CHRIS AND ANITA OYAKHILOME: WHO IS PUTTING ASUNDER?

Chris and Anita Oyakhilome, are couple you can’t just wish away. Anita is a beautiful lady, while Chris is a handsome guy. Chris is the president of Believers’ Love World Inc, the registered name of the Christian ministry, while his estranged wife is the vice-president.
The couple married about two decades ago and were blessed with two beautiful lovely teenage daughters, Sharon and Charlyn.

It will be recalled that sometime in May 10, 2014, some church members had launched a facebook campaign with a stated mission: “This is a Call to Prayer for all believers who understand God’s heart concerning marriage and a Call to Action by Pst. Chris. #DoWhatYouPreach”. Asking: “Where is Rev. Anita Oyakhilome?”
The campaign emphasis that said Pastor Chris and Rev. Anita must unite “for the sake of the gospel, the church and their two beautiful daughters”. They quoted Malachi 2:16 in the Message Bible: “I hate divorce, says the God of Israel.”

Along the line, an official of the church, by name, Kenneth Achumasara, quickly moved to deny any rift between the pastor couple. He told the media last June thus: “I can tell you authoritatively that there is no issue between Pastor Chris and his wife, Anita… If you go to the UK now, you will see her along with the kids. She is still with him and there is no issue between them. I have been with him for 22 years and the Pastor Chris I know cannot even utter such words as reported. He will never address such a gathering. She will soon be in Nigeria for a programme and I will definitely invite you to have access to her.”

Now that it has now been confirmed that Anita had indeed filed divorce papers since April, bellow are some of the Chris bone of contention  with his estrange wife, 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.”