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The founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide,
Bishop David Oyedepo, is 60 years old today (Saturday). In a recent media chat
with journalists in commemoration of his birthday and attended by Gbenro Adeoye,
Oyedepo says he heartily welcomes being called Africa’s wealthiest pastor.
You were rated by Forbes as the richest
pastor in Africa, how do you feel about this considering that people often say
that wealth and righteousness are not the best of friends?
May I say here that God owns the silver and the
gold and he’s the most Holy God. If wealth and righteousness are not best of
friends, there is no way God will be the wealthiest of all because of his
fullness we have all received. I think there is no father who wishes his
children poverty. I have children, is it okay to now say two of you should be
poor, two of you should be fair, and one of you should be a beggar? If God is
truly a father, he will not wish his children to be poor. The wealth of every
parent is reflective in their children, so it’s not an issue. I believe wealth
and righteousness are the best of friends. Abraham, the friend of God, was the
wealthiest in his time. Job, the wealthiest, was God’s pride. There is none
like him on the earth. How do you feel when they say you’re the richest? If you
make first class in school, how do you feel? You feel good. You’re not the
greatest thief. You’re the wealthiest, so I feel good about it. It’s better to
be a wealthy pastor than to be a beggar.
