David Olaniyan Oyedepo

Biographical record

Surname

Oyedepo

First Name

David

Other Names

Olaniyan

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

27 September 1954

State of Origin

Kwara

Place of Birth

Osogbo, Osun State

Father's Name

Ibrahim Oyedepo

Mother's Name

Dorcas Oyedepo

Name of Spouse

Faith Abiola Oyedepo (nee Akano)

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Names of Children

David Oyedepo Jnr.
Isaac Oyedepo
Love Oyedepo
Joyce Oyedepo

Profession

Preacher/Publisher

Schools Attended with Dates

• Oyedepo studied architecture at the Kwara State Polytechnic Kwara State • He also received PhD in Human Development from Honolulu University, Hawaii, US

Present Appointment

 President Living Faith Church World Wide (LFCWW)  President of David Oyedepo Ministries International (DOMI)  Chairman or publisher of Dominion Publishing House (DPH)

Previous Appointments

Oyedepo worked briefly with the Federal Ministry of Housing, in Ilorin before resigning to concentrate on missionary work

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

 Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Education (FNAE)
 Fellow of the Nigerian Society for Financial Research (FNSFR)
 Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Strategic Management (FNISM).
 Honorary Doctor of Divinity
 Bethel Graduate School of Theology Riverside California.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Pillars of Destiny
Signs and Wonders Today
Anointing for Exploits
Understanding Financial Prosperity
The Healing Balm
The Force of Freedom
Walking in the Newness of Life
Exploits in Ministry
The Unlimited Power of Faith
Winning Prayer
Success Strategies
Breaking Financial Hardship
In Pursuit of Vision
Understanding Divine Direction
The Winning Wisdom
Understanding the Power of Praise
Releasing the Supernatural
Walking in the Miraculous
Anointing for Breakthrough
Understanding Vision
Towards Excellence in Life and Ministry
Success Systems
Understanding the Anointing
Exploits of Faith
The Blood Triumph
Satan Get Lost

Other Relevant Information

He was raised in a mixed religious family His father, Ibrahim, was a Muslim healer. His mother, Dorcas, was a member of the Eternal Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement (C&S), a branch of the Aladura movement in Nigeria. He was raised by his grandmother in Osogbo, who introduced him to the virtues of Christian life via early morning prayers which she attended with him. She also taught him the importance of tithing.

Oyedepo became "born again" in 1969, through the influence of his teacher Betty Lasher (18 June 1930 – 26 August 2022), who took an interest in him during his high school days. According to him, he received a mandate from God through an 18-hour vision in May 1981, to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil through the preaching of the word of faith.[7] This is the inaugural vision that led to the founding of the Living Faith Church World Wide (LFCWW), first called Liberation Faith Hour Ministries, in 1981.

Living Faith Church (AKA Winners Chapel International) started in Kaduna but moved to Lagos, the former capital of Nigeria in July 1989, to start a new branch of the church after Oyedepo claimed to have received instructions from God to reach out to the people of Lagos

In 1998, Oyedepo claimed he was instructed by God to build a new base for the commission to accommodate the increasing number of worshippers. This resulted in Oyedepo's church's acquisition of the initial 530-acre (2.1 km2) facility, known as Canaanland, which serves as the headquarters. It is the home of the 50,000-seat capacity auditorium, the 'Faith Tabernacle'.[12] This was a feat also recorded by the Guinness Book of Records

The Ministry's biggest annual meeting Shiloh, is held every December in the same Faith Tabernacle and often welcomes thousands of congregants across the world. The ministry is currently building a 100,000-seater auditorium called the "Ark", which is reputed to be the building with the largest span in the world