Christ Holy Church International A.K.A Odozi-Obodo is an independent African church founded by Prophetess Agnes Amanye Okoh in Nigeria in 1947.
She had been inspired by a voice in her head repeatedly telling her to study "Matthew 10:10". An illiterate woman, she sought council and was inspired by the biblical text to start a ministry. She carried a Bible and a bell, and travelled on foot, by bus and train, through eastern Nigeria preaching at markets, starting with Enugu market. Hers was a faith ministry and she soon came to realise that she had the gift of prophecy and healing. She inspired a group of twelve itinerant evangelists to join her in her activities and started a prayer group at Onitsha in the same year.[1]
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Over the years the church has grown, and by 2002 had become an international organisation with nearly eight hundred congregations.[2] By 2006, the church had nearly two million members and had congregations in three quarters of the states of Nigeria, and had also established a congregation in Togo, Kenya, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Republic of Benin, Ghana[3] and more are still developing.
The mission of the church is to "worship the Triune God in holiness and to teach and spread the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ across borders, race and cultures urgently, powerfully, faithfully, wisely, and fearlessly till Jesus Christ comes again"[3] which constituted the church anthem.
Apart from evangelism, the church has set up schools in many villages and urban areas, as well as skills training centres. It also supports the Good News Theological College and Seminary, an interdenominational institution of higher learning in Accra, Ghana, which was founded in 1971.[3] It has always continued to be a church that develops the community physically, socially and spiritually.
^Oduro, Thomas. "Agnes Okoh". Dictionary of African Christian Biography. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^Oduro, Thomas. "Christ Holy Church International: The Story of an African Independent Church". East West InterKnit. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ abc"Christ Holy Church International (Nation Builders)". Good News Theological College and Seminary.
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