Sacked Pastors: We’ve No Patience with Failure, Says Oyedepo

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Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church International aka Winners’ Chapel has said the pastors recently sacked by the church were “unfruitful” and “blatant failures”.

One of the sacked pastors, Peter Godwin, had claimed that the church sacked the pastors in Ekiti State for having a church growth index that falls below expectations.

“I was told by the management that the church doesn’t operate at a loss.

“They also told me that the total income that is being generated from my station should be able to cater for my welfare and accommodation, so as a result of low income, I’m hereby dismissed,” the pastor claimed in a viral video.

Addressing the issue in a video circulating on socialmedia, Oyedepo wondered why there was no social media buzz when the church employed 7000 people at a time.

He said, “People are confused about our Ministry. I learnt some fellows said, “you know, they are not bringing income, that is why they asked them to go”.

“We asked you to go because you are unfruitful. Unfruitful! Blatant failure. Doing what there? We have no patience with failure here.

“When we employed 7,000 people at a time, social media was dead.

“We have more employees in this organisation than most of the states. No one is owed a dime salary and we don’t borrow, we don’t beg. Ask our bank whether we take overdraft.

“We are covenant bound, working in the light of God’s word, enjoying an open Heaven.”

Further dismissing claims that money was the yardstick the church used to measure perfomance, Oyedepo said, “Money? Nonsense. We have never lacked it and yet we have never prayed for it.

“We are just simply obeying God and He is backing up what He is asking us to do. Awesome God.”

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