Chris Oyakhilome was born on 7 December 1963, in Edo, Nigeria, and is best known as the founder of Believers’ Loveworld Incorporated, also known as Christ Embassy, a Christian ministry based in Lagos, Nigeria. Chris is the most followed African personality on social media, and hHis television station was the first African station broadcast to a worldwide audience on a 24 hour basis.
So just how rich is Chris Oyakhilome as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Oyakhilome’s net worth is as high as $50 million, accumulated from his career in the previously mentioned field. He has gained money from investments, and in addition Chris is an author.
Chris Oyakhilome Net Worth $50 million
After his middle school education was over, Oyakhilome was working in the Church of God Mission International. However, Chris was given an honorary doctorate by Benson Idahosa University in the field of Divinity, and in addition received a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in Ambrose Alli University. Afterwards, he was rewarded with several awards and honors in Theology and Pneumatology.
The beginnings of Chris’ ministry are obscure, but now Oyakhilome’s ministry runs several other organizations as well, such as Healing School, Rhapsody of Realities, Love World Books and Christian television channels.
His programs allegedly feature footage of healing and miracles that took place at Christian meetings. His meetings are organized in several countries, and are known to draw an audience of 2.5 million viewers for a single night. Chris’ ministry holds meetings in different places, such as the US, UK and Canada and offer healing schools too.
In 2001 he published a book entitled ‘’The Power of Tongues’’, his PhD work. As of the same year, he published ‘’How to Receive a Miracle and Retain It’’, and then focused on writing more material and continued publishing his work throughout the early 2000 – in 2006 he wrote ‘’Seven Spirits of God’’.
Oyakhilome also holds Higher Life conferences in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, UK, US and Canada, which are focused on spiritual and religious growth and progression of Christian people and their knowledge of God’s word and power. His conferences are widely known and heavily attended. He is in charge of organizing Night of Bliss in the South African city of Johannesburg.
Chris is also the operator behind the International School of Ministry, which is recognized and has reportedly been visited by 5000 pastors from 145 countries. In addition to that, he holds an online prayer network; with more than 1.9 million followers on Facebook, he uses his social media accounts to communicate with his audience, and is the person behind the creation of KingChat, a smart phone application.
Chris has established the Future Africa Leaders Award, dedicated to recognition, empowerment and providing support for young Africans. Over 40 people have been rewarded since its foundation.
As of the more recent past, Oyakhilome remains active as a host, philanthropist and author. In February 2016, he wrote ‘’ The Power Of Your Mind: Walk In Divine Excellence And Transform Your World through The Power Of A Renewed Mind’’; the book is critically acclaimed and holds a score of five out of five stars on Amazon and Good Reads. In conclusion, Oyakhilome has written 19 books to date.
In his personal life, Chris was married to Anita Oyakhilome from 1991 until 2016, when the couple divorced. In addition to their relationship, Chris and Anita established a successful business partnership and she was involved in his ministry job. They have two children together.
