Bishop David Oyedepo Biography

in case you dont know him, David O. Oyedepo is reputed to be the richest pastor in Nigeria,affectionately called "Papa" by members of his church congregation (born September 27, 1954) is a Nigerian Christian author, preacher and the founder and presiding bishop of Living Faith Church World Wide, also known as Winners Chapel.Read full biography below
Bishop David Oyedepo was born on the 27, September 1954 in Osogbo, Bishop David Oyedepo is from of Omu Aran, Kwara into a religiously mixed family: Bishop David Oyedepo’s father,  Ibrahim, use to be  a Muslim healer and 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.bishop david oyedepo was raised by his grandmother in Osogbo, It was Bishop David Oyedepo grand mother inculcated  him the virtues of Christian life via the early morning prayers which she attended with him. She also taught him the importance of tithing.
Bishop David Oyedepo Biography David was “born again” in 1969 through the influence of his teacher, one Ms. Betty Lasher, who took special interest in him during his high school days. He studied architecture at Kwara State Polytechnic and worked briefly with the Federal Ministry of Housing in Ilorin before resigning to concentrate on missionary work. Oyedepo also gained a Ph.D in Human Development from Honolulu University, Hawaii, United States of America.
Bishop David Oyedepo received a mandate from God through an 18 hour long vision in May 1981 to liberate the world from all oppression of the devil through the preaching of the word of faith.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.
Bishop David Oyedepo Biography Two years after, on 17 September 1983, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, ordained bishop david oyedepo and his wife, Florence Abiola Akano (now known as Faith Abiola Oyedepo) to become pastors also officially commissioned the newly started church of Oyedepo. Five years after,  david Oyedepo was ordained a Bishop.
The church Living Faith Church well known as  Winners Chapel started in Kaduna, but moved to Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria in September 1989 to start a new branch of His Church, after receiving an instruction from God to reach out to the population in Lagos.
This Church in Lagos grew to become the International headquarters of Living Faith Church,with a constantly increasing flow of crowds spilling over to adjacent roads, and on decks of uncompleted buildings nearby,compelling people to stand for hours to listen to His teachings.This led to the building of the renowned Faith Tabernacle, as instructed by God.
The speed of the construction of Faith Tabernacle was breath-taking, considering the size of the building. Construction of this gigantic project was completed within 12 months, which experts claim could only have been a miracle, because such a project should normally take a minimum of three years to complete. Reports also claimed that this building was built debt free.This 50,000-seat edifice was dedicated on September 18, 1999 under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo
Bishop David Oyedepo Biography Canaanland is in Ota, Ogun state and is the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate and campus, that houses The 50,000 church building, the church secretariat, the church’s youth chapel, a primary school called Kingdom heritage model school, a full boarding mission secondary school called Faith Academy, with over 1,500 students and the its University facilities which accommodates over 7,000 students, fully resident in ultra-modern hostel facilities, with fully equipped faculty buildings and numerous staff housing facilities.Canaanland campus also has for profit establishments operated by the church such as a bakery, a bottled water processing plant, a petrol station, various restaurants and shopping stores, several residential houses that provide for the over 2,000 church employees, and guest houses.Four banks are also present on this Estate, three of which are branches of external commercial banks and one which is a community and micro-finance Bank and operated by the Church
Bishop Oyedepo as a family man
Bishop Oyedepo takes time off his busy family and business schedules to write and publish several Christian literatures, and inspirational books through the Dominion Publishing House that was commissioned in December 1992. Some of the bestselling books published by the Bishop include; anointing for exploits, winning invisible battles, Pillars of destiny, Excellency of wisdom, Born to win, The healing balm, Walking in Dominion, Breaking the curses of life, and Manifestation of the spirits of God.