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The Living Faith Church Worldwide (a.k.a. Winners Chapel) led by David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop, has come under fire after it stated that it buried the bible in 15 different spots of the church’s foundation in Maryland, the United States of America.

Maureen Badejo, a UK-based Nigerian blogger, led the barrage of attacks on the church in her latest YouTube live blog on Tuesday after she played a video of Issac Oyedepo, the Head Pastor of the Winners Chapel, Maryland (USA) branch, who admitted to the act.

According to the video, which was filmed in October 2021, Issac Oyedepo, who is the youngest son of Bishop Oyedepo, told the congregation that the bible replaced pillars initially placed in 15 different spots of the church’s foundation.

He insisted that the church, called the “Faith Dome”, is standing “on the word”.

“We bring to (a) conclusion to our teaching series unveiling the wonders of the world part five. We’ve been looking at the pillar of the word since this month began and you’ll be glad to know that when we were building this glorious dome, we buried the bible in 15 different spots. Everywhere where there was a pillar, when we removed the pillar, we put the word.

“So, this faith dome is standing on the word,” Issac Oyedepo said in the video.

The revelation led to mammoth applause from the congregation.

However, Badejo criticised Bishop Oyedepo and his son over the revelation and described it as unbiblical, saying that she has searched the bible and it was not stated anywhere where such an act was recommended.

According to the controversial blogger, who has had a run-in with the law in the UK, what was buried under the church’s building was not the bible but a mysterious group, calling the act “occultic”.

She said: “When they did the foundation of the new ark, I showed everybody (what they did). And now, they went to America, in America, they were there to go and bury the bible.

“How are we sure that it is the bible that they buried? And I’m asking all of you, I’ve asked you, can you put it here, anywhere in the bible they laid the foundation of a new church and they buried 15 bibles? He said it with his mouth.

“You see, when you see this type of thing, Hosea 4:6 said: ‘My people perish because of lack of knowledge,’ and it said if you lack knowledge or understanding, you should go and seek for it. So, go and pick your bible, study to show yourself approved. My brother, my sister, I’ve searched the bible and I did not see anywhere (it was written).

“Anywhere you see this type of thing, it’s occultic, Illuminati, whatever. When you see them they bury the bible and most of the time, it’s not the bible they bury; it’s a kind of mystery book.”

Badejo also lambasted Issac Oyedepo for equating the church’s annual Siloh programme to the level and power of God via his description: the “God of Shiloh”, instead of mentioning God or Jesus Christ.

She also slammed the younger Oyedepo for claiming that the church had the power to perform miracles and heal people of serious ailments after he narrated the story of one “brother Victor”, who claimed that he tested positive for the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2020 and his test result suddenly turned negative in October 2021.

The said Victor, the younger Oyedepo said, claimed he was healed after “attending Covenant Hour of prayer every day”, “came for the pre-Shiloh service” and “partook of the communion.”

“What’s the difference between what they do (and others). These are people that abuse the Celestial Church of Christ o, Cherubim and Seraphim, that they perform rituals. But now, they themselves do the same thing,” Badejo added.

The blogger’s video and comments elicited a deluge of reactions on her blog, as many commenters expressed support for the opinions she expressed and questioned the rationale behind the act of the younger Oyedepo.

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Was it not said and made known that the Lord has given us the assurance of expected end? Yes, the better suitable future we aspire, yet it is surprising when Christians, those expected to live in this assurance are gripped with uncertainty, fear of what tomorrow holds.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Here are the 5 reasons why You fear the unknown:

Failure to meditate on the word of God.
The word of God is the compendium of the thoughts of God. The thought of God is good and great (Jer 29:11). It reveals to us the past, present and the unknown future, you fear. The Lord knew Joshua, a courageous man might fear and would need daily and timely assurance in the journey with the stubborn Isrealites, that's why he made it a command for him to meditate the word of God day and night. You had to be clung to the word of God, from it comes the spring of prosperity and Success you're not assured of. Joshua 1:8


Struggling with doing the word.
A life of a disobedient child lacks hope. You have no confident of better days by listening or knowing the word of God only, it is just a mere reflection of yourself without putting an impactful effort of doing something needful by total alignment to the word of God. James 1:25b says “but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” You fear for being not blessed because you failed to do the required which is Doing-the-Word.

Indulging in sin.
Sin takes away peace and joy, and does not leave hope with you. You cannot be locked in a sin dungeon and have a hopeful glimpse of light. Fear is an element of bondage, and bondage comes by locking oneself in a sinful life. Instead of being joyous, peaceful, patiently hopeful and eager to receive tomorrow, you'll be timorous because the sinful nature makes you focused on being conceited, envious, jealous, etc. Live as God redeemed from sin, have faith in God and hope for the glorious tomorrow dwells in you.

Lack of Holy Spirit.
The spirit of God as given by Christ was to make everything, everything, everything He said, known to us. As part of the everything is 'what is yet to come.' John 16:13 WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. In other words, he will make known who you're to marry, what you're to do, where you're yet to be, etc.
Being afraid or anxious(where, how, who and what of tomorrow) is simply a display of absence of the Holy Spirit.

When an iota of fear come in you, it's the spirit that will choke the fear to disappear but when you have not the spirit of truth, the fear darkens your vision in everything and what should be transparent becomes thick and opaque. The fear aggregates and you'd be like "I don't know, I just move with the direction of the winds, I don't know what next, I'm afraid."
1 Corinthians 2:19 also establishes this, the spirit reveals mysteries (unknown) to us. Don't be locked up in confusion allow the spirit to find expression in you.

No plan.
No plan nutures fear. God, our Almighty God is systematic in nature. Everything he does is orderly sequence. He has the blueprint of everything, that's why he knows the end from the beginning. He's the Master planner. However, why must you, hand work of God, find it difficult to sit and plan your life. If you refuse to meet with who knows you before you're formed in your mother's womb for the blueprint of your life, life will be filled with fear. You won't know where the next step should be.


We can all come to the stage of conquering this fear. We can always know what seems unknown. The word of God, spirit of God, doing the word and having a plan will guarantee the absence of this phobia.

Face this fear squarely and walk it to death.

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