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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Ever8090: 11:05pm On Oct 10, 2021
Trumann:


Most of Oyedepo's critics are Yorubas, but you mud dwellers won't know that since you're preparing to kill yourselves tomorrow, Monday.

Happy Monday killing to all Igbos tomorrow.

Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by elyonchee(f): 11:14pm On Oct 10, 2021
HigherEd:
I'm back from Church, and I find myself laughing as people on nairaland are claiming that I am a PR person for Bishop Oyedepo and expect I would soon be back with a rebuttal. I wasn't intending any rebuttal before, as I am not a PR person for the living faith church. But I would do this in defense of the gospel because a non credible attack against one of Nigeria's most credible churches is unacceptable.

I think many of us generally get carried away with headlines and forget the substance of an article before rushing to comment.

I have gone through the entire article and I haven't seen anything indicting of the Oyedepo family. But I would address four observations from the article itself and from the surrounding comments.

Why Should Oyedepo Or Living Faith Avoid Taxes By Setting Up Offshore Accounts Giving The Bible Verse "Give Unto Ceasar What Is Unto Ceasar"?

1) For all the businesses the living faith church operates in Nigeria pays taxes to the Nigerian government. This includes the publishing business, and the other taxable constituent businesses around the universities which includes the microfinance banks, water and beverage factories, farms etc.

2) There are over 200 nations on earth eligible to receive taxes. So British Islands is also 'ceasar'. Every nation has the responsibility to make themselves tax attractive to welcome foreign investment and Oyedepo and his family are just as eligible as anyone else to search for better priced tax opportunities for their personal or ministry benefit.

Is Living Faith Investment Carriage A Secret?


Inside the Mantle book and under the finance section of the living faith church details to great extent the administrative procedure for the church, it is well cited that the living faith church can maintain asset management to protect the church's income. Or did you expect the church to warehouse millions of dollars with banks who would live large on the proceeds and expose the hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?

Are Oyedepo's Universities The Most Expensive In Nigeria As Claimed By The Article?

We all know this to be untrue. The Living Faith university system runs one of the most pocket friendly private universities in Nigeria when comapred to secular varsities of equal standing. There's nothing unusual about the price of Living faith schools.

I suspect that the addition of this claim was just to make Oyedepo look further bad and horrible.

Does Living Faith Maintain Four Jets?


This is another claim that has been debunked several times by Leke Beecroft of Church gist and many others who cared to explain.
The living faith church has used four to five planes in the past to convey its church leadership. It regularly sells her older planes to buy new ones. Currently, the church uses more of its helicopter to shuffle the church leadership and that of the RCCG around the country. While deemphasizing on the use of the private jet.

However, the article presented it as though the living faith church maintains an active fleet of four jets on standby in a futile attempt to further make the church appear greedy and evil.
A church is an incorporated trustee, and it cannot pay tax. That is why,they don't have tax identification numbers.
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Myself2(m): 11:15pm On Oct 10, 2021
jos4kay:
They tell members to store their treasure in heaven while they kept theirs in Pandora. That's fraud

Where is Pandora ? What is this one taking about.

I couldn't make much of the defense the OP was trying to put up though
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by elyonchee(f): 11:19pm On Oct 10, 2021
HigherEd:
I'm back from Church, and I find myself laughing as people on nairaland are claiming that I am a PR person for Bishop Oyedepo and expect I would soon be back with a rebuttal. I wasn't intending any rebuttal before, as I am not a PR person for the living faith church. But I would do this in defense of the gospel because a non credible attack against one of Nigeria's most credible churches is unacceptable.

I think many of us generally get carried away with headlines and forget the substance of an article before rushing to comment.

I have gone through the entire article and I haven't seen anything indicting of the Oyedepo family. But I would address four observations from the article itself and from the surrounding comments.

Why Should Oyedepo Or Living Faith Avoid Taxes By Setting Up Offshore Accounts Giving The Bible Verse "Give Unto Ceasar What Is Unto Ceasar"?

1) For all the businesses the living faith church operates in Nigeria pays taxes to the Nigerian government. This includes the publishing business, and the other taxable constituent businesses around the universities which includes the microfinance banks, water and beverage factories, farms etc.

2) There are over 200 nations on earth eligible to receive taxes. So British Islands is also 'ceasar'. Every nation has the responsibility to make themselves tax attractive to welcome foreign investment and Oyedepo and his family are just as eligible as anyone else to search for better priced tax opportunities for their personal or ministry benefit.

Is Living Faith Investment Carriage A Secret?


Inside the Mantle book and under the finance section of the living faith church details to great extent the administrative procedure for the church, it is well cited that the living faith church can maintain asset management to protect the church's income. Or did you expect the church to warehouse millions of dollars with banks who would live large on the proceeds and expose the hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?

Are Oyedepo's Universities The Most Expensive In Nigeria As Claimed By The Article?

We all know this to be untrue. The Living Faith university system runs one of the most pocket friendly private universities in Nigeria when comapred to secular varsities of equal standing. There's nothing unusual about the price of Living faith schools.

I suspect that the addition of this claim was just to make Oyedepo look further bad and horrible.

Does Living Faith Maintain Four Jets?


This is another claim that has been debunked several times by Leke Beecroft of Church gist and many others who cared to explain.
The living faith church has used four to five planes in the past to convey its church leadership. It regularly sells her older planes to buy new ones. Currently, the church uses more of its helicopter to shuffle the church leadership and that of the RCCG around the country. While deemphasizing on the use of the private jet.

However, the article presented it as though the living faith church maintains an active fleet of four jets on standby in a futile attempt to further make the church appear greedy and evil.
churches are generally exempted from paying taxes. It is only their businesses, that are subject to taxes.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by elyonchee(f): 11:21pm On Oct 10, 2021
Myself2:


Where is Pandora ? What is this one taking about.

I couldn't make much of the defense the OP was trying to put up though
A pandora is a mystery.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by BePrepared: 11:25pm On Oct 10, 2021
You are wasting your time writing this, even if this man gives 100% of his wealth to the poor including the suit he is putting on haters, wailers and critics will still criticize
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by choice17(m): 11:27pm On Oct 10, 2021
driand:
cool

I'm a Christian but this pastor issa yahoo bishop


He is a yahoo, because of what sir?
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by LordReed(m): 11:39pm On Oct 10, 2021
HigherEd:
I'm back from Church, and I find myself laughing as people on nairaland are claiming that I am a PR person for Bishop Oyedepo and expect I would soon be back with a rebuttal. I wasn't intending any rebuttal before, as I am not a PR person for the living faith church. But I would do this in defense of the gospel because a non credible attack against one of Nigeria's most credible churches is unacceptable.

I think many of us generally get carried away with headlines and forget the substance of an article before rushing to comment.

I have gone through the entire article and I haven't seen anything indicting of the Oyedepo family. But I would address four observations from the article itself and from the surrounding comments.

Why Should Oyedepo Or Living Faith Avoid Taxes By Setting Up Offshore Accounts Giving The Bible Verse "Give Unto Ceasar What Is Unto Ceasar"?

1) For all the businesses the living faith church operates in Nigeria pays taxes to the Nigerian government. This includes the publishing business, and the other taxable constituent businesses around the universities which includes the microfinance banks, water and beverage factories, farms etc.

2) There are over 200 nations on earth eligible to receive taxes. So British Islands is also 'ceasar'. Every nation has the responsibility to make themselves tax attractive to welcome foreign investment and Oyedepo and his family are just as eligible as anyone else to search for better priced tax opportunities for their personal or ministry benefit.

Is Living Faith Investment Carriage A Secret?


Inside the Mantle book and under the finance section of the living faith church details to great extent the administrative procedure for the church, it is well cited that the living faith church can maintain asset management to protect the church's income. Or did you expect the church to warehouse millions of dollars with banks who would live large on the proceeds and expose the hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?

Are Oyedepo's Universities The Most Expensive In Nigeria As Claimed By The Article?

We all know this to be untrue. The Living Faith university system runs one of the most pocket friendly private universities in Nigeria when comapred to secular varsities of equal standing. There's nothing unusual about the price of Living faith schools.

I suspect that the addition of this claim was just to make Oyedepo look further bad and horrible.

Does Living Faith Maintain Four Jets?


This is another claim that has been debunked several times by Leke Beecroft of Church gist and many others who cared to explain.
The living faith church has used four to five planes in the past to convey its church leadership. It regularly sells her older planes to buy new ones. Currently, the church uses more of its helicopter to shuffle the church leadership and that of the RCCG around the country. While deemphasizing on the use of the private jet.

However, the article presented it as though the living faith church maintains an active fleet of four jets on standby in a futile attempt to further make the church appear greedy and evil.

My question is how do people who claim that Jesus is coming soon go about opening offshore businesses? How does that play into the theology? Is Jesus coming to take possession of offshore businesses? Isn't it indicative of a lack of belief in this Jesus is coming soon theology?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by otokx(m): 11:40pm On Oct 10, 2021
Vinnie2000:


I Know some Living Faith members will come here and say that Satan is threatening Papa and d Gate of Hell shall not Prevail.. sad

Some Christians tho... sad

Add "Nigerian" Christians.
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by BreakingNews21: 12:30am On Oct 11, 2021
SSIPON:
I'm sorry any church that has politicians pandering around them, is fraudulent.

I totally agree but Bishop Oyedepo said he is not affiliated with any political party. Wink. wink

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Burgerlomo: 12:40am On Oct 11, 2021
My verdict on the issues if that all busybodies should free the man and his family joor abi wetin happen sef
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by AngelicBeing: 12:40am On Oct 11, 2021
SATANlST:
l SATANIST,
I am a scammer and cause of all the problem nigeria is having today. If you quote me l will die before this time next month
angry

Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by cooooooks(m): 12:58am On Oct 11, 2021
Bam.

jos4kay:
They tell members to store their treasure in heaven while they kept theirs in Pandora. That's fraud
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by chloride6: 1:08am On Oct 11, 2021
Werey..

E say na "hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?"

Time to protect money from inflation, na worshippers get am, when time to spend am na bishop get am.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by YOUNGELDER1(m): 1:14am On Oct 11, 2021
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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by HRMK: 1:18am On Oct 11, 2021
if not four.how many jets?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 1:29am On Oct 11, 2021
Rebuke:
Whatever yhu people want to believe feel free to believe it.

Yhu can't stop the man from rising daily while yhu continue to wail and wallow in poverty.

Wail on.
His members are wailing and wallowing in poverty. His congregants are among the poorest in the world.

While he is rich and living life. Are you so blind?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 1:31am On Oct 11, 2021
foreshore:


Don't waste your time and energy on them. They are Antichrist
Is Oyedepo Christ?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 1:34am On Oct 11, 2021
Xpectics:



Stop being petty. Stop white washing. Use your senses
He literally spells you as ‘yhu’ and you tried to rationalize with him?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 1:34am On Oct 11, 2021
Rebuke:



I can see yhu that is using his sense and not being petty.

Who the heck cares about what yhu think? Get outa here please and stop mentioning me.

Olodo
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by kodemann: 1:35am On Oct 11, 2021
Nigerian pastors are dishonest. That I know.

On Sunday I'm sure he will quickly address this by telling sheeple that it's for kingdom investments and the idiots will still keep shouting "My Pastor" while waving handkerchief. Nigerians het what they deserve.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 1:35am On Oct 11, 2021
monsterseed:
oga go mk ur findings n stop asking useless question.
When people make claims, they are to put proof included especially in journalism.



Typing out of your anus

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Sagefromtheeast: 1:41am On Oct 11, 2021
OgeFather:


Bros, your write up or whatever you call this is not detailed at all, it sounds to me as if you're looking for a kind and subtle way to defend your church . First, you say he doesn't have 4jets but failed to give us details of the ones he has and how he manages them which the Pandora paper did with accuracy or are you defending what you don't know.
Secondly , if you say his uni is not the most expensive or one of the most expensive, then tell us the fees compared to other private uni in Nigeria. cool
Nobody owes you any explanation on these things.
Just keep thinking what you please, enjoy your fool's paradise
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by ofiko123(m): 1:57am On Oct 11, 2021
Baawaa:
This is PDP pastor

Which one is PDP Pastor??
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by godlessmind: 2:05am On Oct 11, 2021
HigherEd:
I'm back from Church, and I find myself laughing as people on nairaland are claiming that I am a PR person for Bishop Oyedepo and expect I would soon be back with a rebuttal. I wasn't intending any rebuttal before, as I am not a PR person for the living faith church. But I would do this in defense of the gospel because a non credible attack against one of Nigeria's most credible churches is unacceptable.

I think many of us generally get carried away with headlines and forget the substance of an article before rushing to comment.

I have gone through the entire article and I haven't seen anything indicting of the Oyedepo family. But I would address four observations from the article itself and from the surrounding comments.

Why Should Oyedepo Or Living Faith Avoid Taxes By Setting Up Offshore Accounts Giving The Bible Verse "Give Unto Ceasar What Is Unto Ceasar"?

1) For all the businesses the living faith church operates in Nigeria pays taxes to the Nigerian government. This includes the publishing business, and the other taxable constituent businesses around the universities which includes the microfinance banks, water and beverage factories, farms etc.

2) There are over 200 nations on earth eligible to receive taxes. So British Islands is also 'ceasar'. Every nation has the responsibility to make themselves tax attractive to welcome foreign investment and Oyedepo and his family are just as eligible as anyone else to search for better priced tax opportunities for their personal or ministry benefit.

Is Living Faith Investment Carriage A Secret?


Inside the Mantle book and under the finance section of the living faith church details to great extent the administrative procedure for the church, it is well cited that the living faith church can maintain asset management to protect the church's income. Or did you expect the church to warehouse millions of dollars with banks who would live large on the proceeds and expose the hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?

Are Oyedepo's Universities The Most Expensive In Nigeria As Claimed By The Article?

We all know this to be untrue. The Living Faith university system runs one of the most pocket friendly private universities in Nigeria when comapred to secular varsities of equal standing. There's nothing unusual about the price of Living faith schools.

I suspect that the addition of this claim was just to make Oyedepo look further bad and horrible.

Does Living Faith Maintain Four Jets?


This is another claim that has been debunked several times by Leke Beecroft of Church gist and many others who cared to explain.
The living faith church has used four to five planes in the past to convey its church leadership. It regularly sells her older planes to buy new ones. Currently, the church uses more of its helicopter to shuffle the church leadership and that of the RCCG around the country. While deemphasizing on the use of the private jet.

However, the article presented it as though the living faith church maintains an active fleet of four jets on standby in a futile attempt to further make the church appear greedy and evil.




Your Daddy G.O is con man don't come here and defend this pulpit bandit

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Nobody: 2:14am On Oct 11, 2021
HigherEd:
I'm back from Church, and I find myself laughing as people on nairaland are claiming that I am a PR person for Bishop Oyedepo and expect I would soon be back with a rebuttal. I wasn't intending any rebuttal before, as I am not a PR person for the living faith church. But I would do this in defense of the gospel because a non credible attack against one of Nigeria's most credible churches is unacceptable.

I think many of us generally get carried away with headlines and forget the substance of an article before rushing to comment.

I have gone through the entire article and I haven't seen anything indicting of the Oyedepo family. But I would address four observations from the article itself and from the surrounding comments.

Why Should Oyedepo Or Living Faith Avoid Taxes By Setting Up Offshore Accounts Giving The Bible Verse "Give Unto Ceasar What Is Unto Ceasar"?

1) For all the businesses the living faith church operates in Nigeria pays taxes to the Nigerian government. This includes the publishing business, and the other taxable constituent businesses around the universities which includes the microfinance banks, water and beverage factories, farms etc.

2) There are over 200 nations on earth eligible to receive taxes. So British Islands is also 'ceasar'. Every nation has the responsibility to make themselves tax attractive to welcome foreign investment and Oyedepo and his family are just as eligible as anyone else to search for better priced tax opportunities for their personal or ministry benefit.

Is Living Faith Investment Carriage A Secret?


Inside the Mantle book and under the finance section of the living faith church details to great extent the administrative procedure for the church, it is well cited that the living faith church can maintain asset management to protect the church's income. Or did you expect the church to warehouse millions of dollars with banks who would live large on the proceeds and expose the hard earned income of worshippers to inflation even before the church uses it?

Are Oyedepo's Universities The Most Expensive In Nigeria As Claimed By The Article?

We all know this to be untrue. The Living Faith university system runs one of the most pocket friendly private universities in Nigeria when comapred to secular varsities of equal standing. There's nothing unusual about the price of Living faith schools.

I suspect that the addition of this claim was just to make Oyedepo look further bad and horrible.

Does Living Faith Maintain Four Jets?


This is another claim that has been debunked several times by Leke Beecroft of Church gist and many others who cared to explain.
The living faith church has used four to five planes in the past to convey its church leadership. It regularly sells her older planes to buy new ones. Currently, the church uses more of its helicopter to shuffle the church leadership and that of the RCCG around the country. While deemphasizing on the use of the private jet.

However, the article presented it as though the living faith church maintains an active fleet of four jets on standby in a futile attempt to further make the church appear greedy and evil.

Do all your points address the reason Oyedepo opened it? I have written it earlier that I respect Oyedepo, but what was his intent when he opened it? And then he didnt choose to use his official business empire to, but his immediate family. For what exactly? People who do this always try to hide something. What is Oyedepo hiding? No straight politician or businessman open such cos they know people frown at it. Something is going in somewhere. The question is: What is Oyedepo hiding?

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by studentofTruth: 2:20am On Oct 11, 2021
LordReed:


My question is how do people who claim that Jesus is coming soon go about opening offshore businesses? How does that play into the theology? Is Jesus coming to take possession of offshore businesses? Isn't it indicative of a lack of belief in this Jesus is coming soon theology?


No, no, baba is not one of those Jesus is coming soon preachers. Baba is is a realist, which is why I like him. His central theme is Making Heaven on Earth. He doesn't lie about it as you can see already!
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Fahdiga(m): 3:32am On Oct 11, 2021
Trumann:


Most of Oyedepo's critics are Yorubas, but you mud dwellers won't know that since you're preparing to kill yourselves tomorrow, Monday.

Happy Monday killing to all Igbos tomorrow.
Shatap
Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by SSIPON(m): 3:45am On Oct 11, 2021
Rebuke:



Crawl back into yhur dirty hole and continue wailing. Who ever told yhu yhur opinion matters has deceived yhu big time.

This is a public website. I don't have time for argument with kids, but your mother no train you well, at all.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by SSIPON(m): 3:46am On Oct 11, 2021
Mrsoft3:



Any hospital that has politicians and everything you mentioned is a what?.......

I said Any church that has politicians pandering around them.

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Re: Pandora: My Observation About Bishop Oyedepo's Tax Haven Controversy - Highered by Abbeyworld: 4:34am On Oct 11, 2021
emapeteum:
This write-up lacks substance. Disagreeing with a man of God does not mean one is attacking the gospel.why operating a company in secret if he has no skeleton in his cupboard? Gospel of stomach infrastructure
please investigate the skeleton and take him to court and stop assuming something that can put you in trouble here sir.

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