MILLIONS of naira allegedly stolen by some highly placed officials of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a. Winners Chapel, drew the presiding Bishop of the church, Dr. David Oyedepo, into a rage at the empowerment summit organised for ordained workers of the church last Saturday.

The annual event, which is usually attended by pastors, zonal ministers and their assistants, deacons, ushers and other ordained workers of the church, where they are acquainted with the church’s programme for the year, was presided over by Oyedepo, while his deputy, Bishop David Abioye, was also in attendance. Both men ministered powerfully. Oyedepo ministered on service, while Abioye spoke on consistency in service.

Towards the end of the programme, however, Oyedepo took some time to talk about the goings on in the church. He revealed how some very high up officials, mainly accountants, had looted the church’s treasury.

The Bishop could not hide his disappointment that professionals trusted by the church to prevent fraud turned themselves into a network of fraudsters.

Expressing his disappointment in the errant church officials, who have since been relieved of their positions in the church, he said: “Can you imagine accountants perpetrating fraud in the house of God?

“We had no choice but to dismiss them. You can imagine top church officials engaging in doubling figures and other dubious practices.

“Even after we dismissed them, we discovered more fraud.

“Those who should discover the fraud were the ones involved in it. One of them refused to confess until the last minute.”

He admonished the church members against employing the dismissed officials. He said he had to tell everyone present because he knew the dismissed officials “will come to you for employment.”

“Don’t employ them and don’t sympathise with them. Whoever sympathises with the wicked is wicked himself.”

Dead silence fell on the gathering as the Bishop reiterated: “Don’t sympathise with any perpetrator of fraud, otherwise you are a partaker of the evil act.”

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/oyedepo-blows-hot-over-millions-stolen-by-church-officials/amp/

Freely received freely give

Freely you received it and freely it taken .. so what

The flow of resources and the carnal state of the people would surely lead to theft.

The way the church system is designed there is bound to be this kind of problem. We need a better system where resources don't get stored up in such a way that would tempt others to start stealing them. Rather the resources would be distributed among the needy in our midst, empowering the poor and helping the weak.

I wrote a post where I discuss another system that I believe would do better than this current church system we have. Here is the link to the post:
https://www.nairaland.com/5546719/supposed-doing-church-practicing-ecclesia

This life sha! Even church o.

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I said it in the other thread
One was praying for the contractors that didn't do their jobs he paid them for, according to him
"The Bible says Prayer is the Key, Prayer is our own weapon of welfare, we can not fight you , but we can go on our knees and pray, so leave us with our prayers. Thank you. Do you and let’s do us".
Meanwhile, his colleague dismisses employees and says no one should employ or sympathise with ex employees, labeling potential sympathisers as wicked.
This Christianity sef.

Inside life, inside church

Church biznes gone wrong

Good riddance to bad rubbish.
A pastor passed on some years ago from a strange illness. Before he passed on, he confessed to his wife the fraudulent deals he partook off. He also told his wife that the strange sickness was his nemesis but asked his wife to apologise to the Bishop on his behalf.

Church officials are humans, however it is expected that the live exemplary lives.

Lord grant me your mercy to be a shining example IJN

Lol. The thing really pain and provoke Oyedepo. Sotay e no even wan forgive and forget 'like Christ would'. He's sounding very 'carnal'.

They are humans afterall.

That's bad actually... But where's the place of forgiveness Christ taught us.

Asking people not to employ them is the idea I don't buy into.

We are all children of God. Anyone can fall into sin, but that doesn't mean God won't forgive us if we genuinely ask for forgiveness.

Asking the church members not to sympathize with them is like refusing a sinner that comes for altar call.

Papa should please consider them. They were Christians before they became church officials. So they can be forgiven by both God and man.

After all, No one is 100% innocent of crime.

Hmm

Normal... It's very hard to find a honest Nigerian these days..

As an entrepreneur if you no take care your workers will steal steal and steal your business to the ground.

The way we treat government properties that's the exact way we treat other people's business

Corruption everywhere!!!

Ole ji Ole gba. let God judge after all its his money. would jesus have scaked them

Funny and funny.
Spiritual corruption eating Nigeria.

Ermmmm...the temptation must have been too great for them.

Ole gbe ole gba. Freely received freely taken...
Shit happens

Imagine those admonishes us to pay tithes.

What money will cause in this generation.

Disappointed ..

You scam members, but you don't want to be scammed.
This new generation is no longer afraid of curses or karma (that's for those that believe it exists, I'm a sane person and karma doesn't exist).
Ride on, pastor na enjoyment.

If he was paying and treating them right I'm not sure they would have stolen a dime

Most of all these pastors use people for free in the name of wanting you to be a worker in church and threaten you with hell or with how your heavens won't be open because you request to ne paid for your services in church

when the tithe itself is a fraud,why wouldn't they take their own share?

Normal in any large organization

Sorry! What are they selling? For them to be stealing millions of naira.

Atleast looting church fund is better than looting government funds