Purpose Statement

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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye

CLBA is focused on three social religious principles, which we consider essential for the preservation of the Lukumi/Ayoba faith. We believe that maintaining a professional organization and good character can sustain our religious and cultural prestige. Prestige in the long run will provide a longstanding powerful institutional foundation.

CLBA aims to provide an institution to address the social and religious needs of its members and of clergy members worldwide and to preserve the Lukumi/Ayoba religious ethics and morals as prescribed in our tenets. CLBA is primarily centered on the religious education of adherents, clergy, and general public.

The general purpose of this Church is as follows:

• To maintain, own, operate, and have a secured religious place of worship, according to the teachings of the Lukumi/Ayoba religion.

• To establish a formal setting for the religious education of adherents, clergy, and general public, according to the Lukumi/Ayoba tenets.

• To hold sessions and ceremonies for the worship of ancestors.

• To promote and study supernatural phenomena, according to African based philosophy and religion known as Lukumi/Ayoba

• To perform traditional baptism, marriage, birth rite, priesthood ordination, death rite.

• To engage in the certification of its ordained members.

• To take appropriate legal action to ensure our constitutional protection of religious freedom.

• To elect and appoint officers and agents, as its affairs shall require.

• To conduct its affairs, and operations in any state or possession of the United States, or any foreign country.

• To establish affiliations and support with other corporations or legal entity.

• CLBA represents the following practices in belief that they are important for the perseverance of the Lukumi/Ayoba religion.

• Explanation of our central dogma as found in the religious teachings of Ifa.
• Inspiring confidence to provide relief and assurance through divine explanation which permits us to confront insecurities and life's challenges.
• Reinforcing customs and values to preserve our culture.
• Social Integration: It’s important for a group in the society with a common belief and religion, to be unified under a centralized formal tribal order, for the perseverance of its lineal customs and traditions.
• Preserve our religious ethics and morals.

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