Administration

It is axiomatic that there is no human organisation, no matter its size, that can survive without some of administration. Christ Apostolic Church, as a global church, is a typical example of an organisation which has endured due to the benevolence of God and the prowess of its administrators.

Ever since the church became established through several stages of its evolution: from Precious Stone to Diamond Society and from Faith Tabernacle to Nigerian Apostolic Church, Apostolic Church, United Apostolic Church and eventually Christ Apostolic Church; the administration department has been the major human force behind its growth.

The church was incorporated on 4 May 1943, the first full time department of the church before its incorporation and even afterwards is the administrative department. At the initial stage, the administration of the church was rolled up in the office of the president who used to delegate administrative function to a secretary. As time went on, the secretary became the general secretary who shouldered the burden of administration of the church.

The church had its general secretariat at Yemetu, Ibadan after its incorporation in 1943. The office was to later house CAC Pastoral Training School in which the second general secretary, Pastor Hanson was doubling as principal. Due to space constraint, the general secretariat was moved to Kusela Street, Orita Aperin in 1983. An attempt was made in the early 80s to make all the church’s principal officers to reside in Ibadan but logistics made it impossible to do so. However, at Orita Aperin, the president of the church had an official residence. During the presidency of Pastor Olusheye, he found a way through this debacle and got official residence for his general superintendent in Ibadan as well as finding residence for the general evangelist. In January 2003, the new general secretariat building at Anlugbua, Basorun, Ibadan was declared open and movement to the new office started that same month, it was completed in May that same year.

Expansion of the General Secretariat building was undertaken in 2016. The president’s, general superintendent’s, general evangelist’s, and the general secretary’s offices, as well as the publicity, youth and the ICT departmentsall moved to the new building in 2016.

The administration department was originally saddled with record keeping, correspondences, appointment of field staff and their promotion and welfare, as well as organisation of church leaders’ activities, itineraries, communication with relevant audiences, liaising with government departments and execution of policies formulated by the church leaders.