Defending CAC Truth and Authority: False Altars, Divided Hearts, and the Call to Creative Redemption
By Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola
The Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) stands today at a decisive spiritual and historical crossroads. Born in the fires of revival, nurtured by holiness, and sustained by apostolic discipline, CAC has carried a sacred heritage from the days of Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola into the twenty‑first century. Yet, alongside this glorious legacy lies a painful chapter—one marked by misinformation, revisionist narratives, and a rebellion that altered the governance structure of the Church.
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In this season, the Lord is calling us to confront truth with courage, humility, and spiritual intelligence. The prophetic lens of Scripture, particularly Hosea 10:1–3, offers a profound framework for understanding our present moment.
Hosea 10:1–3 — False Altars and Divided Hearts
Hosea’s ancient oracle speaks with striking relevance to our present moment. The prophet describes Israel as an empty vine, a nation whose prosperity produced false altars, misused blessings, and hearts divided between God and self‑interest. Their increase did not lead them into obedience; instead, it drew them into idolatry. Their success did not produce unity; it fuelled rebellion. Their abundance did not yield righteousness; it birthed deception. In this way, Hosea unveils a people who turned divine favour into spiritual corruption, and who mistook material growth for divine approval.
This prophetic picture mirrors, with sobering clarity, the crisis that befell the Christ Apostolic Church in 1990. A season of blessing became a breeding ground for ambition. Prosperity created altars God did not authorise. Influence was misused, and hearts became divided. What should have been a moment of strengthening became a moment of fracture. Hosea’s words therefore serve not merely as historical commentary, but as a spiritual mirror held before our own generation.
Yet the message of Hosea is never confined to judgement. It is a proclamation of creative redemption—God’s power to overturn corruption and restore covenant order. In Hosea’s vision, prosperity‑driven idolatry is dismantled by divine judgement, divided hearts are healed through covenant truth, and misused blessings are transformed into restored obedience. This is not destruction for its own sake; it is the holy re‑ordering of a people called back to their original purpose.
This same spiritual pattern is what God is calling the Christ Apostolic Church to embrace today. The Lord is summoning His Church to allow false altars to fall, to permit divided hearts to be confronted by truth, and to let misused blessings be reclaimed for obedience. Creative redemption is the divine pathway to revival, and it is the pattern by which CAC will rise again in purity, authority, and apostolic integrity.
The Constitutional Foundations of CAC Governance
CAC is not an informal association. It is a legally constituted body governed by the 1943 Articles of Association and recognised by the 1985 Certificate of Incorporation (No. 147). These documents established the Supreme Council as the lawful governing organ of the Church—entrusted with corporate identity, doctrinal guardianship, and institutional continuity.
This structure was designed to preserve order, prevent doctrinal drift, and ensure that leadership transitions were conducted within constitutional boundaries. For decades, the Supreme Council fulfilled this mandate faithfully.
The 1990 Crisis: A Coup Against Constituted Authority
The events of 1990 were not administrative disagreements. They were not benign misunderstandings. They were not Spirit‑led reforms. They constituted, in every constitutional and ecclesiastical sense, a coup—a deliberate and coordinated rebellion against constituted authority.
A group of ministers, driven by ambition and dissatisfaction, orchestrated a revolt against the Supreme Council. They bypassed the trustees, violated the constitutional order, and installed an alternative leadership structure without legal mandate or corporate legitimacy. This action fractured the Church’s governance and triggered decades of litigation, factionalisation, and institutional confusion.
There was no reconciliation, no lawful settlement, and no ecclesiastical congress that restored constitutional order. The rebellion remained rebellion. The rupture remained rupture. And the consequences have echoed across generations.
The Fabricated Doctrines of “Excommunication” and “Insubordination”
A critical truth must be stated with unmistakable clarity: the individuals who engineered the rebellion were themselves the authors of the doctrines of “excommunication” and “insubordination.” These notions did not arise from the Supreme Council, nor were they issued as disciplinary measures. They were never recorded in any official minute, and they formed no part of the constitutional processes of the Christ Apostolic Church. They were inventions—fabricated narratives crafted deliberately to justify unlawful actions and to cloak their uprising in a veneer of legitimacy.
The reality is straightforward. They were never excommunicated. They were never disciplined. They were never sanctioned. Instead, they rushed to the Court—pre‑emptively, strategically, and with calculated intent—to prevent the Supreme Council from exercising its rightful authority to discipline them for their grievous act against the Church. Their legal manoeuvre was not a defence against oppression; it was a shield erected to evade accountability.
The so‑called “excommunication” narrative was therefore propaganda. The claim of “insubordination” was a self‑serving invention. These doctrines were constructed to portray themselves as victims, to confuse the faithful, and to weaken the authority of the Church at a critical moment. Their actions were not the cry of oppressed ministers seeking justice. They were the tactics of coup plotters determined to escape judgement and to secure advantage through deception.
This truth must be acknowledged with sobriety, for only in the light of truth can the Church heal, rebuild, and advance in righteousness.
The Repentance Before Death: Truth Vindicated
In the most dramatic and divinely orchestrated manner, the principal architect of the rebellion came to repentance before his passing. In his final season, he issued a public press release and swore to an affidavit, openly confessing the truth of the rebellion and acknowledging the grave error of their uprising against the Supreme Council. His repentance shattered decades of false narratives and unveiled the deception that had sustained fabricated doctrines and misleading claims.
The Scriptures affirm with unshakeable clarity:
“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” — 2 Corinthians 13:8
His confession now stands as a solemn and enduring witness that truth ultimately triumphs over falsehood. It testifies that God Himself vindicates His Church, and that no rebellion—however long sustained—can outlive the light of divine truth. It is a reminder to this generation that the Lord defends His own house, and that repentance, when embraced sincerely, becomes a powerful instrument of purification and restoration.
Why Truth Matters: The Danger of “Forgetting the Past”
Some voices in our present moment urge the Church to forget the past and simply move forward. Yet forgetting is not a virtue when the past is marked by lies, deceptions, distortions, and deliberate rebellion. To erase such a history is not an act of maturity; it is an abdication of responsibility. Our children will not condemn us for speaking the truth. They will condemn us for concealing it. Children raised in righteousness, integrity, and the fear of God do not despise those who tell the truth. They reserve their condemnation for those who knowingly perpetuate falsehood.
This is not a season in which matters should be swept under the carpet. It is not a season for convenient silence or for pretending that wounds heal without cleansing. This is the season of repentance, the hour of truth, the moment in which the Church must confront what has happened with courage and humility. The past will be revealed, and the truth will be declared. Those who have fed richly—indeed, excessively—on the crisis will be exposed by the grace of God. Such exposure is not intended for humiliation, but for purification. It is not for vengeance, but for restoration. It is not for division, but for revival.
Unity that is built without truth is fragile. Peace that is pursued without repentance is deceptive. Revival that attempts to bypass integrity is impossible. The Church must therefore embrace this moment with sobriety, courage, and a commitment to righteousness, for only in truth can genuine healing and renewal take root.
A Pentecostal Vision for Creative Redemption
The Christ Apostolic Church stands at a decisive moment in its spiritual journey. It is a moment that calls not for noise, nor for the celebration of disorder, but for a sober return to the sacred path that birthed its apostolic identity. Revival is the heartbeat of CAC, yet revival cannot flourish in an atmosphere where rebellion is treated as virtue. It cannot thrive where divinely instituted authority is questioned or weakened. It cannot be sustained where truth is diluted, negotiated, or conveniently set aside.
The prophetic mantle entrusted to the Church carries a weight that demands holiness of life, unwavering discipline, and a humble submission to divine order. It calls for fidelity to covenant truth and a renewed commitment to the creative redemption that has always distinguished the movement. These are not optional virtues; they are the spiritual architecture upon which CAC was built.
The apostolic fire that ignited the Church in its earliest days must be rekindled. This rekindling will not emerge from political manoeuvring, institutional rivalry, or human ambition. It will come only through prayer that breaks the heavens open, repentance that purifies the altar, and truth that restores the ancient landmarks.
The future of the Christ Apostolic Church depends on a deliberate return to its foundations. Scripture must once again be the supreme authority. Holiness must be the culture of its people. Apostolic authority must be honoured as a divine trust. Truth must be upheld without compromise. Creative redemption must continue to shape its mission and witness.
This is the pathway to genuine revival. This is the inheritance CAC must guard. This is the call of God to His Church in this season.
Conclusion: Jesus Is Lord Over His Church
As the Christ Apostolic Church stands at this defining juncture, it must choose the path that leads to life. The way of truth is the only road that can restore unity. The way of honesty is the only medicine that can heal old wounds. And the way of revival is the only atmosphere in which the Church can rise again in apostolic strength and spiritual glory.
To walk this path faithfully, the events of 1990 must be acknowledged with courage and dignity. This is not to shame individuals, nor to reopen bitterness, but to restore the institutional integrity of the Church. What happened must be named truthfully so that what was fractured may be made whole. The Supreme Council must be recognised for its constitutional authority, and the Church must recommit itself to truth as the foundation upon which unity stands secure.
The Christ Apostolic Church was birthed in revival, shaped by holiness, and sustained by unwavering devotion to Christ. Its restoration must follow the same pattern. Truth must be embraced without fear. Righteousness must be honoured without compromise. And the Lordship of Jesus Christ must remain the centre of its identity and mission.
If CAC walks this path, its future will not be defined by past wounds but by divine renewal. The Church will rise again in purity, authority, and apostolic fire, bearing witness to the faithfulness of God across generations.
JESUS IS LORD.
Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola is the General Evangelist, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Nigeria and Overseas