{"id":4006,"date":"2026-06-03T12:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=4006"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:40:50","slug":"bishop-david-oyedepo","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/speaker\/bishop-david-oyedepo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop David Oyedepo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo<\/strong> is a globally renowned preacher, Christian author, architect, and the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (popularly known as Winners\u2019 Chapel International), a global network of churches spanning over 65 nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driven by his 1981 &#8220;Liberation Mandate&#8221;\u2014a divine call to liberate the world from oppression through the preaching of faith\u2014he has pioneered one of Africa&#8217;s largest charismatic movements. He is the architect and visionary behind Canaanland, a 5,000-acre mega-estate in Ota, Nigeria, which houses the Faith Tabernacle, formerly recognized as the world&#8217;s largest church auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A passionate advocate for human development, Bishop Oyedepo has revolutionized private higher education in Africa by founding top-tier institutions, including Covenant University and Landmark University. He is also a prolific author with over 70 life-transforming books published under Dominion Publishing House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is happily married to Pastor Faith Oyedepo, and they are blessed with four children and several grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4012,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"speaker-category":[18],"class_list":["post-4006","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-accelerate-speakers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/4006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speaker-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elevationng.org\/accelerate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-category?post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}