Founder of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has urged critics to refrain from questioning the church leadership over the retirement of its Bishops.
This comes after the news that two vice presidents in the church, Bishops Thomas Aremu and David Abioye, would retire after serving three and four decades in the ministry.
Naija News learnt that the pastors’ retirement is in line with the operational guidelines of the church, also known as The Mandate, which serves as the church’s constitution.
The revised Mandate has changed the retirement age from 60 to 55.
While the Founder, Oyedepo, retains the right to serve for life, future church leaders will be restricted to one or two terms of seven years, pending approval by the Board of Trustees.
Responding to criticisms, Oyedepo, while delivering his sermon at the valedictory service for Bishop Aremu at Winners Chapel, Orita Bashorun, on Tuesday, said critics should be quiet and focus on…