Community manuscript record
A source-based timeline of the non-Baptist Christian milestones preserved in the supplied Takete-Ide manuscript.
Takete-Ide’s history is being preserved through documentary evidence, community records and oral testimony. Some accounts on this page continue to be researched and verified with elders, family representatives and the traditional institution — see the status badge beside each section. If you can help confirm, correct or expand this record, please contribute what you know.
This expanded website record follows the supplied community manuscript for Takete-Ide history and heritage. Baptist Church-specific material from the manuscript is intentionally excluded; Baptist history on the website continues to rely on its separate church and archival sources.
For that reason, this page deliberately omits the manuscript’s Baptist Church narrative. Baptist history elsewhere on the website remains tied to its separate church and archival sources.
Source note: From the Hilltops to the Valley: The History, Heritage and People of Takete Ide. Summarised from the supplied community historical manuscript. For this website update, the manuscript is treated as the primary community source for Takete-Ide history and heritage, except for Baptist Church-specific material, which continues to use separate Baptist church and archival sources. Where the manuscript itself contains incomplete dates, unclear wording or internal differences, the website preserves that uncertainty rather than inventing a correction.
1919
The manuscript credits evangelists Joash Abereoran and Daniel with repeated visits to Ilu-Oke and records Peter Olowodara among the earliest converts.
12 January 1921
The manuscript records Peter Olowodara, Daniel Eseyin, Luke Olorunleke and Thomas Ode Ayeni as the four pioneer members baptised by Rev. Titcombe.
27 March 1925
The manuscript records Maria Anulase, Maria Iya Egbe, Leah Efa, Maria Iyagidan and Rakeli Omosofe as the first five women baptised in the church at Ilu-Oke.
11 December 1927
The manuscript records a letter requesting that land be made available to the SIM congregation for a church building, after which a suitable plot was allocated.
15 May 1928
The manuscript dates the formal beginning of construction work to 15 May 1928 and describes extensive member contributions of labour, farm produce and money.
29 December 1930
A fifteen-member choir, made up of eleven men and four women, is recorded as the first dedicated church singing group.
1938
The manuscript records The Apostolic Church as the third Christian denomination to become established in Takete-Ide, with Stephen Eseyin, Lot Eseyin and Daniel Oloruntoba among its pioneer members.
24 May 1939
The manuscript records that members travelled to Lagos for an iron bar used as a church bell and brought it back to Takete-Ide; the bell arrived on 24 May 1939.
1980
The manuscript includes Church of God in Christ in its denominational chronology with the year 1980.
17 December 2003
The manuscript records the creation of the Takete-Ide LCC comprising First ECWA Takete-Ide, ECWA Aiyedayo, ECWA Ayede and Second ECWA Takete-Ide.
2006
The manuscript associates the local Redeemed congregation with the year 2006. The website records this as a manuscript date pending local church documentation.
This list preserves the manuscript’s denominational record while deliberately excluding Baptist Church material. Where the manuscript does not give a complete year, the website leaves the date open rather than guessing.
Manuscript date: 1919
The manuscript treats the SIM/ECWA congregation as the first Christian denomination in Takete-Ide.
Manuscript date: 1938
The manuscript records The Apostolic Church as established in Takete-Ide in 1938.
Date not clearly supplied
Listed among the Christian denominations in the manuscript; no clear establishment year is supplied.
Manuscript date: 1980
The manuscript associates this congregation with 1980.
Date not clearly supplied
Listed among the Christian denominations in the manuscript; no clear establishment year is supplied.
Date not clearly supplied
The manuscript contains an incomplete year entry, so the website does not infer the missing date.
Date not clearly supplied
Listed among the Christian denominations in the manuscript; no clear establishment year is supplied.
Manuscript date: 2006
The manuscript associates the local Redeemed congregation with 2006; parish records can further confirm the exact local name and date.
Date not clearly supplied
Listed in the manuscript among the Christian congregations in Takete-Ide without a clear establishment year.
The manuscript records two ECWA congregations and two Apostolic congregations in Takete-Ide. This is preserved as a manuscript statement rather than used to calculate a current total of places of worship.
