Pastor Chris was born on 7 of December 1963 to the family of Tim and Angelina Oyakhilome in Edo State, Nigeria. He is the 3rd child of 7 children and 1st of two sons. He has five sisters and all his siblings play active roles in Loveworld and Christ Embassy.
He attended Edo College, and on scholarship, gained admission into Bendel State University, which was later renamed to Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma where he studied and obtained a first degree in Architecture.
Pastor Chris was married to Anita Ebhodaghe on the 2nd of February, 1991. they had two daughters; Sharon and Charlene.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's ministry began to crystallize while a student on campus in Ambrose Alli University. As an undergraduate, he founded a Youth Ministry called Youth For Christ, which became the largest fellowship in Bendel State University.
He later changed the name of student fellowship to Believers Loveworld, known popularly by the acronym BLW began spreading to other higher institutions in Nigeria.
Upon graduation in 1987, he started a Church in Benin-City and relocated to Lagos in 1989,
Today, there are BLW Campus Fellowships and CE Churches in higher institutions and major cities around the world.
His ministry holds crusades in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ghana and South Africa etc and has "Healing Streams" that streamed to Billions of people.
He was also the first to pioneer a Christian-based television network from Africa to the rest of the world. He also held the largest single night event held in Nigeria in 2006 with 3.5 million people in attendance "Good Friday Miracle Night".
He operates the Inner City Mission Project, which works to assist orphaned and indigent children in inner cities in several countries.The organisation s under the auspices of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International, which works to help the poor and those in the inner cities.
The organisation sends relief materials to countries when disasters strike and works with government parastatals to improve social wellbeing. in Africa managed by pushaboo, an organisation spearheading the care of mothers and babies around the world.
He is the author of several books, including Rhapsody of Realities, distributed monthly in All countries and also shared via social media platforms.
-Recreating Your World in 1998,
-Gates of Zion in 1998,
-Your Rights In Christ in 1998,
-The Oil And The Mantle in 1999,
...and many more.
Holds:
-Honorary Doctorate in Divinity from Benson Idahosa University.
-Honorary Doctorate of Science Award, Ambrose Alli University.
-Honorary Doctorate of Science Award, Igbenidion University, Okada, Edo State.
-Recently confered the university Chancellor and Head of Government/Chairman of Weldios University, Republic of Benin. DSC,DSC, DD.
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