BISHOP OYEDEPO FUMES OVER PLANS BY GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE ACCOUNTS OF CHURCHES

Presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide popularly known as Winners Chapel David Oyedepo has expressed disapproval of the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) being applied in churches.

CAMA, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 7, requires that religious bodies and charity organisations will be strictly regulated by the registrar-general of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and a supervising minister.

CAMA provides that the commission may by order, suspend the trustees of an association or a religious body and appoint an interim manager or managers to coordinate its affairs where it reasonably believes that there has been any misconduct or mismanagement, or where the affairs of the association are being run fraudulently or where it is necessary or desirable for the purpose of public interest.

However, Oyedepo told his congregation on Sunday that such laws were made out of jealousy for the church’s prosperity.

He said: “The church is God’s heritage on earth. Molest the wife of somebody and you will see the anger of that person. The church is the bride of Christ. You know how a strong man is when you tamper with his wife. The church is the body of Christ. We are under obligation to give warnings to wicked rulers so we could be free from their blood.

“The church works on the pattern delivered by God not the pattern of man. Government has no power to appoint people over churches. This is a secular nation. The church is the greatest asset of God in this country. Please be warned. Judgment is coming. The Lord says I have been still but now I will arise.

Anybody that is in this deal is taking poison. This will never work. I am waiting for a day when anybody will appoint a trustee over this church… You can’t gag anybody. We own this country together.

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