Cherubim and Seraphim Society
{{Short description|Christian denomination from Nigeria}}
The Cherubim and Seraphim Society is a Christian denomination from Nigeria. It was founded by Christiana Abiodun Emanuel and Baba Moses Orimolade.{{cite web |url=http://www.evangelicalgospelministry.org/Page3.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.evangelicalgospelministry.org |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414172536/http://www.evangelicalgospelministry.org/Page3.htm |archive-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead}} The society is one of the Aladura churches.{{cite web|url=http://www.transafrika.org/pages/informationen-afrika/religion/synkretismus.php|title=Synkretismus in Afrika|publisher=transafrika.org|accessdate=2015-07-12}} It has been claimed that the Cherubim and Seraphim Society was founded in 1925 and a split from the founders [Baba Moses Orimolade and Captain Abiodun Emanuel] led to the formation of several other major and minor divisions of the Cherubim and Seraphim fold.
Its headquarters is in Lagos, Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22Cherubim+and+Seraphim+Society%22|title="Cherubim and Seraphim Society" - Google Search|website=www.google.com}} In Lagos, it has Holy Mary Cathedral Church (Lagos), built in 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/abiodun_christiana.html|title=Christiana Abiodun Emmanuel, Nigeria, Cherubim and Seraphim Society|publisher=dacb.org|accessdate=2015-07-12}} It is present in Northern Nigeria, too.{{cite book|title=The unfinished state: Demokratie und Ethnizität in Nigeria|author=Brunner, M.|date=2002|publisher=Institut für Afrika-Kunde|isbn=9783928049856|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWiGIFfcLXcC&pg=PA215|page=215|accessdate=2015-07-12}} Other countries where it is present include Senegal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Angels, in particular the Archangel Michael, are central to the society.{{cite web|url=http://abenteuer-safari.com/afrika/religionen-afrika/synkretismus-afrika.html|title=Synkretismus in Afrika - Abenteuer Safari|publisher=abenteuer-safari.com|accessdate=2015-07-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711003655/http://abenteuer-safari.com/afrika/religionen-afrika/synkretismus-afrika.html|archivedate=2012-07-11}}