By Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has reportedly sacked about 40 pastors for failing to grow their respective parishes.
This was according to a viral letter dated June 25, 2021 and signed by the Executive Secretary of the church, Adebisi Aboluwade.
According to the letter which has been trending on social media, the embattled pastors were directed to vacate their official accommodation and hand over their identity cards to their respective area pastors.
“Consequent upon the recent performance reviews which revealed that your church growth index falls below expectations,” one of the letters read.
“Please be informed that your services as a pastor in charge are no longer required from this commission with immediate effect.
“You are to vacate the official accommodation (where applicable) and hand over all properties of the ministry in your custody, including your staff identity card to the area pastor before departure.
“May you find grace for a new beginning. Peace.”
Pastor Peter Godwin, who claimed to be one of the pastors affected in Ekiti State, later corroborated this development.
He said that he was employed on August 28, 2020, and that the state pastor invited him and approximately 40 of his colleagues on July 1, 2021, but they were sacked for failing to increase the church’s revenue.
“A few minutes later, we were [each] issued a letter. I opened the content of the letter to see what was there and I saw that it was a sack letter,” he was quoted as saying by The PUNCH.
“So, I called the management the next day to find out what happened since I wasn’t involved in any dubious activity or evil act. 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.”
Meanwhile the church is yet to issue an official statement on the matter, as at the time of filing this report.
