Bishop David Oyedepo, Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has lambasted those criticising the decision of his church to sack over 40 pastors, stating that keeping unprofitable servants makes one a poor manager.
Reacting to the allegation, Oyedepo said the pastors were sacked because they were unfruitful as the church have no patience for failure.
Oyedepo‘s reaction, however, triggered more controversy as many concerned Nigerians condemned the act accusing him of being too money minded.
Responding to the latest criticism, the 66-year-old preacher said: “Our rural church planting is going on. All the offerings from rural Churches for the next 40 years cannot build what they are building for them because I learnt some fellows were saying that, “It is because they don’t have an offering that is why they said they should go.”
“It is because you are sick, you are unproductive, you will be plucked out. We sent you to go to the villages to reach out to a minimum of 12 souls in a week and ensure that a minimum 6 of them come to Church. Then 6 months, you don’t have 10. You are unprofitable, you shouldn’t survive”.
“Sound management brought us here Sir. Keeping unprofitable servants makes you a poor manager. Businessmen hear me now: keeping unprofitable servants makes you a poor manager. You have a right to resign, we have the right to sack you. It is a system, it works like that everywhere.
