Two Vice Presidents of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Abioye and Bishop Thomas Aremu will step down next week after serving for more than four and three decades, respectively.
This retirement aligns with Winners Chapel’s operational manual, The Mandate, which recently revised the retirement age from 60 to 55.
A member of the headquarters church in Ota, Ogun State, stated, “We have been informed that Bishop Abioye and Bishop Aremu in Ibadan will retire during Bishop Oyedepo’s birthday celebration. “
This follows the new church policy; only Bishop Oyedepo can remain in his position for life. It’s unsurprising news to some of us in the church, as one of the two bishops has been contemplating retirement for some time.”
Bishop Abioye is currently 63, while Bishop Aremu is 67.
According to the Church Times, valedictory services will be conducted for the two Bishops at their respective churches.
Bishop Abioye’s farewell service is scheduled 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. In 1987, he led one of the church’s five pioneer branches and was consecrated in 1993 at the age of 32.
Bishop Aremu, who transitioned to full-time ministry after a successful accounting career, was one of the seven bishops consecrated in November 1999 at Garden of Faith, Kaduna.