| Net Worth: | $205 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth: | September 27, 1954 (70 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 6 ft 9 (1.65 m) |
| Profession: | Nigerian preacher, Presiding Bishop,Christian author, businessman, architect and the founder ,Worldwide, |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
David Oyedepo is a Nigerian Televangelist, Preacher, Christain author, founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel International, and presiding Bishop of the Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
David Oyedepo is widely known as one of the most powerful preachers in Nigeria and an instigator of the African Christain Charismatic Movement.
As the founder of Winners Chapel International, the church is scattered across several cities in 45 African nations, including the United States, Dubai, Canada, and Asia. In Nigeria alone, it has branches in all states and over 300 cities.
David is the Chancellor of Landmark University and Covenant University owned by the church. In 2011, Forbes magazine ranked him the richest pastor in Nigeria.
Early life
In Osogbo, Nigeria, David Olaniyi Oyedepo was birthed on September 27, 1954, he hails from Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. David was groomed in Osogbo by his grandmother who lectured him on how tithing is important and regularly attending prayers in the mornings to boost his Christian life.
His parents were mixed religions where Ibrahim his father was a Muslim healer and Dorcas his mother was a member of the Holy Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (C&S), a branch of the Aladura movement in Nigeria.
Education
David Oyedepo was schooled at Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin, the department of architecture. He also studied at Honolulu University, Hawaii, US, and bagged a Ph.D. in Human Development.
Career
David started his career in Ilorin where he served in the Federal Ministry of Housing. Later he resigned completely and focused on Missionary and Evangelist work.
Evangelism
David Oyedepo received christ in 1969 through the inspiration and teachings of Betty Lasher his great teacher who looked after him all through his years in high school.
According to him, in May 1981, he was given a mandate by God through an 18-hour vision to free the globe from all devilish oppression by preaching the word of faith. This vision gave him the inspiration and zeal to establish the Liberation Faith Hour Ministries, which is now called Living Faith Church World Wide (LFCWW), in 1981.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ordained David and his wife Faith Abiola Oyedepo) to become pastors on September 17, 1983, and formally commissioned the couple’s new church.
Oyedepo falls under the umbrella of the Word of Faith Movement as a result of his teachings. He has cited prominent Faith Movement figures as mentors, including Enoch Adeboye and the late Benson Idahosa from Nigeria as well as Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland, the late Kenneth Hagin, E. W. Kenyon, T. L. Osborn, and Smith Wigglesworth.
David has been characterized as a preacher of the prosperity gospel, like many of his mentors. For interested individuals, both members and non-members, Winners Chapel runs a Bible training school known as Word of Faith Bible Institute WOFBI with aim of creating future leaders and pastors while also increasing awareness of Christian values. This institute is managed by the Church’s principal branches.
Personal Life
Oyedepo got married to Faith Oyedepo formerly called Florence Abiola Akano. The union is blessed with two boys and two girls. David Oyedepo Jr his first son and Isaac Oyedepo his second son were ordained Pastors at Winners chapel by Kenneth Copeland in May 2007.
David Oyedepo Jr.with Kemi and his wife were the former resident pastors of Faith Tabernacle while his second son Isaac Oyedepo heads Winners’ Chapel International in Maryland in the United State of America.
Love, his eldest child, is wed to Stephen Ogah, another pastor at Winners’ Chapel. The second daughter and last child are Joyce Priscilla. In 2020, she weded Abimbola Abodunrin.
Publishing books
Dominion Publishing Firm (DPH), which was established by Oyedepo church on December 5, 1992, is its own publishing house and has produced over 70 Christian, inspirational, and motivational books, mini-books, magazines, and other materials.
Real Estate
David Oyedepo and his congregation have four Luxury private Jets worth over ₦25 billion namely; Gulfstream I, Gulfstream IV, Bombardier Challenge 604 (N664D), and Gulfstream V Jet.
On several occasions, it has been recorded that 700 vehicles were given to the Church which was expensive models of BMW, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes, and others.
Oyedepo garages are regularly renovated and among those fleet of cars, he uses Toyota Land Cruiser Prado models.
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