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daveP:
You just typed crap this morning... These men of God in Nigeria you mentioned., how many of them have done evangelism that's effective to the world or even in Nigeria? How many of them don't allow political bigotry? How many of them were so relevant to every coming president? Dyu think that with or without criticisms, if you do the right thing, even your enemies would be at peace with you? It's an insult to mention them near Billy. 76years of Evangelism is no joke. see once these MOGs you mention take up that cloak of evangelism and emphasis on salvation, they would attain that status.


You not seen a situo where terrorists Want to negotiate with an Mog instead of the government? Billy did that. he was that respected....... Abeg talk better thing jare.....


dyu think that 80% of those that attend churches all over Nigeria are genuinely saved or have confessed Christ as Lord and Personal Saviour? parents are churchgoers, then automatically, the kids are cos they become churchgoers too.... that's the error.


Devil's craft of deception is more stronger than his craft for evil........

You've talked like an Ignorant person. One can argue that Adeboye is actually relevant to some degree in the political space. That's undisputable.

You talk about salvation. Do you know how many have giving their lives under ministration of Adeboye. Do you know how many Muslims today are now members of RCCG. Yes i know some. What you are suffering from is intellectual colonialism resulting in collosal inferiority complex.
Lol can you tell me the emphasis of Adeboye, if not for Salvation. You ppl should get sense pls.
Your last paragraph is a load of crap that I don't even know where to begin. There are many genuine Christians in Nigeria who have confessed Jesus and Lord and saviour. The American Christians too are not perfect in many ways just like the Nigerian Christians so just stop that nonsense.

This is how to honor a man of God! Nigerians should learn how to treat Pastors respectably jare.
Billy Graham was reportedly worth 25 million USD and he also handed his ministry to his son, Franklin. yet his ppl celebrated him. But here jobless ppl go dey track and blame Oyedepo and Adeboye for all their lives problem. Some of the ppl here screaming RIP would be the first to crase because Oyedepo handed over to his Son.

myk2mic:
Oga, am not here to argue with u over building architectures, my company installed smart classrooms for the university, so we explored all the buildings on the campus,and like I said from outside u wld be impressed
but inside the corridors,rooms are just like any other schools offices/ rooms.
in fact in one of the lecture rooms where we installed our devices,on the ground floor, the decking and walls where leaking, so pls park well
Least I forget, I attend a university in Trieste Italy nd I recently visited my younger sis in Birmingham university where she is currently schooling, so sir I have seen buildings and not impressed by convenant university buildings.

You attended a University in a country with 30% unemployment rate and you think we should be clapping for you. Mind you, it is *Covenant and not convenant. Radarada! Also tell your company that is the last installation they would ever have in CU or any affiliated private uni.

phreakabit:
This link from a thread on NL says otherwise sha:

http://emperorundertheking..com.ng/2015/01/winners-chapel-satan-illuminati-and.html

https://www.nairaland.com/2155729/please-avoid-winners-chapel-oyedepo

Well those threads are filled with ignorance....

The judge is being hilarious. A university should be autonomous and should decide how it would admit folks especially in a case where universities can't trust exams conducted by JAMB. Jamb is the one that should be scrapped not the Universities own.

I did say that Covenant has changed from ancient architecture to more modern ones. But even religiously symbolic buildings are still very cool and can be high tech. In fact many universities outside the country still have a combination of traditional and futuristic buildings. The likes of Cambridge and co still keep their chapels looking traditional while the interior has all the modern gadgets. For instance the PG hall which I exempted is well futuristic but has no religious meaning
(at least that I know of)
At your spare time check out University of Notre dame or Pepperdine University and you might like them more than MIT

owbabs:
You need traditional university or futuristic structures. These are just meh

While the University seems to be committed to building 'meaningful' buildings there seems to have been a shift away from Religiously symbolic buildings. But if the Proposed Twin CU Tech Hub and Landmark Arrow Head College building is anything to go by then more inspiring structures would still be erected.

E.g the PG hall here is very futuristic, same as most other structures coming up in the uni



Lalasticlala Desyner

Covenant University Hostels

Building Inspiration: The Seven Candle Sticks

These are some of the oldest buildings at the university. Each made up of 7 blocks of buildings to represent a candle each. Five of the blocks are visible from either the back or front with the two remaining blocks joining the blocks at the front.

"And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.” Rev 1:12-13

Covenant University Hostels:

These are some of the First Set of Halls Built at the University where all undergraduate students reside

Inspiration:
Star Of David
Star of David also known as Shield of David or Seal of Solomon is a common symbol in Judaism. The symbol is Present in Isreal's national flag, defense forces flag and ambulances.

According to Jews "The six sided figure symbolizes that God rules over the universe and protects us from all six directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down with the middle - the hexagram - providing the spiritual dimension.
The Star of David symbol helps remind us that despite our efforts to accomplish in this world, just like God decided that King David would be successful in defeating armies much greater then his own, so too will God help us accomplish our goals."
PhotoCredit: Visiting faculty from Tudelft, Germany
Second Picture: Jewish Lady displaying the Isreali flag.

Crown with A Cross

Covenant University Research Center

Building Inspiration: Eagle

The Research Center is a new Multidisciplinary Research center with 29 Research Clusters ranging from Renewable energy, IoT to Biotech and many other research areas. The building has 7 floors, 12 Conference rooms, a glass pent house and 24 high-tech glass partitioned laboratories.The Basement of the building has the NOC - Networking Operating Centre with Gadgets to run both Covenant University and the Living Faith Church.

“You look at this building and you see an Eagle standing; and the movement of this building depicts joy. As research goes on in this building and discoveries are made, there is great joy.”- Pst Azubuike

Covenant University Chapel:

Inspiration: Crown of David

This is one of the Biggest Edifices at the University with a Capacity to house 3,500 - 4,000 worshippers at the Same time. The hall also plays host to the Inaugural lectures, Variety Nights, Convocation and Matriculation events. The chapel is situated at the centre of the University which informs the importance the University places on Spirituality

The following crown images after the chapel are search result for "crown of David" It would seem the CU chapel resembles the second crown

One of the exciting things about Canaanland Nigeria is it's acknowledgement of the Jewish roots of Christianedom in the Architecture.

To understand the Judeo-Christian inspiration behind Covenant University, we need to first understand the physical context of the university. Canaanland Ota was procured in the 90s and immediately the land was bought the church divided it into four parts of

1) Shiloh: This today is where the faith tabernacle is situated.
2) Moriah: This today is where the Faith Academy is Situated
3) Rehoboat Gilead: This today is where Pastors Reside in Canaanland
4) Hebron: This today is where my Almamater, Covenant University is situated.

Today I would be focusing on Hebron or more popularly known as Covenant University - The Birth Place Of Kings and Queens!

The Real Hebron is the site of the oldest Jewish community in the world, which dates back to Biblical times. The Book of Genesis relates that Abraham purchased the field where the Tomb of the Patriarchs is located as a burial place for his wife Sarah. According to Jewish tradition, the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah are buried in the Tomb.

Hebron has a long and rich Jewish history. It was one of the first places where the Patriarch Abraham resided after his arrival in Canaan. King David was anointed in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years.

Hebron contains many sites of Jewish religious and historical significance, in addition to the Tomb of the Patriarchs. These include the Tombs of Othniel Ben Kenaz (the first Judge of Israel) and Avner Ben Ner (general and confidante to Kings Saul and David), and Ruth and Jesse (great-grandmother and father, respectively, of King David)...

Numbers 13:22 states that (Canaanite) Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian town of Zoan, i.e. around 1720 BCE, and the ancient (Canaanite and Israelite) city of Hebron was situated at Tel Rumeida.



Covenant University today prides herself in training Kings and Queens of Hebron(Put in Mind that Hebron is Where King David became Anointed) hence The So Much Emphasis on Judaist Architecture. Worthy of note is also that Neither Covenant or the affiliate owners(Winners Chapel) convey the practice of Judaism nor honour it's festivals because mainstream Christian Ministries see Judaism as a Predecessor of Christianity and not an Alternate Religion. In many ways Christianity is an Evolution of Judaism hence it is still interesting to see an acknowledgement of the Old Testament or Torah in Covenant University's physical Architecture.

$56,000 USD was stolen from the Publishing house you see am yet some ppl would still query oyedepo's source of wealth. If 56,000 USD was stolen from just online payment of books for a specific period alone, I can't imagine how much the church would make from hard copies of books. Not to talk of thousands of tapes...

Cafeteria 1 inside Covenant University as at 2014 made 90 million naira profit after tax and salaries and other expenditure. While Cafeteria 2 made 30 million naira profit after tax yet the church doesn't collect a dime from the school but instead still give the school billions.

I am not surprised about the theft though. This I believe is not the first time such a thing would happen.

Oyedepo himself once said they have had to sack over 500 pastors in Winners Chapel since inception. I can guess that the majority of those retrenchments were because of financial impropriety and sexual misdeeds.

Lalasticlala

Well Rwanda is a 95% christian country. And if they are doing this then it must be for a good reason. The churches concerned should adjust and meet up with the required regulations and relocate where necessary. Govt should also give them enough time before making such implementations.

Well he based his assertions on scriptures so I accept it... Though some ministries might disagree sha..

Pastor Chris seems to have a trait of Hagin-they are both good teachers.

6,000 student for one level is simply too much.
Lalasticlala

Jonathan:
Ok

Until some people would gather and give this guy some thorough beating his brain won't reset.

Mvdf

Lalasticlala come and see o

CROWNWEALTH019:
Rubbish

Spend the amount used in building this rubbish for infrastructure and see God come down from heaven. Africa is a useless place aswear

And to think that criminal Adeboye go there to open na him they pain me.

We need power roads businesses social amenities not church or mosques, the ones we get is too much

Adeboye is a Pastor, not your elected leader and one of the responsibilities of a Pastor is to help dedicate whatever project that has been successfully carried out. By individuals, Organizations or the State. It isn't Adeboye's prerogative to tell a Governor of Bayelsa elected by his people what or what not project to engage in.

If you call Adeboye to commission a School, Industry, Church or whatever he would come because that is part of his responsibility.

And by the way what concerns Adeboye with the worship center built by an Elected Governor of Bayelsa state? Was it Adeboye that requested that the church be built? Is the Worship centre an RCCG branch or what? Does that Church look like a Pentecostal styled worship center or why do you attribute all your life's problems to Pastors in stead of going to the polls and choosing your desired leaders.

Well people still dragging this Tithe issue as preached by pastors are wasting their time. Some folks are probably celebrating thinking Church finances would start crumbling. But you know what, Churches will always collect money under whatever tagthey want to call it. People in Living Faith for instance pay 'Shiloh Sacrifice' - the thing no dey bible but they pay it non the less. So if you want to give I suggest you give and forget terminology....

thesicilian:
They called Trump an Antichrist, yet he's proving to have much more respect for Christianity than every other president before him.

Nobody has ever called Trump an Antichrist. As a matter of fact, apart from Reagan there are little modern presidents that Evangelical American Christians like.

Plus they supported Trump with an Extremist Christian as Vice President. Reason why some of the actual Antichrist govt officials are not looking forward to impeaching Trump. Because that would give way to Pence an Hardcore ProLifer and Anti Gay marriage politician.

Lalasticlala

Eh this one is so desperate to nullify any good deed attributed to a church.

Well Rwanda is a majority Christian nation with 95% of the entire population being christian. And if they are doing this it must be for a very good reason.

The rules regarding building safety and noise pollution are too important to be flouted or overlooked. Let the respective churches adjust to the rules and relocate when necessary. Govt should also give enough time before implementation.

This one go wound himself o

Lalasticlala

Hallelujah! May Freeze too give his life to Christ.

This guy is looking for trouble

In decades to come. All these Christian varsities would be blazing trails; finding cures, inventing new technology and expanding the frontiers of learning.

We already have the Ebola rapid testing kit, Lassa detection process developed in Redeemers


We already have the 'Evolution proof' insecticide developed by Covenant.

We have the World Class Agriculture Research Institute and Sustainable Agriculture City being almost delivered by Landmark. We are getting there gradually!

Lalasticlala Desyner

Lalasticlala

Federal universities are learning quickly that the era of withholding well deserved first class degrees as ended thanks to a very liberal private university system which aims to give it to those who deserve it.

There is an understanding now that the current set of folks in the financial sector are from private and federal universities due to their institutions churning out more first and 2.1 degrees in comparison to state universities.

But there is still the question of "how first class can one be from a faculty with no first class labs, equipment or even lecturers?"

Lalasticlala

HomeOfMe:
The man who spread Christianity all over the world and Nigeria through late Arch bishop Benson Idahosa.

Really? I have never heard of that before. Can you tell me more?