THE ORIGIN OF THE ETERNAL SACRED ORDER OF
THE CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM CHURCH AND MORNING STAR CHURCH
The
Church was founded by Late Saint Moses Orimolade Tunolase of blessed memory.
The group was unique in that they worship in white garments and are the first
authentic African church founded by a Nigerian; St. Moses Orimolade Tunolase
was born on Sunday 11th November, 1877 at Okorun street, Ikare Akoko
in Ondo State. He started his evangelistic and spiritual healing work from his
home town, in Ikare Akoko and moved to other parts of the country before moving
to Lagos when he had a vision that the Atlantic Ocean was abount to submerge
Lagos.
After
many successful prayer sessions and revival services he won many followers. He
never intended to start a church but only to spiritually reawaken the existing
churches by teaching them the way and injunction of the Holy Spirit. Many of
the church leaders rejected him for many reasons including the fact that he was
not only an illiterate but also that he had no known religious root. With the
huge followership it became expedient to find a name for the prayer group. At
Agosofin in Lagos Island the Order was named Seraph on Wednesday 9th
September, 1925. And Cherub was added to the name on Thursday 26th
May, 1927.
Late
Saint Moses Orimolade Tunolase left Lagos Island to Ebute Metta and he got the
church transferred to Lagos Street in Ebute Metta. From Ebute Metta he moved to
Ojokoro and invited Late Baba Williams Onanuga. He wore him one of his own
garments and blessed him as his successor. Baba Orimolade passed on Friday 18th
October, 1933 and was laid to rest on 19th October, 1933 at Ojokoro
in a Lagos sub-urban.
The late
High Priest of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Morning Star and Saint Michael
Star, Fountain of Life Mount Zion, who was then a member of the Eternal Sacred
Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim had earlier met with the founder of the
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Late Baba Aladura Orimolade
Tunolase when he relocated to Ifako, the residence of Late Elder J.K. Coker who
was the father of the now Priest – E.Olu. Coker. Incidentally, the Late High
Priest who as then working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation was
transferred to the Eastern Region of Nigeria. Initially, he did not want to go
but he got a spiritual instruction to go for God had a purpose for the
transfer. He left and God fulfilled His purpose by making him to open 86
branches within 7 years of his transfer/stay in the East before being posted
back to Lagos.
Unfortunately,
he had problems with the Mother Church over ordination issues which resulted in
his separating from the Cherubim and Seraphim to establish the Eternal Sacred
Order of the Morning Star and St. Michael Star, Fountain of Life, Mount Zion in
July 1963.
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