Redemption City of God

Redemption City of God (formerly known as Redemption Camp) is a modern, self-sustained private city and the international headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). It is the largest church-owned singular property in the world, with a total area of 2,500 hectares, significantly surpassing other large religious landmasses such as Vatican City (48.99 hectares), Canaanland (2,000 hectares), Loveworld City, Asese (25 hectares), and many others. Located in Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria, it serves as the primary functional headquarters of the RCCG, which is an evangelical pentecostal megachurch, currently active in 197 countries of the world, with over 9 million members as of 2026. It has the geographical coordinates of longitude 3.3958 and latitude 6.4531. The postal code (postcode) of the Redemption City is 110115.

The facility opened in 1983 and has since expanded to over 2500 hectares. The entire RCCG camp site (over 2,500Ha) is owned by RCCG Mission, with certificate of Occupancy number 23876 issued by the Ogun State Government of Nigeria on 4 August 1998.

The Redemption City has over 5,000 houses, roads, rubbish collection, police station, hospital, supermarkets, banks, a fun fair, a post office, schools, printing press, Redeemed Bible College, and a power plant. As at 2018, there were about 12,000 people living within the Redemption City.

As of March 2023, it is now estimated that the Redemption City has about 200,000 inhabitants.

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