The Founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has warned the federal government (FG) under the Muhammadu Buhari administration against its plans to appoint church trustees.
The Federal Government trustees will oversee the planned implementation of the Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) in the nation’s churches.
CAMA was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on the 7th of August, 2020.
Under the law, religious and charity organisations will be strictly regulated by the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a supervising minister.
At the church service on Sunday, 16th August, Bishop Oyedepo said that the law was a clear indication of the envy of wicked leaders about the prosperity of the church.
According to him, “you know how a strong man is when you tamper with his wife… The church is the body of Christ…. This is a warning from the Lord, we are under obligation to give warnings to wicked rulers so we could be free from their blood.
“…the registrar-general has the power to remove trustees of the church and close the account of the church, and that does not require any court validation ! I know this must be somebody that woke up from the wrong side of the bed.
“I know that it is the prosperity of the church that is making them jealous.”
On its plans to appoint church trustees, Bishop Oyedepo warned the FG over the impending judgment of God and said, “this is a circular nation. The church is the greater asset of God in this country. Please be warned.
“Anybody that is in this deal is taking poison. This will never work.”
He added that it is only in Nigeria that people over 80 years struggle to be president.
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