VICTIM OF CHRIS OYAKHILOME’S FAKE HEALING STREAM SPEAKS OUT

By Akin Ojumu

I was shattered watching this young woman recount what she says she experienced under the influence of Chris Oyakhilome’s teachings.

This is not normal. This is not harmless. And it should not be dismissed as merely another theological disagreement among Christians.

The theology propagated by Chris Oyakhilome have devastating consequences—not merely for the physical well-being of those who embrace it, but for their spiritual lives as well.

Within religious systems where sickness is treated as something that must never be acknowledged, where seeking medical treatment can be portrayed as evidence of unbelief, and where believers are conditioned to regard ordinary expressions of pain as “negative confession,” vulnerable people become prisoners of their own indoctrination.

Imagine being seriously ill and yet feeling afraid to admit that you are sick. Imagine being in excruciating pain but believing that saying so gives Satan power over you. Imagine needing medical attention but having been taught that going to a doctor demonstrates insufficient faith.

That is not faith. That is bondage wearing Christian vocabulary.

People suffering from serious illnesses do not need to be taught to deny reality. They need compassion. They need prayer. They need sound biblical counsel. And, where appropriate, they need competent medical care.

Christianity does not require us to pretend that suffering does not exist.

Paul admitted weakness. Timothy had recurring stomach problems. Epaphroditus became so sick that he nearly died. Trophimus was left behind because he was ill.

The Bible never commands Christians to conduct a linguistic magic trick in which disease disappears simply because we refuse to pronounce its name.

Yet, this theology of positive confession has created a religious environment in which acknowledging reality is itself treated as spiritual failure.

That is profoundly dangerous.

And Scripture warned us that destructive teaching would arise within the visible Church.

2 Peter 2:1–3

“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies… And in their greed they will exploit you with false words.”

Peter did not describe false teaching as an innocent intellectual mistake. He called it destructive.

That word matters. False doctrine destroys.

It distorts people’s understanding of God. It manipulates consciences. It burdens the vulnerable. It can convince suffering people that their suffering is their own fault. And when religious authority becomes intertwined with celebrity, unquestioning loyalty, prosperity, healing claims, and personal charisma, the potential for spiritual abuse becomes enormous.

Paul likewise warned Timothy about religious figures whose outward appearance of godliness concealed something profoundly corrupt.

2 Timothy 3:1–5

“For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive… brutal… reckless, swollen with conceit… having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.”

Notice the warning.

Paul did not say:

Admire such people. Build fan clubs around such people. Defend such people regardless of what they teach. Treat criticism of such people as criticism of God.

He said:

Avoid such people.

This is precisely where celebrity Christianity becomes so dangerous.

Once a preacher has been elevated into the category of the untouchable “man of God,” his followers can become psychologically incapable of evaluating him objectively. Every criticism becomes persecution. Every question becomes rebellion. Every contradiction becomes dishonor. Every biblical challenge becomes an “attack on the anointing.”

At that point, discipleship has quietly mutated into personality worship. And personality worship is fertile soil for theological deception.

The biblical response to destructive teaching is therefore not silence. It is exposure. It is correction. It is refutation. It is the public defense of biblical truth.

Paul instructed Titus:

Titus 1:10–11

“For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers… They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.”

“Silenced” here does not mean physical coercion or violence. It means their teaching must be decisively answered, their errors exposed, and their influence resisted through truth.

False doctrine must be confronted with sound doctrine. Deception must be confronted with Scripture. Religious celebrity must be brought beneath the authority of the Word of God.

No preacher is above examination. No apostle is above Scripture. No prophet is beyond correction. No “man of God” receives diplomatic immunity from biblical scrutiny. And no Christian should surrender his mind, conscience, health, family, or life to the unquestionable authority of another human being.

So the question must be asked:

1. How many testimonies of suffering will it take before unquestioning followers of Chris Oyakhilome begin examining the theology itself? 

2. How many sick people must believe that admitting sickness is unbelief? 

3. How many suffering Christians must carry the additional burden of being told that their symptoms persist because they failed to confess correctly?

4. How many people must discover, perhaps tragically late, that faith is not the denial of reality?

The Church must recover the courage to test everything by Scripture.

Not by miracles. Not by crowds. Not by television audiences. Not by wealth. Not by charisma. Not by testimonies. Not by titles. Not by claims of supernatural encounters.

By Scripture.

If a teaching contradicts the Word of God, the size of the ministry promoting it does not sanctify it. If a doctrine endangers vulnerable people, celebrity does not excuse it. If a preacher twists Scripture, millions of followers cannot transform error into truth.

The answer to bad theology is not blind loyalty. It is biblical discernment.

And my prayer is that those trapped within systems of religious fear, unquestioning allegiance, and destructive teaching, such as you find in the UnBelievers’ Loveworld, will discover the freedom that comes from knowing Christ through His Word.

May God open their blinded eyes. May He strengthen their frightened consciences. May He give the suffering followers of the cult of Chris Oyakhilome the courage to seek the help they need. And may He deliver those held captive by teachings that have placed the authority of a preacher above the authority of Scripture.