Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church, has urged individuals who are protesting the church’s leadership change to shut up.
The choice to retire some of his assistant pastors should not be questioned, according to Bishop Oyedepo.
The retirement of Bishops David Abioye and Thomas Aremu, Oyedepo’s two vice presidents, has drawn criticism from Nigerians.
After three and forty years in the ministry, respectively, both clergymen would be retiring.
According to reports, their retirement complied with the church’s operating norms.
Oyedepo, however, took issue with the criticism that followed the church’s decision.
Oyedepo stressed that the ministry functions by divine order while revealing that the church’s Administrative Policy of 1998 was reviewed in 2001 and The Mandate of 2012 was revised in 2024 during his sermon at Bishop Aremu’s valedictory ceremony on Tuesday at Winners Chapel, Orita Bashorun.
“I advise commentators to learn to be silent and mind their own business,” he remarked. Learning what works and figuring out what makes it work is wise. Here, everything functions properly.
Bishop Oyedepo cited Genesis 49:26 in the Bible to support his claim that no one inherits a pastor or instructor.
“There’s no such thing as the best today or tomorrow; what matters is your pursuit of God,” he said, encouraging him to keep an optimistic outlook on life.
Oyedepo advised Aremu not to be sidetracked by unfounded criticism and asked him to stay in touch for the ongoing flow of grace.
