“What did you build?” – Apostle Suleman compares Oyedepo’s mega church to Dangote Refinery

Senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has stirred reactions online after sharing his views on wealth, church projects and what he believes should be the true measure of success for a minister.

Speaking during a sermon, Suleman argued that the value of a ministry should not be measured by the size or cost of its church building but by the number of lives it impacts.

Suleman compares churches to Dangote Refinery

While making his point, the cleric referenced Bishop David Oyedepo’s church building, which he described as the most expensive church in Nigeria, and compared it to the scale of Aliko Dangote’s refinery.

According to him, business leaders who control far larger investments rarely boast about their achievements.

“Pastors are bragging. A pastor will build a church and say, ‘People have been asking me, how was this done?’ Sir, what have you built? What did you build?”

He continued:

“The most expensive church in Nigeria is The Ark Legacy, Bishop Oyedepo’s church, and it’s 200 million dollars. Dangote refinery is 20 to 23 billion dollars when stretched. The man makes 49.3 million dollars every day. He has over 30,000 staff. Outside the Federal Government, he is the largest employer of labour. He has not given testimony.”

“People who really have money don’t talk about money”

Suleman also argued that genuinely wealthy people are often less inclined to boast about their wealth.

“People who really have money don’t talk about money. All these prosperity preachers, materialistic preachers are broke. They don’t have money because those who really have money, they don’t even remember they have money.”

He further cited Walmart as an example of a company with millions of employees that does not constantly boast about its achievements.

“The bragging rights of a church is the poor people they are helping”

The cleric maintained that the real achievement of any ministry should be seen in its humanitarian work rather than its physical structures.

“The bragging rights of a church is the poor people they are helping. The bragging rights of a man of God should be the poor people he’s helping. We started business for this. We supported this. We helped this. We built house for widow. That is a man of God’s bragging right, not, ‘I built a massive church. You are not really rich until you reach out to people. When I see people who God has blessed helping people, that’s what I say. So if you are rich and you’re not helping anybody, you are rich for yourself.”

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David Oyedepo and his ‘ark.’ pic.twitter.com/6VNpEkTwgX

— Praise George (@praisegeorge) August 10, 2026