As the divorce scandal between
Pastors Chris and Anita Oyakhilome gets messier, news came that the whole
branches of the Christ Embassy in the world has been charged to pray, so that, “God
will wade off this present evil away,” from the church.
According to two members of the
church, Ogba, Ikeja, branch, Mr. Michael and Olakunle, their Zonal pastor, Yinka
Okunnusi, during the Sunday service, has charged them to, pray.
His words: “Let everyone of us pray
for our pastor and his wife that God should intervene in this present crisis
they are going through.”
Michael said: “We sensed two weeks
ago that something was wrong. Last two weeks Sunday, Anita was supposed to make
the yearly youth Loveworld awards via projector, but it was a strange lady, who
introduced herself as Ose Oyakhilome who presented the awards. I had never seen
her before that day.”
On Saturday, news broke that Anita Oyakhilome
has filed for divorce in a London court.
The following day, the church
deleted her pictures and other information pertaining to her from their website.
Yesterday, a church member claimed
that the couple has been apart for close to 15 years.
Speaking from the altar, Okunnusi
confirmed the ongoing divorce case having been informed by the Lagos Zonal
Head, Pastor Lanre.
The prayer went on for 15 minutes before
the closure of the Sunday service.
“We’re not the only branch
praying against this, pray that God should intervene,” urged Okunnusi.
It
was also alleged that Pastor Chris had hitherto given inkling into the breakup
of his marriage, when in a speech he reportedly gave on May, 16, 2014, at the church
branch in Bermondsey, UK, he said: “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 divorce case was filed on April
9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High
Holborn, London, UK by Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors on Anita Oyakhilome’s
behalf.
The couple has two teenage
daughters, Sharon and Charlyn.
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