BILL WINSTON, JODA, OYEDEPO SET FOR WAFBEC 2014

Covenant Christian Centre has unveiled the names of guest ministers for this year’s edition of West Africa Faith Believers’ Convention (WAFBEC) opening in Lagos on Sunday. Joining the host minister Pastor Poju Oyemade are Bishop Oyedepo, Dr. Bill Winston, Dr. Tunde Joda, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, Bishop Wale Francis Oke and Rev. George Olawale Adegboye.

Others include Dr. Tony Rapu, Dr. Andy Osakwe, Dr. Darrell Huffman, Dr. Scott Webb, Pastor Charles Cowan, Dr. David Beede and Rev. Matt Beemer.

Pastor Poju Oyemade - Host 

The event, themed “Faith for the Last Days”, is scheduled to hold from Sunday, January 26th to Friday 31, 2014 at the prestigious Indoor Sport Hall of National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos State. The daily programme is divided into three sessions - morning, afternoon and evening. Aside the first day, Sunday, which is scheduled to start by 5.30pm, other days commence by 8.15am with praise and worship. Afternoon session begins 12.30pm and evening 5.30pm.

Highlights of the conference include a panel of discussion which will feature Pastors Oyemade, Rapu, Odukoya and Adeyemi. It is scheduled for Friday 31^st at 12.30pm.

Dr David Oyedepo

Host Pastor Oyemade will set the tone for the six-day event with his ministration by 5.30pm. He will also teach on Thursday morning. He is the dynamic Senior Pastor of the Lagos-based ministry. He answered the call to ministry while still an undergraduate at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). He was later ordained by Bishop Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Ministries Worldwide (aka Winner’s Chapel). He hosts regular Faith Seminars, Singles’ Summits, Financial and Business Seminars and also established outreaches such as The Platform Nigeria. His television outreaches include “Insight for Living” and “The Quantum Leap” aired on Revelation Channel (the United Kingdom) and two Nigerian television stations.

Bishop David Oyedepo, founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel International, with headquarters in Ogun State, will minister on Thursday evening by 8.30pm. Described as one of the drivers of the Christian charismatic movement in Africa and one of the most influential preachers in Nigeria, he is author of many Christian books.

Dr Bill Winston

Popular American preacher Dr. Bill Winston will take the participants twice on Monday, 9.30am and 8.30pm, and on Tuesday 8.30am. Dr. Winston is the founder and pastor of Living Word Christian Centre, a multi-cultural, non-denominational church in Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America. He founded the Joseph Business School (JBS) and The Joseph Centre for Business Development for entrepreneurs and business leaders. He also founded Bill Winston Ministries (BWM), through which he hosts the Believer’s Walk of Faith television and radio broadcast. The Alabama-born preacher and graduate of Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama (now Tuskegee University) served with distinction in United States Air Force for six years as a fighter pilot. After his military career, he joined the IBM Corporation as a marketing representative rising to become a regional marketing manager. He resigned in 1985 to enter full-time ministry.

Dr Tunde Joda

Dr Tunde Joda, the founder, and senior pastor of  Voice of Faith Ministries aka Christ Chapel International Churches (CCIC), will minister on Thursday 27^th by 9.30am and Friday at 5.30pm. He has a calling in teaching the word of faith. This, he does with passion and conviction, revealing the truth and power of God’s word, which has continued to affect the world from generation to generation.  Affectionately called “the coach”, he is reputed as one of the leaders of the word of faith movement in Nigeria, through whose ministry many of the new generation of ministry leaders passed.

Thursday 5.30pm will be moment with Pastor Samuel Adeyemi of the Daystar Christian Centre. He will also teach on Friday morning by 8.30. Apart from being the Senior Pastor of the Lagos-based church, he is also the President of Success Power International, an NGO, and Daystar Leadership Academy. He is a teacher, motivational speaker and a host of Success Power, a radio and television programme aired on stations in and outside Nigeria.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, will preach on Wednesday

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya

(5.30pm) and Friday (9.30am). He holds a degree in petroleum engineering and worked for 12 years with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) until he resigned in 1994 to concentrate on the ministry God had committed to him. He is a firm believer and has personally established initiatives such as Discovery for Men, Discovery for Women, The Woman Leader, Home Affairs and Grace Springs Medical Centre. A prolific writer and has written over 300 publications.

Bishop Wale Oke will be preaching on Tuesday and Wednesday by 1.30pm and 8.30am respectively. He will also be taking the last message for Wednesday night which starts 8.30pm. An accomplished minister of the gospel, he is reputed to have strong evangelistic anointing, which has seen him conducting mass crusade all over Nigeria and Africa. God has used him to raise thousands of ministers several of whom

Bishop Wale Oke

have become giants in the faith. He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. He is the convener of the annual Holy Ghost Convention in Ibadan since 1983 and The Nigeria Turning Point Prayer Movement in Abuja since 2003. He hosts “The Voice of the Lord” telecast on radio and TV and authored many bestsellers.

Popularly referred to as a moving Bible, Rev. George Adegboye will be adding pep to the conference with a sermon on Monday (10.30am) and two messages on Tuesday (10.30am and 2.30pm). He is the President of the Ever Increasing Word Ministries aka Rhema Chapel International Churches, the Word of Victory Bible Training Institute and the Young Ministers Teaching School. He is committed to preaching the word, the passion which has made him become one of the most sought after ministers around the world. The Kwara State-based preacher is a host of weekly telecast programme “Word and You” on some Nigerian stations.

Rev George Adegboye

Pastor Tony Rapu described as an apostle, a reformer, pastor, mentor, social Crusader and Change Agent, is constantly challenging people to live life as God intended. He is a trained medical doctor and heads the group of ministries comprising This Present House, God Bless Nigeria and The Waterbrook. He will minister on Thursday and Friday both by 9.30am.

Dr. Andy Osakwe, the founder and President of Andrew Osakwe Ministries International, will preach on Thursday (12.30pm). He is a Medical Doctor by training and a graduate of Rhema Bible Training Centre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. He is committed to spreading the message of the new covenant and God’s kingdom across Nigeria, Africa and around the globe.

American Dr. Darrell E. Huffman is the pastor of New Life Church in Huntington, West Virginia. He is to minister Sunday (8.30pm), Tuesday (9.30am) and Wednesday (9.30am). He attended Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After college he was ordained through Rhema Ministerial Association International and pastored churches in West Virginia and Arkansas. He is married with two children and five grandchildren. He hosts the weekly “Faith that Overcomes” broadcasts.

Rev Sam Adeyemi

Pastor Charles Cowan, scheduled to preach on Sunday (8.30pm), Tuesday and Wednesday (9.30am), was the class captain of the first graduating class of the Rhema Bible School in 1975. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pioneer Faith Is The Victory Church. Today, the Church continues to thrive, ministering to the whole family. He teaches the Word of God with a practical simplicity that is useful for daily living. Through his teaching, he helps the believer learn how to live a victorious life of faith in God. In his ministry, now over forty years, Pastor Cowan has taught in churches throughout the United States and helped train national pastors in India, the Philippines, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Grenada, Honduras, Estonia, and Canada. He has also taught in ministers’ training schools in the Czech

Republic, Italy, and England.

 Pastor Charles Cowan

A former Rhema Bible Training Centre, Tulsa, Oklahoma instructor (1993 – 2005), Dr. David Beede is slated to minister on Wednesday (1.30pm) and Thursday (1.30pm). He taught on topics like The Holy Spirit, The History of Redemption (Blood Covenant), The Believer’s Authority, Foundations of Faith and Ministry Gifts. He has served as Director of the Rhema Ministerial Association International and as the National Director of the Rhema Alumni Association.

Pastor Olubi Johnson who ministers on Monday (9.30am) and Tuesday (12.30pm) is the President of Christ Life Ministries and Senior Pastor of Scripture Pasture Christian Centre. An anointed teacher of the Word of God with an apostolic and prophetic grace, Pastor Johnson was studying for a postgraduate degree in Communications Engineering at the Imperial College, London, when the Lord called him to teach the undiluted Word of God. Since then he has ministered the Word of God extensively in churches, seminars, and conventions.