Oyedepo Responds To Leadership Retirement Criticism, Advises Opponents To Self-Examine

Oyedepo Responds To Leadership Retirement Criticism, Advises Opponents To Self-ExamineBishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), has urged critics to stop questioning the church’s decisions regarding the retirement of its pastors. This comes after social media backlash regarding the upcoming retirements of his two vice presidents, Bishops Thomas Aremu and David Abioye, who have served for three and four decades, respectively.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Oyedepo clarified that their retirements align with the church’s operational guidelines, known as The Mandate, which acts as the church’s constitution. Speaking at a valedictory service for Bishop Aremu at Winners Chapel, Orita Bashorun, he emphasized the importance of focusing on personal affairs.

He noted that the church’s Administrative Policy was last reviewed in 2001 and The Mandate revised in 2024, with the retirement age changed from 60 to 55. While Oyedepo retains the right to serve for life, future church leaders will be limited to one or two terms of seven years, subject to Board of Trustees approval.

Addressing those wishing for the ministry’s decline, he stated that such aspirations are a waste of life. “My advice to commentators is to study to be quiet and mind your business. It is wisdom to learn what is working and how it works. Everything works here,” he asserted.

In his message to Aremu, he advised maintaining a strong connection with God, warning that taking a spiritual break could be risky. He quoted Genesis 49:26, emphasizing that no one has an inheritance in a teacher or pastor, and encouraged Aremu to focus on growth, saying, “There’s no such thing as the best today or tomorrow; what matters is your pursuit of God.”

Aremu, in his address, expressed his intention not to start his own church after retirement, stating, “I don’t have a church, and I cannot have a church because God has not infused me with the capacity to do so. This is my church.” Aremu, who transitioned to full-time ministry after a successful career as an accountant, is the last surviving bishop from those consecrated at the Garden of Faith in Kaduna in November 1999.

Bishop Abioye’s farewell ceremony is scheduled for Friday, October 18, 2024, in Durumi, Abuja.

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