Celestial Church of Christ is a Pentecostal church Christian movement, which was founded by Reverend Samuel Bilehou Oshoffa on 29th September 1947 in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin. It was from here that the church spread to other West African neighbouring countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Cote D’Ivoire, Burkina Faso in the early 50s.
Nigeria, being the most heavily populated out of all these nations, became the country from which it had most of its members (over 5 million members). For this reason, though Porto-Novo, the mother parish is regarded as the Supreme Headquarters, the founder of the church took residence in Nigeria in 1952 and established the organisation’s International Headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.
The church later spread to countries in Europe, such as United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany etc. It also has a very strong presence in USA, Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand etc.

Rev. Pastor Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa (born 25 December 1948) is the Pastor and Supreme head of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) Worldwide. He is the first son of the Pastor Founder (Late Reverend, Pastor, Prophet Samuel Bilehou Joseph Oshoffa). He assumed office as Pastor and Supreme Head of the Celestial Church of Christ Worldwide in December 2002 following the death of Reverend Philip Hunsu Ajose.
Rev. Pastor Emmanuel Mobiyina Oshoffa was born in 1948 at Kpave, Benin. He went to university in Paris, France, gaining a Bachelor’s degree in animal biological science in 1976 and a Master’s degree in 1977. He was appointed head of the CCC Diocese of France in 1977.