THE EVANGELISTIC MOVEMENT OF APOSTLE AYODELE BABALOLA IN THE 1930 REVIVAL AT OKE OOYE ILESA, OSUN STATE
CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH BABAJIDE SCHOOL OF PROPHETS AND EVANGELISTS, P.O. BOX 1151, ILESA, OSUN STATE COURSE: ENGLISH AND RESEARCH TOPIC: THE EVANGELISTIC MOVEMENT OF APOSTLE AYODELE BABALOLA IN THE 1930 REVIVAL AT OKE OOYE ILESA, OSUN STATE BY AFOLABI ELIJAH AYOMIDE MATRIC NO: DIP/0781 LECTURER: PASTOR S.O.BANJO INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Joseph Ayodele Babalola was born on the April 25, 1904 to the family of David Rotimi and Madam Marta Talabi who belonged to the Anglican church. The family lived at Odo-Owa in Ilofa, a small town about ninety Kilometers from Ilorin in Kwara state, Nigeria.. His father was the Baba Ijo (Church Father) of the Christian Missionary Society Church at Odo- Owa. Pastor Medayese wrote in his book “Itan Igbe dide woli” Ayo Babalola that mysterious circumstances surrounded the birth of Babalola, on that day, it was believed that a strange and might object exploded and shook the cloud.1 On January18,1914, y...
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