The 2 Vice Presidents of Bishop David Oyedepo of the Residing Religion Church (Winners Chapel) will retire subsequent after serving for over 4 and three many years.
A number of sources within the church, together with a pastor within the church, who requested anonymity on account of a scarcity of authorisation to talk to the press, confirmed the deliberate retirement of Bishops David Abioye and Thomas Aremu to The PUNCH on Thursday.
In keeping with the sources, the retirement aligned with Winners Chapel’s operational handbook, The Mandate, which lately revised the retirement age from 60 to 55.
A member who attends the headquarters church in Ota, Ogun State, stated, “Now we have heard that Bishop Abioye and the opposite Bishop Aremu in Ibadan will go away in the course of the Bishop Oyedepo birthday celebration. That’s the new regulation within the church; solely Bishop Oyedepo can stay in his place for all times. One of many two bishops has even been contemplating leaving for some time, so this isn’t information to a few of us within the church.”
Efforts by our correspondent to confirm the event with the church’s media officers have been unsuccessful, as they didn’t reply calls or reply to messages despatched by way of WhatsApp.
Bishop Abioye is presently 63, whereas Bishop Aremu is 67.
Solely the church’s founder shall be allowed to serve past this new age restrict, with future leaders permitted to serve one or two phrases of seven years every, topic to the Board of Trustees’ approval.
In keeping with Church Instances, valedictory companies shall be held for the 2 Bishops at their respective church buildings.
Bishop Abioye’s farewell service is ready for Friday, October 18, 2024, in Durumi, Abuja, whereas Bishop Aremu’s service will happen at LFC Basorun in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
Bishop Abioye, presently the Senior Pastor of Residing Religion Church, Goshen Metropolis, Abuja, first met Bishop David Oyedepo in 1979.
He led one of many church’s 5 pioneer branches in 1987 and was consecrated in 1993 on the age of 32.
Bishop Aremu, who transitioned to full-time ministry after a profitable accounting profession, was one of many seven bishops consecrated in November 1999 at Backyard of Religion, Kaduna.