By Our Reporter
Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder and presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners Chapel), one of Nigeria’s most influential Pentecostal leaders, reportedly shared a testimony during a church service recounting past incidents involving kidnappings connected to members of his ministry.
He said that on one occasion when a pastor was abducted, he instructed that his phone number be given to the kidnappers. According to him, he issued a strong warning:
“One time, one of our pastors was carried by kidnappers, I said, ‘Give them the phone and tell them that in 24 hours if you don’t check him out you are dead’. The place was vibrating on a spot and was released”
He added: ”If anybody picks you, give them my number. If he is not cut down then I am not God-sent.”
In another account, he said one of his daughters was kidnapped and informed the abductors that her father had already declared her release time. He stated:
“Another time, one of those times, my daughter was captured somewhere and she told them my father said I am getting out of here latest at 7am. And I didn’t even speak with them, that was how they started cutting themselves (the kidnappers) and told her to start going.”
He used the testimonies to encourage Christians, urging them not to live in fear or allow oppression, and stating that believers are “raised far above the devil.”
