It is not a news that the marriage
between two top pastors in Nigeria is about to break and many have been quick
to judge the estranged wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Love World Incorporated
aka Christ Embassy, Pastor Anita Oyakhilome, who has filed for divorce from the
flamboyant, Televangelist.
People who know Pastor Anita maintained that
she is a selflessly giving woman, who refused to enrich herself and shunned
gifts given to her by several members of the church and outsiders.
A certain Rev. Anita’s friend and one of the church’s founding members in the UK, Cyla Simpson has also taken to her Facebook page to shed more light on the couple’s misunderstanding and why Rev. Anita must go ahead with the divorce.
A certain Rev. Anita’s friend and one of the church’s founding members in the UK, Cyla Simpson has also taken to her Facebook page to shed more light on the couple’s misunderstanding and why Rev. Anita must go ahead with the divorce.
Cyla Simpson wrote on her Facebook
page;
“I am writing this to everyone with
a heavy heart. It is heart wrenching to see the way people are referring to Rev
Anita and how uncultured people are while talking. You don’t need to be
derogatory or condescending to express yourself no matter your level as a Christian.
First, I would join true Christians around the world to appeal to Rev Anita,
but would say listen to God rather than man.
“I want to appeal to everyone to
please pause and think deep because whatever a man sows, he shall surely reap.
This is like beating a child like Ibo elders will say and still take the tears
from the child. Take a step aside and think. Is there a woman who will give up
her home on flimsy excuse, if no, why are we so callous and insensitive in this
matter. I am a married woman and so are many reading this, or you have a
mother, a sister or daughter. If you are happy for them to go through whatever
brought Rev. Anita to this level, please continue with your judgmental approach
towards her. And the God of truth will visit everyone with same except if there
was no cause. Amen!!!
“I have read some accusing her of
money and power motivation. PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE PASTOR ANITA I
KNOW AS MOST OF YOU YOUNG ONES IN NIGERIA DO NOT HAVE MUCH OF AN ENCOUNTER WITH
HER. Rev Anita has been my pastor for about 13 years now. I am one of the
founding members of her church and I have seen her grow a church from using all
any available venue while planting more churches in faith sending her best
member out to start a new church, from two churches in England has grown to
churches in almost every borough and cities. Rev. Anita will see anyone and
everyone regardless of your status.
“If she ever kept you waiting, she
will apologise profusely throughout the meeting and make it good to you. Rev
Anita without an office will still counsel us even in her car on Wednesday
night after church yet she has 1hour 30mins drive back home with 2 young girls.
For so long, she was driving a Volkswagen Golf until 2005 that we bought her a
BMW X3 and she still refused to drive it for many months until she was begged
to use it so that we can be blessed. She used the same car until 2010/2011 and
the replacement she had then is still what she used till her last day in church
last year.
“We begged her to come around for us
to celebrate her birthday but she will still go into hiding. On her return the
little song we will do for her, she will return it to Rev Chris in
thanksgiving. Any money you give her she sends it straight to church account or
Loveworld TV. If we ever raise money for her birthday she asks us to go and use
it for evangelism or send it to Loveworld TV. When you give her any material
thing, regardless of the shop you purchased it, she will use it for you to see
and thank you as long as she sees you for the gift.
“At Christmas, while service was on
up to 2013 Christmas she will give almost everyone in church gift. Foodstuff
will be dropped at your side as service is on. She will specially take care of
the elderly, help you settle down when you arrive in the country. No barren
left without children as she will make it her project until it happens. So how
come people came up with this terrible accusation. You accused her of being
rude to some CEC members. Wow. This is wicked. First for so long, she was the
Vice President and others have other positions. I thought husband and wife are
one.
“She raised 2 girls in this society
and the 2 girls are admirable, humble, down-to-earth children. They are
children not a reflection of the home they grew. Pastor Chris was not around.
He came to our church on Fathers’ Day sometimes ago and he told us one of the
daughters’ requested for it as her birthday gift – how touching and how she
treasures her dad’s presence. She could ask for material thing but she asked
for his presence and we all are here judging them. I remember these girls will
politely beg me to allow them carry my baby and they will play with him and
when they bring him back, they will thank me for letting them carry him and I’m
surprised because I should thank them for helping me. And they do same to other
mothers in the mothers’ area where we sit in church. Is it not what they saw
their mum do, they are not class-freak
.
“I remember that visit of Pastor,
Rev Tom talking said we may not value what we have. That she is the grace in
the CEC. If they all condemn someone, she will see a good reason to embrace the
person and she has always been right. Rev Chris said at one IPPC that most
changes we see here in the ministry, she in her simple way brought them and
that was the day he spoke about how she talked about the effort we put into
publicity of programme but that same or more should be put in telling what the
Lord did in that programme when its over. So what changed now, because she is
asking for a change.
“I have read all the messages here
by some writers, the news is all over our church and I have taken my time to
find out what is really happening and to the much available, below are the
things Rev Anita is asking for:
She told Rev Chris that you are such
an organised person; you give us almost a full year calendar on Dec 31st of
every year; please put the family in the timetable too. The times you don’t
have any engagement, please come home. I need you and the children need you.
Please bear in mind she has been here since 1999 and she was just about 30
years old then as a married woman with 2 children. So, for almost 16 years of
her marriage, no husband at home for straight one week, no dad at home for the
children. No Christmas, yet he has party with the staff that we all watch at
Christmas. Even Jesus always withdrew from the crowd to fellowship with his
father.
– She asked Rev Chris that on
hearing of the immorality, ‘not holding it against you but let all these ladies
move out of White House and go and get houses outside. They are rich enough to
buy houses at their place of choice if they don’t already have one and allow
them marry. Who benefits from this choice, is it not everyone? So which is her
offence in this. And Rev Chris did not agree to it. The brothers even said they
went to have meeting with him in South Africa to beg him to at least meet her
half-way but he refused. 2 public responses are the emergency Bible study after
their meeting with him titled – Spirit of Error and Spirit of Truth, please
flash back at this meeting or relisten to it and after so much call in the UK
for him to produce our mother, he had meeting with our pastors and deacons in
May and it is recorded that many left the meeting weeping for the way he
described our mother that some have had lifetime experience with.”
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