Faith Tabernacle

==Building==
[[Canaanland]] was procured in 1998 and was initially {{convert|560|acre|km2}}, it is in [[Ota, Ogun]], [[Nigeria]]. The church's international headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, was built in Cannanland between 1998 and 1999, taking twelve months to complete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanpastors.net/Pastors%20Webpages/David%20Oyedepo.html |access-date=June 7, 2012 |title=Pastor David Oyedepo Profile|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428040226/http://www.africanpastors.net/Pastors%20Webpages/David%20Oyedepo.html |archive-date=April 28, 2012 }}</ref> The foundation laying took place on August 29, 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.churchgrowthmovement.org/large-church-auditoriums/|title=LARGE CHURCH AUDITORIUMS|website=Best Resources on Church Growth|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>

In 1999, the Faith Tabernacle was inaugurated with 50,400 seats.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/542154.stm |title=Church of the 50,000 faithful |last=Barnaby |first= Phillips  |date=November 30, 1999 |website=BBC |access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref> Faith Tabernacle was reputed to be the world's largest church in terms of capacity.<ref>Candy Gunther Brown, ''Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Healing'', Oxford University Press, UK, 2011, page 253</ref><ref name="BBC"/><ref>Israel O. Olofinjana, ''20 Pentecostal Pioneers in Nigeria: Their Lives, Their Legacies'', Xlibris Corporation, USA, 2011, page  127</ref> It covers about 70 hectares and is built inside the complex called Canaanland, with a size of more than 10,500 hectares (42km2) in Ota, a suburb of [[Lagos (Nigeria)|Lagos]]. The church building was constructed under 12 months and dedicated in September 1999.<ref>Vinson Synan, [[J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu]], [[Amos Yong]], ''Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present and Future'', Charisma Media, USA, 2016, page 28</ref>