Editing Celestial Church of Christ (section)

==Demographics and reception==
In 2001, it was the second largest church in Benin by the number of its practitioners with nearly half a million followers.<ref>{{cite book |first=Albert |last=De Surgy |title=L'Église du christianisme céleste un exemple d'Église prophétique au Bénin |publisher=Karthala |place=Paris |others=Series: Chrétiens en liberté |date=June 2001 |language=French}}</ref> In France, the church is suspected by two anti-cults associations, [[Union nationale des associations de défense des familles et de l'individu|ADFI]] and [[Centre contre les manipulations mentales|CCMM]], of "cultic deviances"<ref>{{cite journal |title=Le Préfet veut relancer la vigileance contre les dérives sectaires |url=http://www.prevensectes.com/rev0501.htm#7 |journal=AFP |date=7 January 2005 |language=French |accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> and of having committed acts of violence involving the death of a fifteen-year-old minor.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Church members jailed after exorcism kills teen |url=http://www1.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/114/article_4097.asp  |date=25 June 2009 |publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]]  |accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Procès en appel pour les responsables de l'église du Christianisme céleste |url=http://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/faitsdivers/proces-en-appel-pour-les-responsables-de-l-eglise-du-christianisme-celeste-24-02-2010-52006.php |first=D. |last=St-J. |journal=France-Guyane |language=French |date=24 February 2010 |accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref>