The “Christian Life Evangelical Ministry” as is referred to today started with few numbers of people in the year 1972 by late Pastor Samuel Anjorin at a Primary School in Shogunle, then Mushin LGA of Lagos State. It was at that time referred to as Christian Assembly Church.
The Purpose of forming the Church was to unify the Igala and Idoma Speaking Christians in the area who came from different denominations in the then Benue State of Nigeria with the target of teaching them the word of God in their original dialects. History has it that prior to this time, One Paul Idachaba wrote to Ika Missionary who sent Pastor Samuel Anjorin to Lagos who started Christian Assembly at the then Maroko.
The historical context of “Christian Life Evangelical Ministry” is on two pedestal milestones of Pre-incorporation and post-incorporation missionary exploits of firebrands of men who borne the torch of visionary flames that blazed the darkest hinterlands of the earth with the Gospel of Christ.
The mainstay of the efforts in the year 1972 was pioneered by the late Pastor Samuel Anjorin who was the product of the visionary synergy of other Brothers with Paul Idachaba of the Home Bible Study Fellowship of the early 1970 in the house of Late Elder Samuel Ekele in Maroko, in the present day Eti-osa LGA, Lagos State with Ika Missionary Mission that seconded him to them in Lagos that crystallizes the formation of Christian Assembly in both Maroko and at a Primary School in Shogunle, in the present day Oshodi-Isolo LGA, Lagos State. After the death of Pastor Samuel Anjorin in 1975, the two mission bodies in Maroko and Shogunle were led by Bro Isaac Alfa and Bro Joseph Ocheho respectively. After years of vigorous and enduring toil, passionate men out of the two mission groups co-ordinated by Rev. Dr. Ocheho coalesce into Christian Life Evangelical Ministry that was incorporated on 3rd March, 1986.
The ministry was incorporated under the leadership of the pioneer General Overseer, late Rev. Dr. Ocheho (1975-1999). A missionary par excellence with overwhelming passion and burden for mission that resulted in the breakthrough on mission fields in Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, kaduna, Abuja, Benue and Kogi State.
The next General Overseer, late Rev (Dr) Peter Okoh (1999 -2017). He is a fiery missionary who continued on the trail of expansion of the Mission fields to Brazil, Uyo, Cameroun, Lafia, Lagos, Benue, Kogi, Abuja and Niger State.
The third General Overseer, Pastor Benjamin Onoja-Enogela (2019 – Till Date). He continued the missionary efforts of his predecessors by expanding the tentacles of the ministry to Taraba and Cross River States. The ministry is being repositioned to a global brand by networking with local and foreign missionary agencies to reach the nations for Christ. The ministry at the last count has a total of Seventy eight branches within the nation Nigeria.
