THE BIRTH OF CASOR
It all began at SINKOR CHAPEL, MONROVIA LIBERIA at about 8.40pm (Liberian time) on Thursday March 18, 1971. On this memorable night, a young man by the name C.I. Onyenadum fell into a trance during an evening prayer meeting. He fell into a state of being mentally alert and yet experiencing things beyond the physical.Here, he got the call into the ministry:

1. To return to Nigeria so as to reach Assemblies of God children in the Universities and other higher institutions with the gospel, teachings, and instructing, so that they do not derail and depart from the faith after their trainings and educations.
2. To teach the Assemblies of God children to remain loyal to the Assemblies of God Church.
3. To evangelize the campus community and win other students to Christ.
It was on this night that CASOR was born. CASOR was not founded in Nigeria but was born in Sinkor Chapel, Monrovia Liberia.


Mr. C.I. Onyenadum was born by good and highly commended Assemblies of God preacher-parents. He received the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in other tongues in 1949. He was a recognizable christian who took active part in church-related activities until he derailed. At Sinkor Chapel, Monrovia Liberia, He got the calling and his life totally changed to reach out to the youths who must have derailed the way he did and to souls that have not known Christ.

DAYS OF SMALL BEGINNING

In June that same year (1971), after three months of dialogue with the Lord whether he should return to Nigeria or remain stubborn to the call, he boarded the ship, MV NNAMDI AZIKIWE and sailed from the port of Monrovia back to Nigeria, having been barred from his trip to Amsterdam; his destination in his pursuit of educational laurels. He returned to carry on the Sinkor Vision. Having been directed back to the Assemblies of God and in other to have a strong ministerial base (for the craze of Founder/President was still in the womb), he forwarded a memorandum to the Executive Committee of the Assemblies of God Nigeria during its meeting of September, 1971. In this memorandum, he formerly briefed the Executive Committee on his call and vision and requested its blessing and mandate to go into campus ministry under the auspices of the Church. He got directed by the Committee to first get trained as a Pastor! Meanwhile, he had begun to fulfil the Sinkor Vision by becoming an itinerant evangelist. He visited schools and churches with Emma Uche, now Barrister E.O.N. Uche who served as his interpreter. He shared his testimony with students and members for his call into the ministry was spectacular. He started the ministry of CASOR from his village house in Umueledi, Old Umuahia of Abia State in Nigeria. The ministry was first called CHI ALPHA (Greek for CHRIST AMBASSADORS). Because of its tongu-twisting nature, he changed the name to ASSEMBLIES OF GOD ADVANCED STUDENTS NATIONAL CONVENTION (AGASTUNAC). In the same year, he and Barr. E. Uche bagan the circulation of magazine called the PENTECOSTAL AWAKENING which they produced and published. The magazine died when he enrolled full-time in the Assemblies of God Bible College, Old Umuahia in Nigeria in 1972. From 1972 - 1974 he was put on hold and the ministry was continued by letter-writing with students by the then General Council Christ Ambassadors director who received inspiration from his blue-print to the Executive Committee.
It was only after Onyenadum's graduation from Bible College in 1974 that the Executive Committee thought it timely to give him full mandate to pursue and fulfil the Sinkor Vision. The Executive Committee renamed the ministry the CHRIST AMBASSADORS STUDENTS' OUT-REACH (CASOR) and officially appointed Onyenadum C.I. as the first director in January, 1975. In April, 1975, four months later, he moved the make-shift headquarters of CASOR from Old Umuahia to Nsukka. The aim was to use the University of Nigeria as a springboard and raise CASOR there as a model. It was from Nsukka that is what constituted CASOR secretariat and administration made up of his wife (whom he married in 1973) and him (Onyenadum), launched out to lay the foundation of a global edifice now CASOR Nigeria. By the end of 1976, they had established CASOR roots in nine (9) centers:
1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2. University of Ibadan
3. Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri
4. Lagos chapter at 111 Clegg Street, Surulere, Lagos for all tertiary institutions within the metropolis
5. Port Harcourt chapter at 105 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt for all tertiary institutions within the metropolis
6. Calabar chapter at 98 Nelson Mandela Street, Calabar for all tertiary institutions within the metropolis
7. University of Jos, Jos
8. Ado Bayero University (now Bayero University), Kano
9. University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife.

Though the operational base was the University of Nigeria where the roll-call was considerably large, the University of Ibadan caught the fire due to the untiring effort of its foundation members and consequently became the first CASOR chapter to be accorded full campus ministry status and recognition. The chapters as were established by Onyenadum C.I. and his wife flourished until 1977 when he personally chose the late Rev. C. Aniemeke as his successor and handed the baton of CASOR ministry to him. Onyenadum C.I. is presently a Rev. Pastor of the Assemblies of God and Personal Assistant to the gen. Secretary of Assemblies of God Nigeria. Pastor (arch.) Sam. Nwokorie is the current Casor National Director



Presently, CASOR can be found in almost all higher institutions and secondary schools in Nigeria and in West African countries.


CASOR NOTATIONS
The CASOR logo comprises of the cross, the bible, the hat and the ring.
THE CROSS: portrays the death and ressurrection of the Lord Jesus of which CASOR holds to reach out.
THE BIBLE: portrays the Word of God of which CASOR stands
THE HAT: portrays the academic world of which CASOR operates
THE RING: portrays the encompassing of the three above under the name CHRIST AMBASSADORS STUDENTS' OUT-REACH


CASOR COLOURS

These are blue and white.
BLUE: represents the LOVE of our Lord Jesus Christ
WHITE: represents the PEACE of our Lord Jesus Christ



CASOR MOTTO


... be ye reconciled to God 2 Corinthians 5:20

IT PAYS TO SERVE THE LORD !!!