How Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Stepped into the World of Auto Deals

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has taken Christ Embassy somewhere few Nigerian mega churches have gone before. The founder and President of the Loveworld Global Fellowship unveiled a range of electric vehicles under the Tsion brand at an invitation-only event called The New Economy Unveiling 2026.

The lineup included the Tsion Passion, Tsion Falcon, Vision series, Vision Coupe, and OG series, with Oyakhilome revealing that OG stands for Of God. Some design elements, including the steering wheel, remained works in progress at the time of the unveiling.

Footage from the programme surfaced on social media days later, drawing reactions from across Nigeria’s church community. Pastor Bolaji Idowu of Harvesters International Christian Centre called it proof that the church’s influence now extends well beyond the pulpit.

Idowu described the moment as evidence that ministries no longer need to wait on secular institutions for solutions, framing it as spiritual capability translating directly into marketplace results.

The move places Oyakhilome within a small but established lineage of clergy who have built manufacturing operations alongside their ministries. R.G. LeTourneau, an American industrialist and lay preacher, held over 300 patents for heavy earth-moving equipment while channelling most of his profits into evangelism.

Closer to home, Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church operates Dominion Publishing House, an industrial press producing millions of books annually, alongside large-scale agribusiness and food processing ventures under the church’s commercial arm.

Pastor Akachi Nwoke of The Afternoon Church has followed a similar path through kmobile, a company manufacturing consumer electronics and solar-electric hybrid vehicles within the same broad ecosystem as Oyakhilome’s venture.

Proponents of this model point to job creation and financial independence from tithes as key motivations, alongside a theology that encourages Christians to build influence across business and technology rather than confining ministry to spiritual matters.

Whether Tsion vehicles reach commercial production at scale remains to be seen, but the unveiling itself signals a church willing to test its resources far outside the sanctuary.