Anita Oyakhilome On How She "Put A Stop To The Abuse" of Marriage To Pastor Chris

Pastor Anita, estranged wife of Christ Embassy founder Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has spoken out for the first time since news of her divorce raged over social media all through last year. Putting paid to rumors of a reconciliation, Anita has opened a personal ministry website where she now goes by her maiden name Ebhodaghe. On the site, pastoranita.org, she talks about how she made a decision to stop tolerating abuse in her marriage and start a new life, writing;

My story is not one of a bed of roses, far from it but I had a choice to either beat myself over the regret of tolerating abuse for so long or put a stop to the abuse and recreate my life for the best..

In Defence Of Anita Oyakhilome - Why She Chose Divorce After 15 Years Of Pretence

In the divorce saga between Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy and his estranged wife, many church members are taking his side. But Obinna Akukwe, writing for YNaija, wants us to extend some understanding to Anita Oyakhilome, stating that he had "warned some pastor friends with Christ Embassy early 2013 that they had better settle" the problems between the couple "before it destroys the church."

The writer lists some of the pain the pastor's wife may have undergone over the past 15 years of living a separate life from her pastor husband, and wants us to cut her some slack. Read some excerpts from his defence of her below.

Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Removed from Current Edition of Rhapsody of Realities

One of the outward unity between Pastor Chris and Anita, even though they both lived miles apart, was the church's monthly devotional, Rhapsody of Realities, which the couple have co-authored over the years. Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome are currently embroiled in a court case as they go through their divorce, and another casualty of the split between the couple has emerged.

Available copies of the devotional show that Anita’s name has been removed from the October edition of the Christ Embassy ROR. The new front and back cover of the new edition is shown above.