Sources and credits

Facts on the Ark site come from the church's own publications, the project's consultants and news reports. Most were checked on 30 October 2026; the dedication sources and the layout on 31 October 2026.

Sources

1. The Ark auditorium has 109,000 seats, 126 escalators, 29 elevators, says Oyedepo. PUNCH, 25 August 2026.
2. How we built 109,000-seat The Ark without special offerings. Premium Times, 25 August 2026.
3. Unveiling The Ark 100,000 capacity project. Living Faith Church, Eleyele, 21 March 2021.
4. How God named this project The Ark after I had called it Faith Theatre. Living Faith Church, Eleyele, 25 March 2021.
5. About. Living Faith Church Worldwide, undated.
6. Bishop David Oyedepo: autobiography (Shiloh broadcast live to about 177 nations). Living Faith Church Worldwide, undated.
7. The Ark Legacy Project. WSDG (acoustics and AV consultant), page dated 8 January 2026.
8. Project account, page 196. Bentley Systems, Year in Infrastructure 2022, 2022.
9. The Ark auditorium nears completion. THISDAY, 8 February 2026.
10. Thanksgiving, Healing and Special Anointing Service: the dedication date and Shiloh 2025 in the Ark announced (from 6:42:14). Living Faith Church Worldwide (YouTube), 18 August 2024.
11. Bishop Oyedepo postpones dedication of the Ark. Ivory NG, 16 June 2025.
12. Oyedepo shifts dedication of 109,000-capacity Ark project to 2026. The Trumpet, 8 November 2025.
13. Inside Winners' Chapel 109,000-seat The Ark as it nears completion. K24 Digital, 24 September 2026.
14. Showers of Blessing Service, part 4: the dedication of the Ark next year (from 2:19:10). Living Faith Church Worldwide (YouTube), 25 October 2026.
15. 2024/2025 matriculation proceedings. Covenant University, 2025.
16. Is Your Hope Lost? (tract with service times). Living Faith Church Worldwide, 2024.
17. We Serve a Story-Changing God (contact details). Living Faith Church Worldwide, 2025.
18. DOMI online giving. Living Faith Church Worldwide, undated.
19. Adeboye visits Oyedepo's Ark project in Ogun. QED, 13 March 2022.
20. Revalidations (40th anniversary history). Living Faith Church Worldwide, 2021.
21. Covenant Day of Healing flyer (address). Living Faith Church Worldwide, 18 June 2023.
22. Bishop David Oyedepo dedicates site for the Ark. Ikorodu News Network, 25 March 2021.
23. Faith Liberation Hour: the Ilesa vision and the first church in Kaduna. David Oyedepo Ministries (web archive), archived 28 February 2020.
24. The Canaanland mandate. David Oyedepo Ministries (web archive), archived 28 February 2020.
25. Shiloh 2023, Encounter Night: the film of the Ark build, Mission Tower floors from 1:29:56. Living Faith Church Worldwide (YouTube), 8 December 2023.

Photographs and videos

• Construction photographs of the Ark and Faith Tabernacle (all rights reserved). WSDG, undated.
• The 2021 design render, shown whole with its copyright mark (all rights reserved). Living Faith Church Worldwide (mark on image), via Premium Times, 25 August 2026.
• Photographs of worship and of Bishop David Oyedepo preaching (all rights reserved). Living Faith Media, undated.
• The open bowl before the roof (all rights reserved). @iamgbolahan (Facebook) via K24 Digital, 24 September 2026.
• Entrance to Winners Chapel, Canaan Land, Ota (CC BY-SA 4.0). Kaizen photography, Wikimedia Commons, 30 March 2016.
• Satellite image of the Ota area, 26 February 1987 (public domain). U.S. Geological Survey (Landsat 5), via Microsoft Planetary Computer, 26 February 1987.
• Still from the 2015 Faith Theatre visualisation (all rights reserved). Faith Tabernacle Press (YouTube), 13 December 2015.
• The flags of the nations on the screen ring and in the crowd (MIT licence, copy at /flags/LICENSE.txt). flag-icons, Panayiotis Lipiridis and contributors, version 7.6.0.
• The opening flight, the films of each outside move, the stills and the towers picture: Cycles renders of this site's Blender model, not photographs. Made for this site, 2026.
• The escalator, lift and chiller pictures on the three count cards: AI illustrations, not photographs of the Ark. Made for this site, 2026.
• The indigo cloth drawing, the 3D model and the map sketch: interpretations, not architectural drawings. Made for this site, 2026.
• Videos play from YouTube and belong to their channels.

Made for this site

The 3D Ark, its flight, its films and its stills were built for this site in Blender and three.js from the 2021 design renders, construction photographs and WSDG drawings. Shapes, colours and interior details are close to the design, not exact. Some details are this site's best estimate until the church publishes them, including the dedication day and programme. The Living Faith Church Worldwide logo belongs to the church.