A former Vice-President of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Abioye, will commence Sunday morning services on May 4, seven months after his retirement.

Bishop Abioye announced the Sunday morning service during the evening service in Abuja on Sunday, April 27.

The announcement was well received by the congregation who erupted in praises, shouts and applause, confirming their acceptance of the new development.

“Very important information. From next Sunday, by the grace of God, our service is migrating to morning. Hallelujah. And the time is 8 am. God bless you mightily in Jesus’ name,” the cleric announced. 

Abioye, alongside Bishop Thomas Aremu, retired from Living Faith in October 2024, after a review of the church’s administrative policy set the mandatory retirement age for leaders at 55.

At the time, Aremu was 67 and Abioye was 63.

The new policy also stipulated that future leaders of Living Faith will be restricted to one or two terms of seven years, pending approval by the Board of Trustees.

At his retirement service, he announced he would not start a new church, after spending years to help Bishop David Oyedepo to build the Winners Chapel.

Following his retirement, Bishop Abioye commenced a non-denominational ministry which held every Sunday evening.

Speaking at the end of an evening fellowship on April 27, Abioye said his ministry would now hold services on Sunday morning.

Abioye had noted that the ministry was birthed out of a divine mandate and not personal ambition.