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Cherubim and Seraphim
The cherubim and Seraphim movement church, also known as C&S, is a church denomination in Nigeria that was created by Moses Orimolade Tunolase in 1925 through a divine revelation from Jesus Christ.Orimolade got his breakthrough when he revived a girl,Christina Abiodun Akinsowon from her trance, after which they teamed up as father and daughter to heal and pray for people .in 1925 they were told to name their circle of followers seraphim, a name of an angel they had seen in their dreams. 2 years after, they added the name Seraphim,making it Cherubim and Seraphim. The Cherubim and Seraphim group saw dreams and visions as a way for people on earth to connect with God, they also "christianized" ifa divination found among the Yoruba people in Nigeria. After many years of reign of C&S,different denominations under the Aladura tradition came about under the same "mystical circumstances" as C&S.The Church of Aladura which began in 1930 under the lead of Josiah Oshitelu was one of the churches that began under  "similarly spectacular circumstances"(Glazier,2001) By the 1940s the Aladura movement church had started to spread to different sides of the world,from places in Africa to other speaking countries like the United states and the United Kingdom.

Life of the Founder
Moses Orimolade Tunolase, the founder of the Cherubim and Seraphim was born in 1879 into the royal family of omo'ba ode sodi of Okorun quarters,Ikare,Western Nigeria. Orimolade's life began strangely.when his mother,Madam odijoro was pregnant she went to the farm to cut some firewood when she was ready to leave, she realized she could not lift all the firewood she had cut, just then she heard a voice telling her the easiest way to lift all of the firewood.she looked around with great "astonishment" but could not find anyone, then the voice said "Do not be frightened". I am the child in your womb. Follow my advice and be on your way." With the help of the unknown voice she was able to lift the firewood When he was born his parents were filled with mixed feelings,on one hand they were excited that they had just added someone new to the family,but on the other hand they were embarrassed because of the strange circumstances that surrounded his birth.According to records,"the new child stood up in his birth blood and walked out three times" The midwife that helped in his delivery "pressed him down with force" people of the Cherubim and Seraphim domination believe that this incident in addition to some incantations his herbalist father made to calm his over excited son on the day he was born led to Orimolade's "prolonged paralysis". Since his father could no longer bear the embarrasment of his sons birth, he asked Oriolade and his mother to leave his house for good after which he planned on committing suicide but was dicouraged by family members,it was still not hard to tell that he had a little time to leave on earth. Not long after Orimolade left his fathers house with his mother did he send a message to his dad telling him to go on a "nearby hill(now know as by C&S in Ikare as calvary)" to ask for forgiveness for his sins.the message threw him into complete depression which made him fall ill.he requested for his wife to be close to him on his sickbed and he "blessed her in the manner of an elderly yoruba man about to die." Days after he died and was buried "honorably" On a particular night,Orimolade was in a church at night singing some songs of praises, astonished by the voices that were using the church without his permission,the minister decided to investigate but on getting there he found out it was just a boy of about 5 years old that was singing as though it was a group of choristers.Amazed at the his realization, the minister decided that the church had to employ Orimolade to teach them some spiritual songs. After he left the church he progressed oh his journey to spread the world around Nigeria, from diffferent places in Benin to bendel, to Kwara to Lagos where he died in 1933.Days to his death,historians mentioned that "emblem appeared in the sky,so that many stars dropped off the sky." Before his death,he prophesied that the Cherubim and Seraphim was going to spread worldwide,this prophesy has actually come to pass because the church domination is now know worldwide and has different branches under it.

Worship among the people
The Cherubim and Seraphim group being an independent group have a very different way of worship, they based most of their worship methods and objects of worship on the new testament and the book revelations in the bible.They use candles to represent light as backed by "revelation 3:1-3, the use of rods as a sign of Authority which is a representation from Rev 2:26-27,and the use of incense as a symbol to represent a means of prayer answering and also to "drive away demons" Mal 1:11:Rev 5:8,8:4,they ring bells as a sign of victory.The uniform of the people of C&S are white garments,they believe it is the dress of the faithful because that was what the lord and savior, Jesus Christ wore during his suffering,crucifixion, and Resurrection. In this domination, they have special prayers for sick people which are led by leaders with the sick person kneeling in the middle of a circle{if he is able to}.during such prayers ,the leader reads some selected psalms and "summarizes" the prayer. Psalms are have a special "efficacy" among this group of people, each maybe recited once or twice, and at times they could recite it seven times, depending on the seriousness of the issue. After every prayer has been said religiously, the leaders expect that the problem goes away immediately because Jesus performed "automatic healings", otherwise they believe that the fault is either from the patient who has committed some "heinous sins" that remains unforgiving or from the healer who does not have a strong enough faith to perform a healing,as in Luke 9;37 They also believe in the use of water and oil, they use "water in healing because of the believe in the spirit of God in water and in the power of baptism"(Anjorin,2007).they believe in the use of concentrated oil because it is backed by the bible in "James 5;14-15(Anjorin,2007) Fasting is another weapon this people have they believe it is "an injunction of Christ for support of prayer"{Anjorin,2007} the Cherubim and Seraphim people also believe that fasting helps increase their "spiritual strength(Anjorin,2007)and that it speeds up their success in spiritual matters. Like every other church division, this group of people have days they hold in a high place thereby celebrating,like The Holy Micheal's which takes place on September 29 of every year,on this day, the people have a church service in which they read two lessons from the bible,Daniel 12 and Revelations 12.Holy Gabriel's Anniversary is another important day for this people which they observe on the third Thursday of August,Anniversary of Cherubim Band is also important, they celebrate it on the last Thursday of May,they wear special dresses for this program,they also celebrate the Aniversary of Seraphim Band that takes place on September 9 to "commemorate"(Anjorin,2007) the day the society was named in Lagos,Nigeria in 1925,they celebrate Anniversary in Memory of the founder, this day is observed every october18-19 in which they hold a vigil at the founder's graveyard at Ojokoro near Agege at 10p.m. to 3a.m. of October 18,on the first Friday in November,a they fast throughout the day to observe THE Repentant Meeting Day,they also celebrate A Day of Prayer for the peace of Jerusalem,which takes place on the first Friday in July,its a day set aside for prayers for peace, and lastly they celebrate Love Fest,during this program the church provides a meal(water and bread), they read a few bible passages and eat the food. Like every other church congregation,this group of people had days devoted to worship and other church businesses,they have worships on Sundays,they have two different services on Sunday,on Mondays,visioners meet for prayers for 7p.m,on Tuesdays,various bands hold their meetings at 6p.m,on Wednesdays,bible classes meet,on Thursdays,there is a service where fruits are distributed at 6p.m,on Fridays,they have a service of prayers and intercessions, and on Saturdays,a vigil is observed from midnight until early morning. Although, the church has its upsides, it also had its taboos,it had food taboos which placed a restraint on what and what not they could eat,this people could not eat Pork because it did not help "spiritual development"(Anjorin,2007),it is a taboo for members of this group to drink alcohol, smoke cigars and cigarettes.other taboos were,wearing black dresses,using charms,magic and things of such nature.

Spread of the Word
Orimolade realized his call was to go about preaching the gospel of the lord when he decided to pray because he felt "overwhelmed" by the fact that people of Ikare "ridiculed him on the account of his disability" he asked for God to manifest himself.In reply to his prayer, an Angel appeared to him in his dream presenting him with a rod which signified "rod of victory", an insignia which represented a "power of prayer and power of speaking",and a crown which stood for "all honor and Multi-respect of every individual to bow before him to receive blessing." After he woke up,he knew his prayer had been answered."He ordered his mother to wash him(...)and from them on the gospel of Jesus Christ started without interruption." He began his campaign when he was able to "petition" the police to release a group of christian who had a "clash" with some traditional worshipers. His opponents thought it was a good idea to have him on their side to "enhance their prestige", an invitation he honored not only to reject the offer but to spread the word of God.it was recorded that "he preached with so much vehemence that the earth opened its mouth(...)and they were all afraid and many of them ran away, but his brother,Egunjobi did many rituals according to ancient customs to put the earth back to its former closure. (...) There were proclamations about the earthquake so that people from abroad came to witness the incident and his (Orimolade's) name was as fearful as that of an invisible spirit." That event marked the end of hostility towards him from people of his town. In 1916,Orimolde left his hometown of Ikare for Irun which was about six miles away,on getting there, he met the people celebrating the festival of "Osijora" the idol they worshiped,he pulled down the images of this idol,he fought with the evil that were in that area and he "opened the seal of witchcraft, and acrobatic evil worshipers." From Irun, he headed straight to "Ogbagi," a closeby village,and did the same thing,after which he preached the gospel of God and showed the people what God expected from them to make it to heaven.He left the town and headed back to his home town with triumph. He continued his journey of gospel and went to different towns in Nigeria where he did the same thing he did in the town before them.he went to places like,Akungba where he prayed and healed people,from there he went to Oka and "rebuked" the people for worshiping masquerades,from Oka he headed to Kiran with a few people from Oka carrying him on their head,from Kiran to Ibilo,from Ibilo to Merri, from there to Ipele, from Ipele to Ifon, and from Ifon they carried him to Owo.Orimolade also stopped by Benin where they worshiped a golden statue by feeding it with human blood, he rebuked them for their action,told them to destroy the image, and told them about God, and taught them ways to worship him.