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Sword of the Spirit Ministries

Sword of the Spirit Ministries
HeadquartersThe Garden of Victory Old Ife Road, P.M.B. 60, Agodi, Ibadan. Nigeria.
FounderFrancis Wale Oke
Origin1983
Official websitesotsm.org

The Sword of the Spirit Ministries aka Christ Life Church[1] is a Nigerian Evangelical Charismatic Pentecostal[2] Christian denomination and a megachurch. The Ministry is presided over by Bishop Francis Wale Oke,[3][4][5][6] who founded the church in 1983.[7] It has approximately 25,000 members.[8]

The headquarters is located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The organization has since become an international network of churches.[9][10][11] The church's teachings are in the tradition of prosperity theology.[12]

  1. ^ "Home". Sword of the Spirit Ministries. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  2. ^ Olufunke Adeboye (2007). "'Arrowhead' of Nigerian Pentecostalism: The Redeemed Christian Church of God, 1952-2005". Pneuma. 29: 23–56.
  3. ^ "Bishop Francis Wale Oke". Sword of the Spirit Ministries. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "About the Sword of the Spirit Ministries International". www.wocome.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  5. ^ "Sword of The Spirit Ministries (Int l Headquarters), The". Directory & MarketPlace. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  6. ^ "Sword of the Spirit Ministries". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  7. ^ Mbamalu, A. (2015). "Prosperity a part of the atonement: An interpretation of 2 Corinthians 8:9". Verbum et Ecclesia. 36 (1). doi:10.4102/ve.v36i1.1418.
  8. ^ Innocent Chiluwa (2012). "Online Religion in Nigeria: The Internet Church and Cyber Miracles". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 47 (6): 734–749. doi:10.1177/0021909611430935. S2CID 146471546.
  9. ^ Admin (2022-09-13). "SWORD OF THE SPIRIT MINISTRIES PROFILE - UPDATED INFROMATION ABOUT THE CHRIST LIFE CHURCH". Nigeria Christian Events. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  10. ^ "Meet Our Pastor | Sword of the Spirit Ministries". www.swordofthespiritministries.org. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  11. ^ Omorogbe, Paul (2022-09-11). "Nigeria needs restructuring to avert retrogression —Bishop Wale Oke". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  12. ^ Rosalind I.J. Hackett (1995). "The Gospel of Prosperity in West Africa". Religion and the Transformation of Capitalism. Routledge.

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