No doubt, the ageless multi award winning pop Musician, Chris Okotie;
now known as Rev. Chris Okotie is a very wealthy man; who loves seeing
the faces of people light up whenever he gives. He doesn’t need any
introduction to Nigerians as his album ‘I need someone’ brought him to
limelight in the 80′s. It would also be recalled that Pastor Chris left
singing secular songs for gospel songs more than 30 years ago; after he
repented.
Today, he writes gospel songs and he sings to worship
God. It is also worthy of note that Rev. Chris is also a writer as he
wrote the best selling book titled “The last outcast” which was a
sell out. Pastor doesn’t have a choir in his church yet awesome songs
are produced by him as the choir master and his church as his choir.
Rev.
Chris was born on June 16, 1959. He is an Urhobo from Abraka in Ethiope
East Local Government Area of Delta State. He is the founder and senior
pastor of Household of God Church; a church located in Oregun, Ikeja,
Lagos state since 1987. He is a law graduate from the University of
Nigeria, Enugu campus.
PROPERTIES
The church
auditorium, including the children’s department, the car parks and its
extensive fallow land is worth billions of naira. He has other choice
properties in the United State of America worth millions of dollars.
The
church auditorium is a beautiful, large edifice, built to house more
than 2000 people or more. Although, Household of God Church is not as
crowded like people would have expected it to be, but they have the
ability and movement of a batallion as Rev. Chris would always say that “God doesn’t work with the crowd, but with selected few who are ready to work in the his vineyard”.
INVESTMENTS
Rev.
Chris Okotie believes strongly in investing in the lives of people; he
is described by all who has made contact with him as an intense giver.
He also believes that “God who has called him would take care of him”.
So
he doesn’t believe in any investment except in the service of God and
humanity. But even at that; he is arguably one of the richest pastors in
Nigeria; as he collects very expensive wrist watches, wears expensive
suits, ties, perfumes and shoes. Rev.Chris spoke extensively on this
very issue in one of his sermons. According to him "working in line
with God’s will and direction for my life has made me buy more expensive
cars and wear more expensive clothes than most of my colleagues”.
CHARITY
Pastor
Chris spends a lot of money on charity as he is enjoys giving. He
jokingly told the church on one of such Sundays that he spends over two
hundred and fifty thousand naira each Sunday buying gifts for people.
The Yuletide seasons are not left out as he spends millions through the
church making Christmas season beautiful for the less privilege in the
Society.
Pastor and the church has a yearly grace programme; on the
programme they organize an award event known as Karis award for people
who did amazing things in their field of specialty.
CARS
He
is an unrepentant car freak; as his cars are estimated to be over
N400m. He has cars such as BMW, to exotic models of Range Rover and
Mercedes Benz. Recently, he added a Rolls Royce Phantom, 2014 edition to
the fleet in his garagewhich cost him a whooping sum of N80m. That was
to be a personal gift to celebrate his 27 years on the pulpit and 30
years as a born again Christian.
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