By Oyedepo Denies Claims Church Aircraft Was Purchased With Offerings, Says It Was a Divine Miracle
Ghazali Ibrahim
Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), has addressed rumors surrounding the purchase of the church’s aircraft, clarifying that it was not bought using church offerings, but was rather a miraculous provision from God.
During a recent church service, the renowned cleric spoke candidly about the purchase of the aircraft, emphasizing that the circumstances surrounding its acquisition were purely divine and could not be fully understood by human reasoning.
His remarks came as a direct response to widespread rumors that suggested the aircraft was financed through church donations.
According to Bishop Oyedepo, the purchase of the aircraft came without any prior plans, requests, or pressure from the church or its members.
He described the event as a divine intervention, stating that it was God who provided the aircraft unexpectedly and without any human efforts or ambitions involved.
“He (God) bought the first aircraft without any prayer, without any idea that the aircraft was coming,” Oyedepo said.
“He said it, He delivered it, and nobody had any pressure on his life. There was no pressure on the offering. The offering didn’t buy it! God bought it. There was no person contacted under heaven. No! God said it, and I believe it, and that settles it.”
The bishop further explained that the acquisition was not part of any personal ambition, but rather an “unveiled divine agenda” set by God.
He went on to say that had God asked him about the timeline for purchasing the aircraft, he would have felt unprepared and would have expressed reluctance at the idea.
“If God asked me, ‘David, when do you want that aircraft to be bought?’ I would have said, ‘God, take it easy, take it easy, we are not near ready. Aircraft?’” he continued.
“Okay, let me find out first how much they sell it, He didn’t give us the room to find out.”
Bishop Oyedepo also shared how the aircraft has been used for international travels, not just short domestic flights, highlighting that the church’s reach extends across Africa, making the need for such a mode of transportation significant.
“Not the aircraft that would go from here to Ilorin or Ogbomosho, we travel the whole of Africa with the aircraft,” he added.
