Christ Embassy scandal: Rev Ken, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s younger brother, also accused of adultery

Christ Embassy scandal: Rev Ken, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s younger brother, also accused of adultery

The crisis rocking the ×Christ Embassy Church is
about to get messier as ×The Nigerian Times can
reveal that Rev. Ken Oyakhilome, younger brother of
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder of the ×Church has
also been accused of fornication and adultery.
Last week, reports emerged in the media that Rev.
Anita, wife of the charismatic and ‘pastorpreneuer,’
popularly known as ×Pastor Chris, had filed for
divorce in the UK, citing ‘adultery’ and
‘unreasonable behaviour.’ As the news made the
round, it was met with disbelief by members of the
Christ Embassy Church who revere Pastor Chris
and were in the dark on the marital crises facing
the couple.
Now the scandal may even get worse. Pastor Chris’
younger brother, known in the ×Church circle as Rev.
Ken, was alleged to have impregnated a South
African lady, name withheld, a member of the
Church in Randburg, Guateng, which is the
headquarters of Christ Embassy, South Africa. Rev.
Ken, used to be the regional pastor of Christ
Embassy in charge of ×South Africa until a few years
when he was transferred to the branch of the
church in Texas, USA. sources say the romance
between Rev. Ken and the member was an open
secret among members of the ×Church in South
Africa and the alleged pregnancy of the lady was
said to have ruffled feathers among the top
echelons of church but was hushed in order to
prevent a scandal. The lady, according to sources,
aborted the child with the knowledge of leaders of
the church.
Like his elder brother, Rev. Ken has lived apart from
his wife ×Pastor Ose for over ten years now. Pastor
Ose used to manage the Okota, Lagos branch of the
Church while her husband, ×Ken was the regional
pastor in South Africa. The couple still lives apart
today as ×Pastor Ose now manages the ×Church in
South Africa while her husband, ×Ken is in Texas,
running the church there.
Although the alleged romance between ×Rev Ken and
the said ×Sister, which resulted in pregnancy, was
kept a secret, the crisis in the ×Church involving
Pastor Chris and his wife ×Anita, had led to many of
such secrets tumbling out. Some members of the
Church unhappy with happenings there had set up
Facebook page, ×Where is Rev Anita, through which
they vent their frustrations about the secrecy with
which the church is run and some of the allegedly
ungodly things happening there.
Find below some comments about the Rev Ken
saga:
From Sister Lebogang Radibela: “It’s true, here in
Johannesburg a pastor impregnated a young lady
and forced her to do abortion, later on the lady was
promoted to being a pastor, till today she is still a
pastor, working together with the wife to the pastor
who impregnated her. Members act like this is
normal; I mean where we draw a line.”
From Jacob Nnoli: @Sister Lebogang Radibela, “it’s
not just a pastor. it’s our darling older brother Rev
Ken himself that activated the pregnancy button but
it’s shocking to know that our regional pastor,
Pastor Ose Oyakhilome, a mother herself supported
the abortion and by (following the principle of the )
48 laws of power, she’s keeping her close. That
sounds like what an ‘area mother’ would do and to
top it up, the grandfather himself ×Rev Chris ordained
the sister a pastor and probably help seared the
damaged conscience with some rands/dollars. How
many more in ×Nigeria region? Time will fail us to
speak of Asaba, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Benin and
many too numerous to mention. I had to listen to
that Youtube message again this morning and I can
now understand when ×Pastor Chris said Pastor
Anita should have moved with those who will help
her as the wife of global pastor. Is this what she
should learn, to help ×Pastor Yemisi and other
indicted ladies? Actually Pastor, you forgot to
announce the firing of ×Pastor Pat, the CSO as a
result of leaked White House (Pastor Chris’
residence in Lagos) information and the hiring of a
brother-in-law Deacon Kingsley Osazuwa. Our
darling Rev Ken, it looks like Durex, Trojan, and
Gold circle condoms etc have all finished in the
market because of ….May God have mercy but we
need to obtain the mercy.”
Meanwhile, the ×London branch of the Christ
Embassy Church is undergoing a major crisis which
had led the ×Charity Commission, the body licensed
to regulate charities in the UK, to take over its
financial administration through the appointment of
an Interim Manager. The body accused the Church
Trustees of “serious concerns about the financial
management of the ×Church, including in particular
large connected payments. Since then a books and
records inspection has been carried out and the
regulator has obtained information from and met the
trustees, however, the regulator’s concerns about
the financial management of the charity have not
been resolved.”
The Commission therefore used its powers under
the UK Charities Act to appoint Mr. Rod Weston of
Mazars as ×Interim Manager of the charity to the
exclusion of the charity’s trustees as a temporary
and protective measure. The implication is that Mr
Weston is now in charge of the financial
management of the Christ Embassy, UK and will
deal with all matters relating to finances, to the
exclusion of the pastors and staff of the Church.
A similar thing had occurred to another Nigerian-
owned church, the Kingsway International Christian
Centre, KICC pastored by Mathew Ashimolowo,
which necessitated his relocation to ×Nigeria from
the UK. Also the UK government barred Nigerian
Pastor, David Oyedepo from entering the country,
allegedly because of some unwholesome practices
of its church.