PASTOR chris

“The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was
filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central
Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn,
London, UK, on Anita’s behalf by Attwaters
Jameson Hill Solicitors
The story of the divorce had been an open secret
since early this year, when people began to see
less and less of Anita and Chris together,
especially at functions where they were supposed
to appear as a couple.
The first indication of disharmony was the
decision of Pastor Chris to relocate to South
Africa while the wife, managed the Christ
Embassy churches in London. She is also in-
charge of her own chapter, Christ Embassy
Docklands on North Woolwich, London and she is
the co-Director of LoveWorld Christian Network.
This was in January. But by May, the story
returned to the front pages.
Church members, including Pastor Chris denied
the marital schism and at a stage Pastor Chris
had to dash to London to knock his flock back in
line, because of fears that they were siding with
his estranged wife, who was running the church
business in the UK.
Now that it has now been confirmed that Anita
had indeed filed divorce papers since April, we
share some of the nasty things Chris had said
about Anita, most of it when he addressed
pastors and deacons of his church at the
Bermondsey branch of the church on 16 May.
“Bitterness is prolonged and accumulated
anger. My wife is always angry and bitter,”
“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?
“I already started Christ Embassy before I
married her. I didn’t marry her and said we
should start Christ Embassy. I was already
‘pastoring.’ I already set my sail and knew
my direction before I married her. I only said
‘come and help me.’
“Be careful of the friends you keep. My wife
keeps friends who bring out the worst in her
and help her see the worst in People, instead
of keeping friends that will help her vision,
especially as the wife of a global pastor like
me.”
The couple’s marriage, two decades ago,
produced two teenage daughters, Sharon and
Charlyn. Oyakhilome is the president of Believers’
Love World Inc, the registered name of the
Christian ministry, while his estranged wife is the
vice-president.