Celestial Babies (children born and named in Celestial Church) do display a pompous confidence of describing themselves as the original members of the church.

This assertion has been described as untrue by Senior Evangelist S.O Odeyemi and Evangelist Adewale Shittu. The duo made this revelation known in a book titled “The Theory and Practice of Celestialism.” They revealed that being born in the church doesn’t make one an automatic member of the church.






“You do not acquire the citizenship of Celestial Church by birth,” Odeyemi and Shittu wrote in the book. They maintained that the real members of the church are those who seek Christ and have been liberated by his strong hand.

The duo further stressed that the gateway pass to Celestial Church of Christ is the Holy Spirit and not by birth.