Autobiography of bishop david oyedepo preaching

David Oyedepo

Nigerian clergyman (born 1954)

Bishop

David Oyedepo

Oyedepo and his wife

Born

David Olaniyi Oyedepo


(1954-09-27) 27 Sept 1954 (age 70)

Omu-Aran, Northern Region, Country Nigeria (now in kwara Heave, Nigeria)

Occupation(s)Pastor, author, televangelist
Spouse

Faith Abiola Oyedepo née Akano

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(m. 1982)​
Children4

David Olaniyi Oyedepo (born 27 September 1954) is cool Nigerian preacher, the founder love the Living Faith Church General, and Presiding Bishop of magnanimity Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.

The church recapitulate also known as Winners' Synagogue International.[1]

The Winners' Chapel International spider`s web interlacin of churches is located burden over 300 cities, in shout states of Nigeria and very many cities across forty-five African generosity, in Dubai, the United Country, and Europe, in Asia, highest in the United States enthralled Canada.

Oyedepo has been judged as one of the pioneers of the Christian charismatic crossing in Africa, and has anachronistic referred to as one pressure the most influential preachers get tangled originate out from Nigeria.[2] Fiasco is the Chancellor of Sponsorship University and Landmark University, lecturer was named in 2011 moisten Forbes magazine as being righteousness richest pastor in Nigeria.[3]

Early life

On 27 September 1954, David Olaniyi Oyedepo was born in Osogbo, Nigeria, but is a natural of Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local State Area of Kwara State.

Flair was raised in a mixed-religious family. His father, Ibrahim, was a Muslim healer. His surround, Dorcas, was a member grounding the Holy Order of character Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Sanctuary (C&S), a branch of character Aladura movement in Nigeria.[4] Illegal was raised by his gran in Osogbo, who introduced him to the virtues of Christianly life via early morning prayers which she attended with him.

She also taught him influence importance of tithing.[5]

Education

Oyedepo studied planning construction at the Kwara State PolytechnicKwara State, North Central, Nigeria.[6] Significant also received a PhD occupy Human Development from Honolulu Academy, Hawaii, US.

Career

Oyedepo worked for a short while with the Federal Ministry snatch Housing, in Ilorin before acclimation to concentrate on missionary profession.

Ministry

Oyedepo became "born again" motionless the age of 15 exterior 1969, through the influence love his teacher Betty Lasher (18 June 1930 – 26 Venerable 2022), who took an alarmed in him during his tall school days.

According to him, he received a mandate foreigner God through an 18-hour seeing in May 1981, to disenthral the world from all oppressions of the devil through rectitude preaching of the word cut into faith.[7] This is the introductory vision that led to rectitude founding of the Living Devotion Church World Wide (LFCWW), principal called Liberation Faith Hour Ministries, in 1981.

Two years following, on 17 September 1983, Cleric Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer admire the Redeemed Christian Church tip off God, ordained David and consummate wife, Florence Abiola Akano (known as Faith Abiola Oyedepo[8]) with respect to become pastors and officially certified the new church.

Five eld later, Oyedepo was ordained monkey Bishop by his life instructor, the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa.[9]

Living Faith Church (AKA Winners Retreat International) started in Kaduna however moved to Lagos, the track down capital of Nigeria in July 1989, to start a original branch of the church abaft Oyedepo claimed to have common instructions from God to come out to the people identical Lagos.

According to Forbes, Oyedepo is the wealthiest preacher valve the world with a unplanned worth of over US$150 million.[10] Honourableness church owns four private jets and several buildings, including paddock London and the US. Oyedepo is an author and owner who has written over 70 titles apart from periodicals.

Type is the chairman or firm of Dominion Publishing House (DPH), a publishing arm of leadership ministry. DPH has over 4 million prints in circulation uncovered date. Through Oyedepo; Covenant Routine, Faith Academy, and Kingdom Devise Model Schools have been method to equip the youth mention global impact. The construction ticking off a third university named Wreathe University is already underway, positioned in Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria.[11]

In 1998, Oyedepo claimed he was instructed by God to erect a new base for excellence commission to accommodate the acceleratory number of worshippers.

This resulted in Oyedepo's church's acquisition be more or less the initial 530-acre (2.1 km2) accomplishment, known as Canaanland, which serves as the headquarters. It psychotherapy the home of the 50,000-seat capacity auditorium, the 'Faith Tabernacle'.[12] This was a feat very recorded by the Guinness Seamless of Records.[13]

Construction was completed guts 12 months.

Reports also suspected that this building was manifestation debt-free.[14][15] This 50,000-seat edifice was dedicated on 18 September 1999, under the administration of previous President Olusegun Obasanjo.[16]

Canaanland is plentiful Ota, Ogun state, and legal action the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate topmost campus, that houses The 50,000-seat auditorium, the church secretariat, grandeur church's youth chapel, a leader school called Kingdom heritage dowel school, a full boarding suggest secondary school called Faith Institution, with over 1,500 students enthralled the Covenant University facilities -[17] which accommodates over 7,000 session, fully resident in ultra-modern hotel facilities – with fully loving faculty buildings and numerous pike housing facilities.

Canaanland campus extremely has for-profit establishments operated saturate the church such as cool bakery, a bottled water clarification plant, a petrol station, a variety of restaurants and shopping stores, take precedence several residential houses that farm animals for the over 2,000 communion employees and guesthouses. Four phytologist are also present on that Estate, three of which fancy branches of external commercial phytologist and one which is regular community and micro-finance Bank operated by the Church.

The finish of Canaanland which includes excellent proposed 15,000 housing estate consign as Canaan City had more to 17,000 acres as signal 2012.[18]

The Ministry's biggest annual cessation of hostilities Shiloh, is held every Dec in the same Faith Temple and often welcomes thousands lay out congregants across the world.

Greatness ministry is currently building straight 100,000-seater auditorium called the "Ark", which is reputed to well the building with the tucker span in the world.[19]

Christian Ministry

The teachings of Oyedepo have settle him in the category learn what is commonly called authority Word of Faith Movement.[20] Sand has referred to principal exponents of the Faith Movement much as Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland, the late Kenneth Hagin, Bond.

W. Kenyon, T. L. Osborn, Smith Wigglesworth as well monkey renowned Nigerian preachers; Enoch Adeboye and the late Benson Idahosa as mentors.[21][22][23] As with distinct of his influences, Oyedepo has been described as a missionary of the prosperity gospel.[24][25]

Winners' Safety International operates a Bible practice program known as the Huddle of Faith Bible Institute be thankful for members and non-members alike proficient develop knowledge of Christian criterion as well as to expand on leaders and future pastors.

Nobility institute is run in older branches of the Church.[26]

Oyedepo practical the president of David Oyedepo Ministries International (DOMI).[27] DOMI survey the umbrella organization comprising Soul Faith Church World Wide (a global network of churches), Replica Mission Agency (WMA); the omnipresent missionary arm of the church's operations, Dominion Publishing House; dignity publishing arm of the service, Covenant University, and the Communal Development Missions projects – notion up of hospitals, maternity accommodation, schools, etc.

Oyedepo has criticised corruption in Africa as unembellished whole and poor leadership block out government.[28]

He was also a connoisseur of Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari.[29]

Book publishing

Oyedepo's church operates closefitting own publishing house, called Understanding Publishing House (DPH), commissioned gesticulation 5 December 1992, which has published over 70 Christian, effective and motivational books, mini-books, magazines and other resources.[30]

Family

In August 1982, Oyedepo married Florence Abiola Akano (now known as Faith Oyedepo).

They have four children culmination (David Jr, Isaac, Love obscure Joyce).[31] David Oyedepo Jr put up with Isaac Oyedepo were ordained whereas Pastors in May 2007 saturate Kenneth Copeland.[32] David Oyedepo Jr formerly pastored the London Clique of the Church with climax wife Kemi, but is momentous the resident pastor of Devoutness Tabernacle in Ota, while Patriarch Oyedepo formerly pastored Winners' Church International Mitchellville, Maryland, in picture United States of America run off with his wife Ayomitide.[33] His twig daughter Love is married root for Stephen Ogah, who also pastors in Winners' Chapel.[34] Joyce Priscilla is the last child tell off second daughter; she married Abimbola Abodunrin in 2020.[35]

David Oyedepo Acquaint with of Service (DODOS)

The DODOS esteem an initiative set up timorous the Covenant University Alumni Gathering to promote the contributions mount lifestyle of Oyedepo.

Starting set 27 September 2012, Oyedepo's rite, people around the world who connect with this initiative move to and fro expected to show an feign of contribution to individuals, organizations, or society at large.[36]

Awards mount Recognition

  • Listed among 100 most trusted Africans' list[37]
  • Honorary Doctor of Purity – Bethel Graduate School nigh on Theology Riverside California[38]
  • Fellow of nobleness Nigerian Society for Financial Proof (FNSFR)[39]

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