Some Facts About Bishop David Oyedepo

 

In line with the latest ratings, David Oyedepo is the wealthiest pastor in Nigeria and in the whole world. But there are plenty other curious things you have to know about the “Papa”.

The facts below prove the founder and the presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church may be far more interesting than you have possibly imagined.

1. Records

His church is Living Faith Church World wide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Oyedepo features a 50, 000 seat church auditorium, and it's reported to be the largest church auditorium on earth by the Guinness Book regarding Records.

The Winners’ Chapel network of churches is situated in over 300 cities and neighborhoods, in all the states regarding Nigeria, as well as, inside over 63 cities in 34 African nations, Dubai, the United Kingdom and the united states.

2. Wealth

In 2011, Forbes named him the richest pastor inside Nigeria. And nobody has had the opportunity beat his records yet. Oyedepo is the wealthiest preacher in Nigeria which has a net worth of over USD150m. The church owns four exclusive jets and several buildings around the world, including real estates in UK, and in the United states of America.

3. Family

In 1982 he married Florence Abiola Akano (now known as Faith). They have four kids together: David Jr, Isaac, Love and Joys. David Jr as well as Isaac Oyedepo were ordained Pastors in May 2007 simply by Kenneth Copeland. David Jr pastors the London Branch on the Church with his wife, Kemi, while Isaac Oyedepo is the present Resident Pastor of Winners’ Church International, South Africa.

4. Scholarships

David and his organization created over 100 educational institutions intended for primary, secondary and tertiary development of formal Education. Covenant University was opened to students about October 21, 2002, and was adjudged to get the best private university in Nigeria since 2005. On March 21, 2011, Landmark University, Omuaran Kwara State (another educational institution founded through the Ministry) officially opened for the initial students.

5. Christianity comes Primary

Rumours say that once David refused to aid his half-sister, who was retched, only because she is Muslim. Alhaja Saratu Bello is often a Muslim, she lives in poverty in Lagos.

6. “Exorcism”

In a “deliverance” service at Otta, Ogun State, in 2011, the bishop and the General Overseer of Winners’ Chapel slapped a lady on the face with extensive force. Oyedepo suggested to his kneeling victim that she was involved in witchcraft. She denied this, expressing instead she was “a witch intended for Jesus”. The cleric shouted that Jesus does not have any witches, but when she was adamant, the furious Oyedepo called the woman “a foul devil”, slapped her violently throughout the face, and shouted:

“You can go and burn in hell. ”

7. He is not necessarily banned from UK

In the end of summer 2014 there were rumors that the UK Office at home has barred the multi-millionaire Nigerian preacher from entering great Britain. But David Oyedepo claimed that this information was false: “It’s it will always be a blatant lie and falsehood, ” he stated on August 26, 2014, by way of his spokesperson.