By Emmanuel Gbogwu-Church Gist
- Moved a mega Church from the City to the forest contrary to all sense or reasonable advice.
- Started a 4 member Church which became the largest Pentecostal church in northern Nigeria as at 1988 with the rise of Pentecostalism.
- Established the first pentecostal run university to be licensed in Nigeria.
- Built the largest church auditorium in the world at age 44.
- Established the fastest university campus to be built and resume after licensing – Covenant University built in seven months.
- Established the private university with the most employable graduates in Nigeria according to several statistics.
- Established the best university in Nigeria
- Most consistent performance
among top universities in Nigeria since 2005. - Planted 5000+ churches in Nigeria in one year -2019.
- Planted 10,000+ churches in Nigeria in one year-2020.
- Normalized not going abroad to beg foreign churches especially in USA for money.
- Visioneer of Canaan City – Second largest single church estate in history.
- Introduced giving offerings to God respectfully (in envelopes).
- Introduced the Blood of Sprinkling services.
- Introduced Mantle Services
- Introduced Feet Washing Services in the manner known today and conducted it along with communion even during Ebola when some other churches refused to take communion out of fear.
- Champions the No Attack No Defence doctrine by placing it in the Church Constitution-and doesn’t respond to media criticism.
- Releases ministers under him to go and start their ministry and this avoids tension.
- Commissioned his biological son who was leaving his ministry into another ministry in a landmark and defining action.
- Stood up against EBOLA in 2014 when many ministers rather focused strictly on hygiene.
- STOOD up against COVID Lockdown in 2020 until churches were reopened.
- Stood up against Abacha dictatorship and led public prayers until Abacha died.
- Gave the largest consignment to Red Cross during the Ikeja Bomb Blast
- Gave consignment to Koma Hills leading to Nigerian government appreciation.
- Gave welfare consignments double of what Nigerian government gave to Rwanda during the Genocide.
- Gave consignments to Liberia during her civil war.
- Created the David Oyedepo Scholarship Scheme giving out scholarships worth billions of naira since 1992 to date.
- Building the largest / full fledged ultra modern Church Office facility in the world
- One of the largest annual Church gatherings / online viewership in the world (Shiloh)
- First ministry to own aircraft and hangar in Africa as well as an airstrip in a short while.
- Stood against CAMA Law.
- Donated food and medical items to 40 communities across Ogun State as support during COVID lockdown.
- Stood against mandatory wearing of hijabs in Christian schools in Kwara State.
- Founded Landmark University, the first agricultural based private university in Nigeria.
- Donates relief materials worth millions of naira to Internally Displaced Persons Camp across Nigeria.
- Increased staff salaries during COVID-19 global lockdown when many were sacking staff.
- Introduced anointing services.
- Never taken loans or overdraft for any ministry project.
- Stepped in to pay Benson Idahosa University staff for two years after Archbishop Idahosa passed.
- Laid an example of honour, honours Archbishop Idahosa and Kenneth Hagin in death, Kenneth Copeland and Pastor Adeboye.
- Spoke against the Buhari administration boldly for 8 years.
- Built several church buildings for different denominations in his hometown-Omu Aran.
- Established Landmark University which is top five among most affordable private universities in Nigeria.
- Never received a penny from all his published books.
- Teaches and exemplifies hitch free marriage-married for over 40 years and counting.
- Dedicated Wonderland of Living Faith Church Nairobi, Kenya (The largest church auditorium in Kenya).
- Gave ₦650 million for the maintenance of bad roads in Ogun State, Nigeria and presently in partnership with the Government to build a 6 lane expressway and 2 overhead bridges.
- Consecrated the youngest Bishop in history-Bishop David Abioye at 32.
- Founded WOFBI – one of the largest part time Bible schools in the world.
- Introduced corporate tithing to the Body of Christ.
- Ongoing Ark project to break at least 10 Guinness World Records.
- Led entry of Living Faith Church into 83 new nations across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Caribbeans and Africa in one year.
- Building the largest structures by an indigenous African Church all around Africa.
- Introduced carrying out massive ministry projects without any dime from any foreign nation.
- Founded African Leadership Development Centre to raise transgenerational leaders in Africa.
- Granted life time scholarship to eight children who attended church against all odds in 2023.
- Oversees workforce of over 35,000 staff
- Introduced the Kingdom Care Covenant Centre to reach out to the needy with food, clothing and shelter on a permanent weekly basis
- Relief Consignment to Sierre Leone.
- Gave ₦25 Million weekly to the provide foodstuff for the needy through out the lockdown.
- Subsidises transport in hometown.
- Gives relief materials of food items and cash to Osun workers who were being owed for 8 months.
- Commended for financial intergity by the government of the United Kingdom after probe and named as a good model for NGOs.
- Demolisged, relocated and rebuilt a secondary school to accommodate instructions received from God towards the Ark Project.
- Invested 2 Billion Naira in Agriculture and opened the first soilless Agricultural Centre
- Built Faith Tabernacle in one year – one of the fastest structures ever built.
- Building the largest indoor Church arena on planet earth.
- Introduced taking testimonies in every service to Nigerian Pentecostalism.
- Began Covenant Hour of Prayer, the first daily prayer platform in Nigerian Pentecostal sect.
- Took example from the Catholic Church in order to establish a Pentecostal church organization that will stand the test of time
Happy 70th Birthday in advance to Bishop David Oyedepo.
