THE STORY OF MY LIFE-BISHOP DAVID OYEDEPO AT 60- PART FOUR

-Bishop David Abioye: My Longest Serving Joshua 
- The Interesting Story of Their Spiritual Connectedness and Apostolic Partnership

"I have been blessed by God with a man in the order of Joshua of the bible. Just as Joshua, the son of Nun was to Moses, so is David Abioye to me. This addicted follower and dedicated labour err, has been following me on this journey since the Mandate was

delivered. 
His life-style coupled with his depth of teaching clearly defined this connectedness. To both my spirit and the spirit of this Commission. 
Today. This fact has become an open testimony to all and sundry both within this Commission and far beyond. 
I am blessed to have him as a Son-in-the-Gospel." 

  -Bishop David Oyedepo


Bishop David Abioye, the first Vice President of Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel has displayed rare qualities of humility, loyalty and faithfulness in his service to Bishop David Oyedepo and Winners Chapel family. It is prophetically discernible that Bishop David Oyedepo is the current Apostle of Faith and in his extraordinary work of faith he has mentored many sons of the prophet, one of which is Bishop David Abioye.

 Abioye, the second most senior bishop in Winners Chapel, has been with the presiding bishop since the inception of the ministry in 1981. He has displayed apostolic humility,  unparalleled loyalty,


faithfulness and service to Bishop David Oyedepo. Also, he has demonstrated that one must not be a President and Founder of a ministry before getting fulfillment in God's vineyard. 
  Abioye saw Winners Chapel grow from a small church in Ilorin to a mega church with branches in over 60 countries. When Oyedepo left Kaduna for Iyana Ipaja, Lagos in 1989, Abioye was the spiritual giant who manned the Garden of Faith, the church’s National Headquarters while Oyedepo took over Lagos and later Canaan Land, Ota. He was ordained a Bishop under Living Faith Church in 1993. Abioye supervised the establishment of numerous branches of Winners Chapel in Abuja,  including Karu, Nyanya, Mararaba, Lugbe, Kubwa, Gwarimpa, Jahi and numerous other mega churches before he moved to Goshen City, a 15,000 capacity auditorium in Auta Balefi, Kilometre 26, Abuja Keffi Expressway, which sits on a large expanse of land estimated to be over 600 acres with estimated cost of initial construction cost being put at over N2 Billion naira.

It was on record that Goshen City was built within 18 months and crowds of worshipers have continued to overflow the place. Goshen City has a primary school (Kingdom Heritage Model School), a secondary school (Faith Academy), a youth center, a mini housing unit, guest houses, printing press, youth church and the massive auditorium which holds two services every Sunday. Goshen City is the headquarter of World Mission Agency (WMA) where the activities of churches in the mission field of the world is commissioned and supervised
Abioye is a seasoned teacher of the word. While Oyedepo oscillates between insightful mysteries and deep prophetic release, Abioye goes into deep expositions of the Word, and breaks the lump, heavy prophetic releases of the Presiding Bishop into pieces such that even the newest convert could grasp, thus creating a colorful balance in the ministerial team of Winners Chapel.

Despite all the greatness associated with David Abioye, he has not failed in private and public to attest his loyalty to the leadership of Bishop David Oyedepo. He always re-emphasizes to the teeming youth of the church, the need to remain faithful to the leadership of the presiding bishop and those

teachings of his have greatly influenced the attitude of the church in general that they’ve learnt to be patient with what they couldn’t understand till they grow into maturity.

This explains why Bishop David Oyedepo proudly refers to his as "My longest serving Joshua."