Fresh facts have emerged as to why the duo of David Abioye and Thomas Aremu of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) will be officially retiring from their posts next week.
It was gathered that the two deputies of Bishop David Oyedepo will step down from their positions after serving the ministry for over 30 and 40 years, respectively, after which a valedictory service will be held.
According to Church Times, the retirement is in line with the Church’s constitution, which recently amended the retirement age from 60 to 55.
According to the church manual, only the church’s founder, Bishop Oyedepo, is allowed to serve beyond this new age limit, with future leaders permitted to serve one or two terms of seven years each, subject to the Board of Trustees’ approval.
“We have heard that Bishop Abioye and the other Bishop Aremu in Ibadan will leave during the Bishop Oyedepo birthday celebration. That is the new law in the church; only Bishop Oyedepo can remain in his position for life.
“One of the two bishops has even been considering leaving for a while, so this is not news to some of us in the church,” a member of the church revealed in a The Punch report.
A valedictory service will be held for the two bishops at their respective churches.
Bishop Abioye’s farewell service is set for Friday, October 18, 2024, in Durumi, Abuja, while Bishop Aremu’s service will take place at LFC Basorun in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.
Bishop Abioye, currently the Senior Pastor of Living Faith Church, Goshen City, Abuja, first met Bishop David Oyedepo in 1979.
He led one of the church’s five pioneer branches in 1987 and was consecrated in 1993 at the age of 32. Bishop Abioye is currently 63, while Bishop Aremu is 67.
