Sequel to succession crisis rocking the Synagogue Church of All Nations after the passage of its senior pastor, Prophet Temitope Joshua, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has disclosed how his successor will emerge after his retirement.
In a short video clip trending on social media picked from the Church’s Covenant Hour of Prayer, one of the early morning fellowships of the church, the Bishop said there is no dispute about the succession plan of the church, stating that is already contained in the “Red Book” also known as the Mandate which also doubles as the constitution of the church.
“If you read the book ‘The Mandate’ you will see the succession procedure of apostleship in this ministry is open, it’s in the hand of everybody.
“When you are 70 as leader of this church, you present three names to the Council of Priests for them to see if any of them is qualified by the Secretariat. If they are not qualified, they throw it back to you. You have one more chance to make another presentation and after that, you are out of it. The Council takes it, the Board goes to rectify. It is a process, not that somebody dies and then we don’t know what to do, you know what to do step by step, and this happens within three weeks. This takes place within 12 weeks,” he stated.
Oyedepo added that it was dangerous for anyone to convert the church to their personal and family property, and that the moment the church becomes a family property, it is dead, and because many founders see the church as an enterprise to them, the church never succeeds them.
He also urged men of God to be virtuous and walk in integrity, and also warned them not to call their sons and daughters to ministry if God didn’t call them and that doing so may frustrate their destinies.
The Bishop noted that many charismatic churches die before their founder dies because they want to leave the church as inheritance for their family.
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