General Overseer of the Christ
Embassy, Chris Oyakhilome is allegedly experiencing some marital crisis.
Recall that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
relocated to Johannesburg in South Africa in January while his wife stayed back
in the UK where she had lived for years – an action that did not go down well
with his church members.
His church members who did not
approve of them living apart, recently created a Facebook page asking for some
explanations.
According to them, Pastor Chris, has
never been spotted with his wife by his side – not during ministry conferences,
not during conferences by other ministers and never during the monthly
communion service transmitted live from a TV studio. They inquired further why
other high ranking women in the ministry who are close to the Pastor travel
with him always.
The Facebook page was created on May
10th and the page administrators said that their sole objective was not to cast
doubts or spread false stories about Chris but to call on all believers who
understand God’s heart concerning marriage and a Call to Action for Pastor
Chris to do what he preaches.
Relatively, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
delivered a controversial speech on the 16th of May in a meeting with all UK
Pastors and Deacons at Christ Embassy, Bermondsey.
In the speech, he addressed his
church ministers thus “I am here for your concerns about the ongoing domestic
issue with my wife and I know it affects you directly, being the ones under her
leadership.
This is not an organisation or a
political party, so it’s not a place for you to air your opinion or scrutinise
what we do. We had a vision, started and you joined us. If you don’t like what
we do, you can get out.
Churches where members air their
views never grow.
Some Pastors wives think when they
marry a pastor they are equal to the pastor. My wife thinks so, as a matter of
fact, Rev. Tom was her pastor before I married her and Rev. Ray and Evang.
Owase were her leaders long before I married her. How come she thinks she’s
senior to them now?” He asked.