Five years later, Oyedepo was ordained as Bishop. Two years later, on September 17, 1983, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ordained David and his wife, Florence Abiola Akano (known as Faith Abiola Oyedepo) to become pastors and officially commissioned the new church. This is the inaugural vision that led to the founding of the Living Faith Church World Wide (LFCWW), first called Liberation Faith Hour Ministries, in 1981. According to him, he received a mandate from God through an 18-hour vision in May 1981, to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil through the preaching of the word of faith. Oyedepo was " born again" in 1969, through the influence of his teacher, Betty Lasher, who took an interest in him during his high school days. Oyedepo worked briefly with the Federal Ministry of Housing in Ilorin before resigning to concentrate on missionary work He also received a PhD in Human Development from Honolulu University, Hawaii, US. Oyedepo studied architecture at the Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin. She also taught him the importance of tithing. He was raised by his grandmother in Osogbo, who introduced him to the virtues of Christian life via early morning prayers which she attended with him. His mother, Dorcas, was a member of the Holy Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (C&S), a branch of the Aladura movement in Nigeria. His father, Ibrahim, was a Muslim healer. He was raised in a mixed religious family. On September 27, 1954, David Olaniyi Oyedepo was born in Osogbo, Nigeria, but is a native of Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. He was named in 2011 by Forbes magazine as being the richest pastor in Nigeria.
He is the Chancellor of Covenant University and Landmark University. Oyedepo has been seen as one of the pioneers of the Christian charismatic movement in Africa and has been referred to as one of the most powerful preachers in Nigeria. The Winners' Chapel International network of churches is located in over 300 cities, in all states of Nigeria, and in several cities in 45 African nations, Dubai, the United Kingdom and the United States, Europe, Asia and Canada. Oyedepo (born September 27, 1954) is a Nigerian preacher, Christian author, businessman, architect and the founder and presiding Bishop of the megachurch Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, and Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners' Chapel International. Pastor, author, educationist, minister, architectĭavid O.
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