‘Nigeria will never become an Islamic state’ — Bishop Oyedepo

The founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide and Senior Pastor of the Faith Tabernacle, Bishop David Oyedepo, has stated that Nigeria will never become an Islamic state, condemning the surge in killings and insecurity across the country.

Oyedepo, while addressing the congregation during the 4th Pre-Shiloh Encounter Service on Sunday, expressed concern over continued attacks on worshippers and communities, describing the growing violence as “unacceptable” and “a direct assault on innocent lives.”

He said, “The Church of Christ in Nigeria is indestructible. The gates of hell cannot prevail against it. Nigeria will never become an Islamic state. Never, never, never. The battle is raging. The Islamic jihadists are running. But we belong to a higher realm of authority.”

He condemned the attackers and those he accused of sponsoring them, placing a curse on them. 

“Five people were shot dead in a church last week. Thirty-five abductees can’t tell where they are. And they are demanding a hundred million from a village setting.

“Every perpetrator of these killings and their sponsors come under a curse today,” he said.

Oyedepo urged members of the church and Christians nationwide to engage in seven days of intensive prayer beginning at midnight, describing it as a spiritual response to worsening insecurity.

“When this church prays, God hears. All who are baptised in the Holy Ghost will join me in praying extensively in the spirit. By so doing, we are sending angels on a run. There will be catastrophes.

“There will be catastrophes. There shall be catastrophes. In the camp of the wicked, there shall be catastrophes,” he said.

He directed congregants to anoint their homes and workplaces as “no-go areas” and to take spiritual responsibility for the protection of their families and communities.

He added that attacks on church members would no longer go unanswered, announcing that a spiritual operation would begin at midnight.

“I’m asking every living winner, no matter how much anointing you have for sleep, that anointing is broken. Amen. Amen. Amen. As the Lord lives, who sent me as one of the watchmen over this nation. This shall not continue.

“12 midnight tonight, the operation begins. Satan is in trouble.Its agents and it is arrayed, in the name of Jesus. Any member of this church touched, equals fire and brimstone, in the camp of the enemy. I’m saying so by the Holy Ghost. Go and try it.”

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