Bishop Oyedepo Bans Youths From Using Earphones, Airpods In Church

Bishop David Oyedepo, the ruling Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has banned the use of headphones and other electronic devices in his church, calling them devil’s weapons.

Youths using earphones, according to Oyedepo, are not ready to hear God’s words and should not be allowed to enter church.

He claimed that earphones were created by the devil to prevent youths from progressing in life.

During Sunday’s service at the Church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, the priest addressed his congregation.

He was speaking on “How to access divine guidance: create a serene and quiet environment around yourself.”

He said: “We live in a very rowdy time. Young generation, please listen to me: all these things you plug in your ear will block your way forward. It is designed by the devil to block your way forward.

“No time to hear from God. Many have never heard anything from God. They even plug it in anywhere, on the streets: noise, noise, noise! Zero access to divine guidance. Noise in the morning, afternoon, night.

“There is a situation in South Korea, I saw it in one publication. Now 10,000 churches were said to close down within 10 years, an average of 1,000 churches per year. Why? Children, young people will sit down in church (with earphones): don’t hear nothing Sir. In fact, service will end, we were told and they won’t know until they look around and see there is no one around. It is as terrible as that. The devil wants to destroy the faith of the future generation. Very soon, he wants to wipe away the Bible hard copy from your hand so you can be browsing nonsense even in church…

“I know they don’t do that here because CCU (Crowd Control Unit) is here, you plug something in your ears, while you are in church? Never. Go somewhere else. Never, you sit down tight, hear the Word or stay on the road. Life is about discipline. I started understanding the Word from the age of 16. I was responding accordingly.”