The appointment of Brother Paul, as he was popularly called, triggered  rapid changes in the infrastructural aspect of The Apostolic Faith in  Nigeria. In December 2002, the Youth wing of The Apostolic Faith  decided to hold their yearly Youth camp on the expansive land acquired  for the Church at Igbesa, a suburb of Lagos, in the early 1970s. This land  had been acquired by the pioneer Africa Overseer of the Church, 

Reverend Timothy Gbadebo Oshokoya. The youth camp generated  Gospel outreach meetings round the villages in the Adie Owe area and  Igbesa, in Ado Odo, Ota area all in Ogun State. God honoured His Word:  the blind saw, a man who had been insane and in chains for years regained  his sanity and many wonders attended the revivals.  

Brother Paul told a combined service of The Apostolic Faith members in  the then Lagos District (now Lagos Region) that the wonders of it all was  that God told him, “Take my people to Igbesa; I will heal them there.” That  was in January 2003. This became his daily clarion call. It sounded  unbelievable to many, but as a man in a hurry that he was, general works  were announced virtually every fortnight so as to clear the big forest and  open up the land. Brethren within Lagos neighbourhood were invited to  join the workforce. At the forefront of the workforce, Saturday after  Saturday, was Brother Paul in his Khaki kit, leading by practical example.  He coined the name “Faith City.” God revealed to Brother Paul that it was  time to move the campground to Igbesa for camp meetings. God helped him to take the bold step.

Brother Darel Lee laying the foundation of Faith City Tabernacle in 2002

In 2003, the first annual camp meeting was held  at Faith City, Igbesa, under a Giant tent that could sit 1,000 at once. But for  the zeal and leadership of Brother Paul, the vast land that now  accommodates the new campground and Crawford University would  possibly have remained just sprawling hectares of land deep down in the  forest.