Saturday, 8 November 2014

Controversy over Bishop Oyedepo's school inthe UK


This is exactly how BBC put it before his
people come after me now...:-) Read below..
A Nigerian church accused of linking poor
discipline to witchcraft wants to open an
independent school in Kent. Winners' Chapel
International, which is currently under
investigation by the Charity Commission,
wants to open the school at its Dartford site.
Human rights campaigners and the National
Secular Society are urging the government to
turn down the school bid. The church, whose
leader Bishop David Oyedpo was filmed
accusing a woman of being a witch, declined
an interview.

The organisation, which has its headquarters
in Nigeria, is known as Living Faith Church
Worldwide and also Winners' Chapel
International (WCI).
Bishop Oyedepo, its leader in Nigeria, has
been shown on YouTube slapping a woman
and accusing her of being a witch.
His son David Oyedepo Junior is the pastor at
WCI's European headquarters in Dartford,
where the church organisation wants to open
Kingdom Heritage Model School for children
aged four to seven.
But groups including the National Secular
Society (NSS) have raised concerns amid
claims the church links child "disobedience"
to witchcraft - citing the David Oyedepo
Ministries website, which states "disobedience
is as terrible as witchcraft".
Stephen Evans, from the NSS, said the
Metropolitan Police had investigated 27 cases
of child abuse related to witchcraft this year.
He said: "There's a need to be vigilant and
there's a need to tackle this. You don't do this
by allowing organisations that believe in
witchcraft and are associated with witch-
hunting to open in the UK."
The school application is being considered by
the government. The Charity Commission
confirmed concerns raised about Winners'
Chapel International included conflicts of
interest and the charity's financial
management. In 2011, Bishop Oyedepo's
fortune was estimated at $150m (£94m).
Source: BBC

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