The desire for a distinctive identity prompted the leaders of the group to begin to seek a name for the group. After prayers, Joseph Babalola announced that God had directed that since the group was manifesting deeds reminiscent of the days of the first Apostles, it should be named after the Apostles.
The Church was therefore christened "Apostolic Church." It was later changed to "Nigerian Apostolic Church" to differentiate it from one with a similar name in Britain. Soon the name was again changed to "United Apostolic Church." However, due to a similarity in the Church's acronyms, UAC to a popular conglomerate at that time, the name was again changed to "Christ Apostolic Church', which has been the name of the Church till date.
In the course of the development of the Church, the following became established:
The Bible Training College at Ede, in 1952 (the College moved to Erio Ekiti in 1954, to Efon Alaaye in 1958 and to Akure in 1969)
The Pastoral Training College at Ibadan, in 1946
The School of Prophets and Evangelists at Ilesha, in 1949
The Teachers' College at Efon Alaaye, in 1955
The Faith Home at Ede, in 1959
The Grammar Schools at Ibadan, Efon Alaaye and Iperu, all in 1960, at Ilesa in 1962, at Akure in 1964 and at Odo-Owa in 1970
The Press and Publications department in 1966
The Sunday School Department in 1977 and –
The Theological Seminary at Ile-Ife in 1979
THE PRESIDENT, PASTOR Dr. HENRY
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