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Canaan Land, Ota, Ogun State – Bishop David Olatunji Abioye and Bishop Thomas Aremu will retire from the Living Faith Church (LFC) popularly known as Winners Chapel in October 2024.
The retirement of the two Vice Presidents of the church is based on the rules of the Mandate which is the Constitution or operational manual of the Liberation Commission.
As reported by Church Gist, Bishop Aremu’s valedictory service will be held at LFC Basorun, Ibadan, Oyo state on Tuesday, October 15 while Bishop Abioye’s valedictory service be at Durumi, Abuja on Friday, October 18, 2024.
The development is the first time that Winners Chapel pastors will be openly celebrated on retirement.
The new retirement age is 58, a departure from the previous age of 60. Bishop Abioye is 63 while Bishop Aremu is 67.
According to the new guideline called the Mandate, only the founder, Bishop David Oyedepo have the privilege of a lifetime of service.
Every future leader will serve for one term or a maximum of 2 terms of 7 years each subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.
Bishop Abioye relationship Bishop Oyedepo started in 1979 after which he was sent to start of one 5 pioneer branches in 1987.
He became the youngest Bishop of a church after he was consecrated in 1993 in Garden of Faith, Barnawa, Kaduna state.
Bishop Aremu is the only one among the 7 Bishops consecrated in November 1999 at Garden of Faith, Kaduna that have remained till date.
Oyedepo’s 70th birthday: Pastors donate food items
Meanwhile, TheTalk.NG reported that food items were donated to the less privileged in society in honour of Bishop Oyedepo’s 70th birthday.
Some senior pastors in Lagos state donated food packs to bless 5,000 people in need as the founder of Living Faith Church clock 70.
The Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Lagos Chapter, Pastor Yemi David, gave details of the programme.
Source: TheTalk.NG
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