I believe all his pastors are graduate but the salary is #50000 and he will remove #5000 per month as tithe and salary is #45000. And this people will be conderming government for what they pay as salary. Slave trade continues.

Nigeria is doomed.. no long talk

Okemmanwu:
Destroying people mentality with your business because you don't pay tax.

China is closing thousands of churches and mosques, freeing their people from religion.
Zamfara State government already budgeted billions of Naira to build mosques.

They will end up giving the Chinese the contract of building it,

CHINA REMAINS THE WORLD BIGGEST PRODUCER OF BIBLE.

#50k salary for graduate pastor that must dress well minus 10percent tithe make #45k take home. Later he will come back to say there is fraud in Churches. This is real business

TOPCRUISE:
There are different kind of churches in Nigeria. There is the kind which is only open for rich entrepreneurs, business tycoons or business owners. If you are a staff, a junior worker of a company or a struggling person worshipping in those churches they will show you pepper.

how, expain

SaintLucia:

RICHEST CHURCHES IN THE WORLD:

1- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints- $67.0 billon

2- Catholic Church - $30 billion +

3- Catholic Church Australia- $20.9 billion

4- Catholic Church Germany- $25.0 billion

5-Church of England $7.8 billion

6-Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) Italy- $2.8 billon

7-Church of Scientology- $2.0 billon

``NOW OBSERVE THAT THERE IS NO.....

RCCG
Winners
Christ Embassy
Synagogue
*No Pentecostal church at all*.

RICHEST PASTORS IN THE WORLD:
1 Bishop Oyedepo - $150 Million
2 Bishop TD Jakes - $147 Million
3 Pastor Chris Oyakhilome - $50 Million
4 Pastor Benny Hinn - $42 Million
5 Pastor Adeboye - $39 Million
6 Pastor Creflo Dollar - $27 Million (He used to be #1)
7 Pastor Kenneth Copeland - $25 Million
8 Evangelist Billy Graham - $25 Million
9 Prophet TB Joshua - $10 Million
10 Pastor Joseph Prince - $5 Million

*Observe again that none of the 4 richest churches mentioned have their leaders on this list of the Richest Pastors.*

The Pope is not there.
The Arch Bishop of Canterbury is not there.
The Bishop of Opus Dei is not there.
The Director of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is not there.

```NOW OBSERVE AGAIN.```

*6* out of the *10 Richest Pastors* are *blacks* , with *their congregation being predominantly black* .

4 out of the 10 richest Pastors have their *churches in Nigeria, the poverty capital of the world, the 147th most corrupt nation of the world, the home to the second deadliest terrorist group, the most unsafe place to give birth to in the world.*

Observe as well that the Richest Churches are situated in

1- USA
2- Vatican City
3- England

These are amongst the safest, less corrupt and most prosperous Nations.

*What a Paradox!! Jesus Christ fed the multitude, but in Nigeria the multitude feed the Men of God and General Overseers.*


_BBC Africa_
Source of Data used: Wikipedia

What a eyes opening article.

grandiose4ever:
I had a thought recently about the Nigerian religious space and economy and I feel sad that Nigeria is not exploiting the benefits of christianedom enough.

One can choose to look Churches from two angles as a govt. A charity or special subset of the service sector - in most cases it should be viewed as Charity. In some other cases it can help if viewed as a service. As a charity it should be tax free, as a service it should pay taxes(5% - 10%) and improve economy.

Since Churches seem to have very strong liquidity and cash flow from foreign countries - they can be encouraged to venture into other areas of the economy.

Case study: when govt liberated higher education and allowed new entrants. Winners Chapel obtained a license in 2002 for Covenant and within 20 years overtook Nigeria's first University of Ibadan founded in 1945.

I have a feeling if they ventured into healthcare and other sectors they would equally succeed.

I absolutely concur with the last statement.

majamajic:
see breakdown as if we are in stock market

Please we don't need more churches we are tired of them. They have zero impact on the society

Okemmanwu:
Destroying people mentality with your business because you don't pay tax.

China is closing thousands of churches and mosques, freeing their people from religion.
Zamfara State government already budgeted billions of Naira to build mosques.

They will end up giving the Chinese the contract of building it,

CHINA REMAINS THE WORLD BIGGEST PRODUCER OF BIBLE.

Freeing them from religion, but binding them to communism, so that they fear and worship their leaders. Hogwash.

Church everywhere and evil is on increase



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Biafrarep:
No problem. Other continents are making exploits in technology, health, research etc and in the process reducing poverty, disease, societal ills to make humanity a better place but what do we have in Africa? Highly religious people that are ironically very far from God!
All we are after here is how to build the highest capacity church/mosque, plant the most church/mosque branches, wasting money and man hours while enriching Saudi Arabia in the name of pilgrimage, killing others everyday in the name of honoring some god, wasting man hours in the name of crusades/revivals/night vigils etc yet evil continues to soar across the land.

We have become the world's poverty capital for a reason!
We are today housing the world's two deadliest terror groups for a reason!
We are today suffering all manner of crises for a reason!
We are doomed going forward because we have refused to evolve like normal humans!
According to Charles Darwin's theory, those that fail to evolve will ultimately go extinct and their is no doubt we are already going extinct!
Bible warned us that people die because of lack of knowledge yet we have refused to be reasonable!

We are already poverty stricken but these stinkingly rich pastors keep warning us of Doom befalling us if we refuse to hand over 10% of our widow's might to them!!

They can build 1 million churches, buy 10 private jets, and enjoy their heaven while still here on Earth but promise us our own heaven when we die.

God have mercy on us and deliver us from ignorance and lack of knowledge!!!

Pastors or churches are not collecting tax from anyone, face those that collects that from you, they all started their churches small, now you all shouting pastors this pastors that, stop paying tax then, wetin concern churches past God work. Spreading the gospel, make your government build road, electricity and so on cus they are collecting money for it. This churches uses their funds well. Meet you government

damn! Africa is done for big time!

itzprezy:
If they are paying pastors salary why are they still collecting tithe

How much you dey pay to church, if you ain't paying tithe, you need talk na

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CodeTemplar:
When this man speaks, my legs are almost shaking. The man too much.
Before the we need more factories and not churches clique arrive, I like to state that gospel ministry is Oyedepo's thing. There are businessmen called by God also and instead of pilling pressure on ministers of God's gospel, let everyone of us strive to know his or her calling and maybe the next poster will be an industrialist and be the one to own 100 factories and create 1 million jobs.

[/s] thrash

AwkaetitiBabe:
The kingdom is expanding.


It should be noted that Jesus did not collect shishi from anyone before healing them or praying for them.

Na you Sabi judge bah, face your work

F117nighthawk:
To plant 10,000 churches, and pay pastors N900 million monthly, and what will be the monthly turn over in cash or annually, we also need to know?

Do these to your personal business mr

NaijaDonCast:
and will be generating another billions of naira from those prospective franchise, pastors na enjoyment in Naira Marley voice, na where man put him money na there he dey expect to recover the money, OyedepoMoney

Church sells a lot in Nigeria now... You'd see your profit in no time...

OLULAW:
Religion is the oldest and surviving scam ever known to humanity.

Dem scam you?

grandiose4ever:
I had a thought recently about the Nigerian religious space and economy and I feel sad that Nigeria is not exploiting the benefits of christianedom enough.

One can choose to look Churches from two angles as a govt. A charity or special subset of the service sector - in most cases it should be viewed as Charity. In some other cases it can help if viewed as a service. As a charity it should be tax free, as a service it should pay taxes(5% - 10%) and improve economy.

Since Churches seem to have very strong liquidity and cash flow from foreign countries - they can be encouraged to venture into other areas of the economy.

Case study: when govt liberated higher education and allowed new entrants. Winners Chapel obtained a license in 2002 for Covenant and within 20 years overtook Nigeria's first University of Ibadan founded in 1945.

I have a feeling if they ventured into healthcare and other sectors they would equally succeed.

I liked your comment and shared given the last 2 paragraphs but disagree with the tax issue. The tax collected so far what have the government done with it so far?? What is our attitude to leadership in this country?? It is only in this country we support a thief because it's from our tribe or ethnicity....

If you make this suggestions why not ask us to then invite the church to take over government? abi is it the fact they are more prudent with the use of the resources mean they have more money?

Abi the church gets more money than the government?? That's not completely true na....

skyhighweb:
if i was d president of ng, church building will end, any new church built will b destroyed n d land taken n turned to sch or hospital

Who say make you no build school and hospital?

Chrisenwa:
How will all of these fix naija's problems pls?! smh

They are not the ones collecting your tax

Jabioro:
Yeah it good in one way and not good enough I another way..I would have love it to be channel into another way.. probably going into manufacturing.

If this man was no where, you all won't be saying this.

m140:

Do these to your personal business mr

Guess u must be one of those who milk the gubblle and ignorant Nigerians,we don't hear about the turnover of the church all the church put out there is what they spend,don't be a dumb follower be wise,churches and pastors only exist because they have followers, so they are equally accountable to u

ba7man:
10,000 schools, businesses, hospitals, industries would have made more sense.

Yeah! But he is doing wat he thinks is best. Let's those collecting our tax do it

Kreamie:
Lol. Africa and how their perception of religion...



Pity

My brother, it's a colossal pity and shame.. Nations across the world are learning how to become demi-gods tru technological advancement, but we have sworn to ourselves that we would forever be slaves to a system of control which has repressed and limited our potential in almost every aspect of our existence.. I have no problems with religion but take a good look at Africa and tell me where it has taken us in the last 50 years

grandiose4ever:
Breaking:

Bishop Oyedepo Announces Plans to Plant 10,000 Churches this Year.

*Now to spend extra N900 million ($2.5 million) on pastors monthly salaries above January 2019.
* To employ about 12,000 more staff.

Leke Beecroft

Bishop David Oyedepo has just announced the planting of 10,000 more churches this year adding to about 11,000 churches presently which will make 21,000 churches at the end of the year.
It will be recalled that the church planted her first 5 churches in 1987 and by 1994, she reached out to African nations. Church Gist.

In 2001, she reached out to other continents of the world and by December 2009, she had a total of about 700 churches.
The Church planted about 1,200 churches in 2010, 1,500 in 2011 and 2000 by 2012 respectively.

She announced about 5,600 churches excluding Lagos as at the end of 2014. Added to some 150 churches planted from 2015 to 2018 as well as 5,082 planted last year, the churches reached about 11,000.

Bishop David Oyedepo announced in December 2019 that Winners Chapel planted 5,082 churches and employed 6,000 full time pastors over these churches in 2019 with a consequent N300 million increase in the Church budget.Church Gist.

The emphasis this year is to double the number of branches worldwide with an extra monthly wage of at least N600 million. This therefore totals about N900 million increase in the salary of pastors over January 2019 and the employment and training of about 12,000 more members as pastors considering that the cost of doing so last year has not increased.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1910646359079226&id=444807728996437

10,000 Churches equals 10,000 business centers

The greatest Nigerian that lived is Fela Anikulapo Kuti. He said, "We Africans were living happily in peace until the moneymaking (religious) organisation came to pit tight confusion between us." These religions have nothing like salvation to offer Africans. Salvation from what? From Sin, Death, Corruption, Sickness and Poverty? But these things have increased beyong imaginable measure since the inception of these Abrahamic religions in Africa. Planting these churches is never a guarantee of SALVATIIN TO DUMB BRAINWASHED SUFFERERS AND RELIGIOUS TAX/TITHE PAYERS but a STEP OF BISINESS EXPANSION for greater church business revenue.

I congratulate the millions of members that would contribute this great sum for so few men.
Also I have a question. Are choir members and Usher paid? Or is the money just reserved for the pastor?
Clue to the young ones in school..At an average salary of 90k, being a pastor is more lucrative tHan teaching and working in most private companies so stop making fun of the fellowship leaders in your school. Better start learning bible and forget physic and further mathematics

foleskay:
Wow. A whooping 900m on salaries. Winners is now worth some states in Nigeria, some states like ekiti and ebonyi pays close to 900m as workers salaries. Church business is very lucrative. Damnnn

If the head a state in Nigeria thinks like the man, the state will be competing with the likes of London, New York and Co. But we fail to see this, the only thing people come here to see is how rich he is, na him dey collect our tax, tax na by force, tithe and offerings no be by force.

m140:

Na you Sabi judge bah, face your work

bruah, wetin be your na, u be oyedepo pikin