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What then shall we say to these things...
Great folly is being set on high places.
Never build your model on a human hero!

Mayb dis chris guy a gAy

N he stil hav members i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̅ his church, I will rather go Τ̅☺ a mosque on sundays. ThAn goin anywhere near dis nigga's fake church

what an example to show ur members. if he had been the president who knows hw many he would ve gotten entangled with! Lord deliver our PASTORS

I stopped going to church a looooooooooooooooooooooog time ago because of hypocrites like this ( if the "rumor" is even true).

On an unrelated issue; wasn't Martin Luther king a pastor while he had numerous affairs with his wife? So I heard.

As a pastor, one expect rev chris to be reconciling couples explaining to them that marriage is a sacred union instituted by christ and should last til ones stay on planet earth and could only be dissolved when either party is unfaithful. Instead, he has chosen not to lead by example by dissolving his marriage for yet another time. This time, for irreconcilable difference.
No wonder the bible called them hyprocrites asking us to do what they say and not what they do for their actions are not in accordance with their words.

perharps, he did not seek Gods support before the union because Jesus has always be against divorce.

Pastor chris, congratulations on ur divorce. Looking forward for a third wife. Make sure God supports it. If not remain single.

Expecting 2 see u in 2015 as a presidential candidate .PRAY BEFORE U CONTEST OOO As a pastor, one expect rev chris to be reconciling couples explaining to them that marriage is a sacred union instituted by christ and should last til ones stay on planet earth and could only be dissolved when either party is unfaithful. Instead, he has chosen not to lead by example by dissolving his marriage for yet another time. This time, for irreconcilable difference.
No wonder the bible called them hyprocrites asking us to do what they say and not what they do for their actions are not in accordance with their words.

perharps, he did not seek Gods support before the union because Jesus has always be against divorce.

Pastor chris, congratulations on ur divorce. Looking forward for a third wife. Make sure God supports it. If not remain single.

Expecting 2 see u in 2015 as a presidential candidate .PRAY BEFORE U CONTEST OOO As a pastor, one expect rev chris to be reconciling couples explaining to them that marriage is a sacred union instituted by christ and should last til ones stay on planet earth and could only be dissolved when either party is unfaithful. Instead, he has chosen not to lead by example by dissolving his marriage for yet another time. This time, for irreconcilable difference.
No wonder the bible called them hyprocrites asking us to do what they say and not what they do for their actions are not in accordance with their words.

perharps, he did not seek Gods support before the union because Jesus has always be against divorce.

Pastor chris, congratulations on ur divorce. Looking forward for a third wife. Make sure God supports it. If not remain single.

Expecting 2 see u in 2015 as a presidential candidate .PRAY BEFORE U CONTEST OOO

Nigerian pastors bloody hypocrites who can't practice what they preach.

she's probably left him for someone with more money.

Am short of words. This is his second marriage for crying out loud!

Dat y i make God my role model.cos when u mak human being ur role model,be it ur pastor,rev,bishop etc.1day he wl do wat wl mak u sawmatumbel.

Mtcheeeeeeeew!...and to think he announced it in church!

Someone shld confirm dis.is it true?i dont want to believe it.

Funkilized pastor,what a shame

Sijo01: Mayb dis chris guy a gAy

Or he likes to play dirty with his wives !

ℓ̊ guess something ɪ̣̝̇ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇ wrong with pastor Chris Okotie
First Tina
Second Stephanie a married women i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ a husband house
Third who knows, if his eyeing a member i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ †ђξ church now.

Rev. Chris Okotie is a good man.
If a woman wants out in a marriage, what do you want the man to do? Force her or keep pleading with her to stay on?
I don't know what may have gone wrong in this union, but in his first marriage the ex-wife wanted out cos the Rev "couldn't get her admission into a labour ward".
You know how frustrating that could be to a woman especially when the fault is not hers. So maybe, just maybe its the same case scenerio with this other lady.
Does that make Rev. Okotie a bad person? I don't think so!

hyperbolic: ℓ̊ guess something ɪ̣̝̇ƨ̣̣̣̇̇̇̇ wrong with pastor Chris Okotie
First Tina
Second Stephanie a married women i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ a husband house
Third who knows, if his eyeing a member i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ †ђξ church now.

So there is an awaiting list ?

To be honest i'm not surprise if truely this were to be true because I knew one good day this sort of news will greak out if not now surely sometime later. I saw it glaring the very first and the last day I entered this church in Lagos seen Okotie sat beside this woman to be honest I just shook my head, well nothing more to say yet till I confirm this news.

nadias877: i thot marriage was for better for worse.

Tins don change o,u nor fit com kill ursef 4 one man/woman.

alaoeri: Ending 2nd marriage after 4years, is okotie a real rev. or a player.

Person wey begin jerry curl hair na today?

May God have mercy on us. Tis life. Na wah. Trust no body.

I remember being a bit disturbed at the time of the wedding in 2008 when I read that his bride was actually the widow of Pastor Okoties friend plus the fact that the traditional wedding in 2008 was a display of extravagance with Pastor Okotie dropping £50 notes in a sheer display of wealth as he walked alongside the car that brought him to the occasion.

Below is PM news coverage of the seperation news.

While Okotie is divorcing for the second time, Stephanie has now been married three times and has three children from her first two marriages.

The break-up also puts an end to dream twins that Okotie expected her to deliver someday.

On 7 August, 2008, Okotie married Stephanie Henshaw, the woman he described as the most beautiful on earth, in a glamorous wedding attended by a horde of journalists and celebrities.

The funky preacher and celebrity singer had directed wealthy members of his church to donate millions of naira in gifts and cash and they made it one of the biggest and most-talked about wedding that year.

There were 12 committees made up of members born in each month of the year. Members born in the month of June, Okotie’s birth month, contributed the most. The eloquent preacher was born on 16 June, 1958, in Delta State.

Aside this, Okotie had selected 120 members, 10 from each month to form the wedding train. Each of them wore aso ebi.

The celebrity pastor also invited two journalists from each media organisation in the country to give total coverage to his second marriage.

Okotie’s traditional wedding took place on 7 August, at 6 George Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, by 2 p.m. while the registry ceremony followed the next day, Friday, 8 August, at the Ikoyi registry, at 4 p.m, and the thanksgiving and benediction took place on Sunday, 10 August, at the Household of God Church, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.

The clergyman told his church members early that year that he would be getting married to Stephanie because of her beauty which he described as angelic.

The eloquent preacher had also said that Stephanie has been under his watch for five years and did not mind the number of children she had from her previous marriages.

Mid-2007, when Okotie made his choice public, his church almost broke up as some female celebrities who thought they were the favoured candidates for ‘the post‘ of Mrs. Okotie, received the shocker of their lives when he settled for Stephanie, the unassuming woman in his glamorous church.

Ladies like Sola Salako, church administrator for several years and Okotie’s close aide; Vien Tetsola, a former Miss Nigeria; Ure Okezie, daughter of former minister, Dr. Okezie, and others, were rumoured to have left the church because of the announcement.

Celebrities such as Mofe Damijo and many others were also said to have simply quit Okotie‘s church then, while some have reluctantly returned.

Okotie’s marriage to Stephanie was his second attempt at matrimonial life. He was first married to Tyna his long time friend, but the marriage packed up after 17 years without any child.

Okotie loved his first wife so much that there was hardly a sermon in which he did not mention Tyna.

Long after they separated, he still spoke about her with deep emotions as if they were still married.

So much did Okotie talk about Tyna that some of his admirers in the church became jealous. But when he announced that he was set to marry Stephanie, he hardly mentioned the name of his first wife publicly.

Stephanie then became his centre of attraction.

On one occasion, Okotie invited Stephanie to the altar for a formal introduction.

After dancing around her for some minutes to the delight of the congregation, Okotie looked at Stephanie as she was going back to her seat, looked at the church and looked at Stephanie again and said in Igbo language, “Lekwa nwanyi nka marama” meaning “Look at her, isn`t she beautiful?”

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/06/24/pastor-okoties-second-marriage-crashes/

deife: Information just reaching me says that popular pastor of Household of God Church, Rev. Kris Okotie has announced that he is no longer married to his wife of four years, Stephanie citing irreconciliable differences as a reason. How true is this?

And this man will call himself a man of God when he can't follow very clear instructions from the bible. I just hope his church members aren't that blind. Except in the case of adultery, married couples can't divorce themselves. Shame on Okotie if that isn't the reason for this nonsense.

So what happens to the scripture that says a husband can only divorce his wife on the ground of adultery? Smh, whatever mehn, I don't give a hoot!

This highly unfortunate and annoying! May God punish dis devlish man of devil. Its nt funny,divorce or break 2marriages and d son of darkness wil climb his soaked sin ulter and yarn rubish. May God hav mercy.

Ilekokonit: While Okotie is divorcing for the second time, Stephanie has now been married three times and has three children from her first two marriages.

The break-up also puts an end to dream twins that Okotie expected her to deliver someday.

On 7 August, 2008, Okotie married Stephanie Henshaw, the woman he described as the most beautiful on earth, in a glamorous wedding attended by a horde of journalists and celebrities.

The funky preacher and celebrity singer had directed wealthy members of his church to donate millions of naira in gifts and cash and they made it one of the biggest and most-talked about wedding that year.

There were 12 committees made up of members born in each month of the year. Members born in the month of June, Okotie’s birth month, contributed the most. The eloquent preacher was born on 16 June, 1958, in Delta State.

Aside this, Okotie had selected 120 members, 10 from each month to form the wedding train. Each of them wore aso ebi.

The celebrity pastor also invited two journalists from each media organisation in the country to give total coverage to his second marriage.

Okotie’s traditional wedding took place on 7 August, at 6 George Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, by 2 p.m. while the registry ceremony followed the next day, Friday, 8 August, at the Ikoyi registry, at 4 p.m, and the thanksgiving and benediction took place on Sunday, 10 August, at the Household of God Church, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.

The clergyman told his church members early that year that he would be getting married to Stephanie because of her beauty which he described as angelic.

The eloquent preacher had also said that Stephanie has been under his watch for five years and did not mind the number of children she had from her previous marriages.

Mid-2007, when Okotie made his choice public, his church almost broke up as some female celebrities who thought they were the favoured candidates for ‘the post‘ of Mrs. Okotie, received the shocker of their lives when he settled for Stephanie, the unassuming woman in his glamorous church.

Ladies like Sola Salako, church administrator for several years and Okotie’s close aide; Vien Tetsola, a former Miss Nigeria; Ure Okezie, daughter of former minister, Dr. Okezie, and others, were rumoured to have left the church because of the announcement.

Celebrities such as Mofe Damijo and many others were also said to have simply quit Okotie‘s church then, while some have reluctantly returned.

Okotie’s marriage to Stephanie was his second attempt at matrimonial life. He was first married to Tyna his long time friend, but the marriage packed up after 17 years without any child.

Okotie loved his first wife so much that there was hardly a sermon in which he did not mention Tyna.

Long after they separated, he still spoke about her with deep emotions as if they were still married.

So much did Okotie talk about Tyna that some of his admirers in the church became jealous. But when he announced that he was set to marry Stephanie, he hardly mentioned the name of his first wife publicly.

Stephanie then became his centre of attraction.

On one occasion, Okotie invited Stephanie to the altar for a formal introduction.

After dancing around her for some minutes to the delight of the congregation, Okotie looked at Stephanie as she was going back to her seat, looked at the church and looked at Stephanie again and said in Igbo language, “Lekwa nwanyi nka marama” meaning “Look at her, isn`t she beautiful?”

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/06/24/pastor-okoties-second-marriage-crashes/

I just can't comprehend why some Christians are just soooo gullible? These people dey read bible at all? Even CRK or C.R.S for high school is sufficient enough to make understand some qualities of a good religious leader. SMH

Am Speechless

[quote
author=ekwah]

And this man will call himself a man of God when he can't follow very
clear instructions from the bible. I just hope his church members aren't
that blind. Except in the case of adultery, married couples can't
divorce themselves. Shame on Okotie if that isn't the reason for this
nonsense.[/quote]

It beats me!

If he were my pastor, I would have disfellowshipped myself by myself.