversion

of both the Oba of Efon and the Oba of

Aramoko. They were both baptised with

the names, Solomon Aladejare Agunsoye

and Hezekiah Adeoye respectively. After

this event, news of the revival at Efon

spread to other parts of Ekitiland .

The missionaries also visited other towns

in the present Ondo State. Among them

were Owo, Ikare and Oka. Babalola

retreated to his home town in Odo-Owa for

a personal prayer retreat. While he was at

Odo-Owa, a warrant for his arrest was

issued from Ilorin. He was arrested for

preaching against witches, a practice

which had caused some trouble in Otuo in

present Edo State. He was sentenced to

jail for six months in Benin City in March

1932. He was the first prophet of God that

was send to prison as at then,

In 1935 he married Dorcas. The following

year Babalola, accompanied by Evangelist

Timothy Baba Busuyi, went to the Gold

Coast. On arrival at Accra, he was

recognised by some people who had seen

him at the Great Revival in Ilesa. After a

successful campaign in the Gold Coast he

returned to Nigeria. Babalola was

genuinely dissatisfied with the increasing

materialistic and sinful existence of his

time because of the western civilization

influence on society grew.Joseph Ayo

Babalola slept in the Lord in 1959. Glory be

to God almighty in the highest for the life

of his servant, his works speaks on till

today and as given birth to so many

revivalists in our days now.

He was the first General Evangelist of the

Christ Apostolic Church, a church that

metamorphosed from a prayer group

popularly called Egbe Aladura in Nigeria.

In a vision he had, Jesus appeared to him

in a white robe along with a very tall man

who revealed that it was this Jesus who

asked me to speak with you. The man in a

dazzling robe spoke at length about the

mission he was to embark upon. The man

also told him of the persecutions he would

face and at the same time assured him of

God’s protection and victory. A hand

prayer bell was given to Babalola as a

symbol. He was told that the sound of the

bell would always drive away evil spirits.

He was also given a bottle of “life- giving

water” to heal all manners of sickness.

Consequently, wherever and whenever he

prayed into water for therapeutic purposes,

effective healing was procured for those

who drank the water. Thus, Babalola

became a prophet and a man with

extraordinary powers.

After the great revival of Oke-Oye,

the prophet was directed by the Holy Spirit

to go out on further missionary journeys,

but even before this, people from other

parts of the country had been spreading

the glad tidings of Oke-Oye, Ilesa’s great

revival, to other parts of the country.

Accompanied by some followers, Joseph

Babalola went to Offa, in present Kwara

State. Characteristically, people turned out

to hear his preaching and see miracles.

The Muslims in Offa became jealous and

for that reason incited the members of the

community against him.

To avoid bloodshed he was compelled to

leave. He next stopped was in Usi in

present Ekiti State for his evangelical

mission and he performed many works of

healing. From Usi he and his men moved

to Efon-Alaaye, also in Ekiti, where they

received a warm reception from the Oba

Alaaye of Efon. An entire building was

provided for their comfort. Babalola

requested an open space for prayer from

the Oba who willingly and cheerfully gave

him the privilege to choose a site.

Consequently, the prophet and his men

chose a large area at the outskirts of town.

Traditionally the place was a forbidden

forest because of the evil spirits that were

believed to inhabit it. The Oba tried to

dissuade Babalola and his men from

entering the forbidden forest, but Babalola

insisted on establishing his prayer ground

there. The missionaries entered the bush,

cleared it and consecrated it as a prayer

ground. When no harm came upon them,

the inhabitants of Efon were inspired to

accept the new faith in large numbers.

During one of his prayer sessions an angel

appeared to him and gave him a big yam

which he ordered him to eat. The angel

told him that the yam was the tuber with

which God fed the whole world. He further

revealed that God had granted unto him

the power to deliver those who were

possessed of evil spirits in the world. He

was directed to go first to Odo-Owa and

start preaching. He was to arrive in the

town on a market day, cover his body with

palm fronds and disfigure himself with

charcoal paints.

The parable of the 3 Palm tree leaves that

God gave to Apostle Babalola on the

believers and the church of God. One of

the palm tree was dry (Ogbe), the other

palm tree was rusted ( Oro) while the last

one was fresh (O tutu), the dry palm tree

are for those who refuse to accepted him

as there God will dry of fat the end. While

those who deceitful accept him as there

savior with rust away. Why those who

accepted him God as there personal

saviour shall be fresh forever and ever. It

was said that the palm tree leafs which

God use as a parable for him, was the leafs

he use to protect his steamroller when it

breakdown. After some weeks that apostle

went back to the truck, of the three leafs

was Dry, the second was rust while the

third one was very fresh.

Babalola during his life time, was the one

that prophecy and save the life of Lady/

Evang. (Dr.) Bola Are, who is today known

all over the world. The water Babalola use

to bath Mama Bola Are then was taking

from Ile-Oluji, the present place where they

cited Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Isegun,

DCC headquarters.

Another fact is the power in the Ikeji

Arakeji water in Osun state, the water over

the years have heal many people. Finders

reveal that the water has no end or begin

and it has never gone since 1928. He is

one prophet that believes in power of

prayer, it was said that, he made African to

believe that they can pray directly to God

and get answers without any sacrifice or

worshipping idols. Prayer is one of his

hobbies and in any town he found himself,

he look for a wildness or mountain to

prayer. This was how he moved to the

mountain which he named Ori Oke Anu

(Mountain of Mercy), after a while, he

established a CAC church on it and his

building is still their till date.

Mystery Of His Ministry

The Mysterious Tree of Usi Ekiti: This was

a tree in a Forest believed to be inhabited

by evil spirits and it was in this forest a

land was given to him for his revival

campaign. This tree had been cut many

times but it stood again as if nothing had

been done to it, however the Apostle went

to the tree rang his bell and prayed on the

tree and it was cut down forever.

Another mysteries encounter of

late Apostle Babalola was the one he had

with gods of Ifira, this god called “egule”

worshipped in the Isowo Quarters of the

town. This god was so ruthless that no

man dares point a finger at it to call

attention to it as such acts led to forfeiture

offenders or death. It is said that a big

python coiled around the pot on which the

god was placed. This god was situated on

a bushy hill and no one dares goes there

for fear of being harmed by the god or the

python guarding it. When the Apostle got

to this town he requested to visit the hill of

this god. People were concerned for his

safety but he insisted, then people from

neighbouring towns and villages came to

see what was going to happen. All he took

was his bell and his staff and he went to

the hill with people watching him.

Immediately he cited this god and its

python he started ringing his bell as he

moved towards it. And immediately the pot

on which the god stood broke into pieces

and the god hen the snake fled, when

people saw this they started singing and

rejoicing and the people beheld the Python

and trampled it till it died and the people

abandoned the Idols for God.