Don't employ officials sacked for looting church funds - Oyedepo warns

Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has warned against employing some officials of the church who were fired for allegedly looting church funds.

The bishop openly condemned the act during the empowerment summit organised for ordained workers of the church while hitting hard at some church officials for allegedly looting church fund.

Oyedepo didn't hide his disappointment at the suspected looters, who reports say have since been relieved of their positions in the church, Oyedepo said:

“Can you imagine accountants perpetrating fraud in the house of God?

“We had no choice but to dismiss them. You can imagine top church officials engaging in doubling figures and other dubious practices.

“Even after we dismissed them, we discovered more fraud.

“Those who should discover the fraud were the ones involved in it. One of them refused to confess until the last minute.”

He admonished the church members against employing the dismissed officials. He said he had to tell everyone present because he knew the dismissed officials “will come to you for employment.”

“Don’t employ them and don’t sympathise with them. Whoever sympathises with the wicked is wicked himself.”

Dead silence fell on the gathering as the Bishop reiterated:

“Don’t sympathise with any perpetrator of fraud, otherwise you are a partaker of the evil act.”