in Human Development from Honolulu University, Hawaii, United States of America.

Very little is known about his primary and secondary school education, but Bishop Oyedepo studied Architecture at Kwara State Polytechnic now Kwara State University and worked briefly with the Federal Ministry of Housing in Ilorin before resigning to concentrate on missionary work. It was his grandmother that inculcated in him the virtues of Christian life. She also dug a spiritual foundation for him, upon which he has built his life and ministry today. His mother, Dorcas, was a member of the Eternal Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement (C&S), a branch of the Aladura movement in Nigeria. He was raised by his grandmother in Osogbo who was a devout Anglican. He was raised in a mixed religious family, his father, Ibrahim, was a Muslim healer. His clan, Odo-oro (place of wealth) and family lineage believe in hard work. Biographyīishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo was born in Osogbo on the 27th of September 1954 but is a native of Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria. Here are some things you should know about this great servant of God. īishop David Oyedepo as fondly called “Papa” by his congregation is a distinguished man of God. Faith Tabernacle, of which he is the senior pastor is a 50,000 seat church auditorium, reported being the largest single church auditorium in the world by the Guinness Book of Records. Bishop David Oyedepo is a Nigerian Christian author, preacher and the founder of Living Faith Church World Wide, popularly known as Winner’s Chapel, and its affiliated international churches known as Winners Chapel International, with headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.

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