The relationship between the founder of Christ Embassy, also known as Believers Love World, Pastor Chris Oykhilome, and his anointed daughter, Osinachi Egbu, fondly called Sinach, is not as solid as it used to be.
Sinach was groomed in Christ Embassy and given a platform to showcase her talent. She has enjoyed the love and support of the cleric over the years.
It was first rumoured that the two were not on good terms a few years ago when the annual interdenominational programme, The Experience, which is usually organised by the founder of House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin kicked off. She was invited for one of the programmes and many alleged that she had switched church and become a member of Adefarasin’s led church.
As the gospel singer’s ministry grew in leap and bounds, she virtually stopped attending Christ Embassy because different singing engagements took her round the world. Oyakhilome was not too pleased with the fact that she wasn’t active in church again.
Even when Sinach and some other gospel singers, who grew and became established through Christ Embassy, ministered in some of the branches of the church, it was alleged that they demanded large sums of money as royalty which Oyakhilome consistently frowned at. He instructed Sinach to return to her local assembly and be part of the singing ministry there. He also encouraged her to take Christian singing engagements almost for free as a sort of blessing to the body of Christ, but the gospel act would have none of that.
The pastor allegedly stopped most of her songs from being played or performed in his church and the decision also affected other music ministers who were discovered in the church.
Oyakhilome had called for a gospel ministers’ conference where he expected the gospel act to be in attendance and even play a major role, however, she didn’t turn up for the conference. The cleric felt disappointed that Sinach should be a role model for all other established acts from the ministry, but she has ignored most of the instructions he gave and has not been on very good terms with her since then.
The singer made a cryptic post last week on her Instagram page and many alleged that she was referring to the issue she had with her pastor. She wrote that what has happened to her as a gospel minister has in no way hindered her ministry but it has helped to further expand it.
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