In 2016, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and his then wife Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe ended their marriage. To this day, there are still speculations about a new wife, husband and even remarriage between the two pastors.
After the divorce from Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, his now ex-wife changed her name to Anita Ebhodaghe Scahfer, leading people to think she has remarried.
After more than two decades of marriage, Pastor ChrisOyakhilomeand Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe put an end to their love story in 2016. Since they are both famous ministers and preach to people all over the world, many different theories popped up to explain the divorce.
Many rumors were circulating – also within Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s church, Christ Embassy, but the two main characters of the stories did not comment on the speculations.
Rumors about the couple being back together were spread, and stories about the two remarrying other people also surfaced.
According to some theories, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome had found a new wife, and others believed that Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe had remarried.
However, none of them have shared much about their personal love life since the divorce.
How Pastor Chris and Pastor Anita’s marriage started
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome married Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe in a small ceremony in 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Since then, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and his then wife have dedicated their lives to the church and the Christian mission.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome founded Christ Embassy in 1987 in Nigeria. Over the years, it has grown to have an estimated 13 million members worldwide.
When he was married to Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe, she also functioned as a pastor of Christ Embassy. She was even in charge of the church’s branches in the United Kingdom.
During their 23 years of marriage, they also had two daughters, Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome and Charlene Oyakhilome.
While Charlene Oyakhilome prefers a life outside the limelight and focuses on her business career, Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome is a gospel singer in Christ Embassy’s music ministry, the LoveWorld Music and Arts Ministry.
Under the stage name CSO, Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome writes and sings gospel songs.
She expanded the Oyakhilome family by marrying the Ghanaian businessman Phillip Frimpong in 2018.
Three years later, she gave birth to their first child, Arielle Rachelle-Marise. She is Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe’s first grandchild.
Has Pastor Anita remarried?
While the Oyakhilome family keeps on expanding through Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome, people on social media have wondered whether Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe has entered remarriage.
The rumors started after she used the name “Anita Ebhodaghe Schafer” to sign a post on her website in 2016.
This episode drove several people to think that she had moved on with her life and remarried after divorcing Pastor Chris Oyakhilome.
In the wake of the rumors, Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe has claimed that she did not remarry.
Since then, she has not commented on her private life.
She currently lives in London, the UK and is no longer associated with Christ Embassy.
Rumors about Pastor Chris remarrying and finding new wife
Rumors about Pastor Chris Oyakhilome finding a new wife were also being spread. Some people said that he had married the Nigerian gospel singer Sinach.
However, that would not be possible since she is already married to someone else.
Despite multiple rumors about remarriage, the Christ Embassy leader remains single and dedicates his time to his church.
In some of his speeches, he has talked about love, pain and marital problems. He has stated that problems in marriage also occur to people of God.
Pastor Chris and Pastor Anita’s lives after the divorce
While Pastor Anita Ebhodaghe has stayed out of the limelight since the divorce, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome continues to be a very public figure through his church.
Over the last years, he has held multiple services, festivals and other events, supported people in need through his charitable foundations, established a bank and several social media platforms, among other things.
He is also the man behind the daily devotional “Rhapsody of Realities,” which has been translated into thousands of languages and been distributed worldwide.
Furthermore, he has opened a number of tv channels, including LoveWorldSAT, which became the first African Christian tv station to broadcast to the rest of the world 24/7.