He started his ministry in 1981 after an 18-hour vision he had in May 1981 where, quoting him, God mandated him to preach the word of faith to set the world free from all oppression of the devil. He was ostracized by his schoolmates because he had tuberculosis and he dared God to heal him and that was it, he got healed. Young David Oyedepo rejected a charm his father gave him and a whitlow developed on his right hand. His radical level of faith started when he was a young boy burning for Jesus. He witnessed for Jesus for the first time in March 1970 and he has been doing so till date. Betty had an interest in him through his secondary school days. Betty Lasher when he was just 15 years old. in Human Development from Honolulu University, Hawaii, United State of America.īishop David Oyedepo got born again on 19th, February 1969 by the influence of his missionary teacher, Ms. He is widely known to have studied Architecture at the Kwara State Polytechnic now Kwara State University and Oyedepo worked with the Federal Ministry of Housing in Ilorin briefly before he resigned to face the mandate God gave him fully. He learned the importance of tithing from her. David Oyedepo was raised by his grandmother in Osogbo from whom he learned the virtues of Christian life through early morning prayers which they both attended. The church is a branch of the Aladura movement in Nigeria. The father was a Muslim healer, and the mother, Dorcas by name was a member of the Holy Order of the Cherubim & Seraphim Church (C&S). David Oyedepo was raised in a hybrid religious family. He is a native of Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Govt. BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO BIOGRAPHY, MINISTRY & LESSONS FROM HIS LIFEīishop David Oyedepo was born on September 27th, 1954 in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.

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