The praying or prophetic (aladura) churches had begun to spread across the continent in the 1920s, and among the Yoruba they had taken strong root with the rise of the Cherubim and Seraphim Society.
Makanisa ya maombi au kinabii (aladura) yalikuwa yameanza kuenea barani kote katika miaka ya 1920, na miongoni mwa Wayoruba yaliota mizizi kwa kujitokeza Chama cha Cherubim na Seraphim.