[1] It has spread from West Africa to countries in Europe, such as Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom,[2][3] but a number of its parishes are located in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos and Ogun State.

[9] Following Jesse's death, his faction declared that Superior Evangelist Paul Suru Maforikan was the new spiritual leader of the church.

The formal name of the church is inspired by a vision, in which Jesus said that Church members adore him as do the angels in heaven,[1] and from Deuteronomy 26:15: "Look down from thy Holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our father, a land flowing with milk and honey".

Its doctrinal teachings are based on the Bible, and any superstition or animist belief from traditional African religions is excluded, [1] as in other churches in the Aladura movement.

The church is governed by twelve major recommendations, consisting of several prohibitions, including food, common to a number of other monotheistic religions.

Menstruating women and those who have recently given birth are unclean and cannot enter the church building or wear the garment for seven days, after which they would be "sanctified".

Members of CCC are forbidden to engage or participate in any form of idolatry, fetish ceremony or cults, black magic and charms.

The CCC believes the event attendance is a mandate made by Oshoffa following his declaration that God had chosen Imeko as the New Jerusalem for the fold.

[14] In France, the church is suspected by two anti-cults associations, ADFI and CCMM, of "cultic deviances"[15] and of having committed acts of violence involving the death of a fifteen-year-old minor.