MATYRS OF OUR DAY.
BISHOP HARFORD
ANAYOCHUKU ILOPUTAIFE
2.12.1959 to 2.9.1995
A preacher from Inyi Nigeria, Bishop
Harford Anayo Iloputaife was born on the
12 of February 1959 in Lagos Nigeria.
He was the sixth child of Capt. H. A.
Iloputaife, MBE, NAEC, who was the
grandson of Maduekesi (Madu) King of
Inyi at the time the British invaded that
land in the 19 Century.
On his maternal
side his grandfather John Anyaji a fervent
preacher and renown healer was first to
introduce Christianity to the people of Inyi
from Ogidi where he had gone to
apprentice as a lumberjack (sawyer).
Bishop Iloputaife was called to the
Christian ministry when in 1980, at the
invitation of his mother Jessie Iloputaife
(nee Anyaji,) he joined her at YWAM
(Youth with a Mission) at the University
of the Nations in Hawaii USA.
From Hawaii he accepted an invitation to
preach in Canada. A few months later
Anayo Iloputaife returned to Nigeria to
minister at the Holy Church of God in
Christ, a church founded by his mother on
Badagry Express road, Oluti Lagos Nigeria.
In 1985 Anayo decided to start his own
ministry which he named Victory
Christian Church. Together with the
students at his Bible Faith Training Center
he went around buses and other public
places winning souls for Christ.
By 1991when Harford Anayochuku Iloputaife wasconsecrated Bishop under the umbrella of
the Pentecostal faith, his Victory Christian
Church then situated near Satellite Town
Lagos, boasted a membership of over ten
thousand. As a Bishop he had pastors in
more than 20 cities such as Awka,
Ughelli and Ojo in Nigeria who came
under the auspices of Victory Christian
Church.
His method of ministry included
televangelism through which he preached
the gospel to Nigerian audiences over the
Victory Television Broadcast. Through his
Faith Revival Ministries World Outreach
he traveled the world preaching the
gospel wherever he was invited. Bishop
Iloputaife published several books and
recordings; the most popular of which is
Dynamics of Biblical Prosperity by Bishop
Harford Anayo Iloputaife.
An ardent preacher, counselor and healer
who spoke out against the ills of society
and callous neglect of the suffering poor
by the government of his day, Bishop
Iloputaife escaped several attempts on his
life by armed assassins.
Finally, on thatfaithful night of the 4 of February 1995,
he was shot at very close range by
assassins who followed him home from
where he went to pick up his mother on
her arrival from the United States to join
him in the celebration of the
10 anniversary of the founding of
Victory Christian Church. Five days later
on the 9 of February 1995, Bishop
Harford Anayochuku Iloputaife passed
away.
Nkechi Iloputaife is now the presiding Bishop of the Victory
Christian Centre, after the demise of
her husband, Anayo Iloputaife.
BISHOP HARFORD
ANAYOCHUKU ILOPUTAIFE
2.12.1959 to 2.9.1995
A preacher from Inyi Nigeria, Bishop
Harford Anayo Iloputaife was born on the
12 of February 1959 in Lagos Nigeria.
He was the sixth child of Capt. H. A.
Iloputaife, MBE, NAEC, who was the
grandson of Maduekesi (Madu) King of
Inyi at the time the British invaded that
land in the 19 Century.
On his maternal
side his grandfather John Anyaji a fervent
preacher and renown healer was first to
introduce Christianity to the people of Inyi
from Ogidi where he had gone to
apprentice as a lumberjack (sawyer).
Bishop Iloputaife was called to the
Christian ministry when in 1980, at the
invitation of his mother Jessie Iloputaife
(nee Anyaji,) he joined her at YWAM
(Youth with a Mission) at the University
of the Nations in Hawaii USA.
From Hawaii he accepted an invitation to
preach in Canada. A few months later
Anayo Iloputaife returned to Nigeria to
minister at the Holy Church of God in
Christ, a church founded by his mother on
Badagry Express road, Oluti Lagos Nigeria.
In 1985 Anayo decided to start his own
ministry which he named Victory
Christian Church. Together with the
students at his Bible Faith Training Center
he went around buses and other public
places winning souls for Christ.
By 1991when Harford Anayochuku Iloputaife wasconsecrated Bishop under the umbrella of
the Pentecostal faith, his Victory Christian
Church then situated near Satellite Town
Lagos, boasted a membership of over ten
thousand. As a Bishop he had pastors in
more than 20 cities such as Awka,
Ughelli and Ojo in Nigeria who came
under the auspices of Victory Christian
Church.
His method of ministry included
televangelism through which he preached
the gospel to Nigerian audiences over the
Victory Television Broadcast. Through his
Faith Revival Ministries World Outreach
he traveled the world preaching the
gospel wherever he was invited. Bishop
Iloputaife published several books and
recordings; the most popular of which is
Dynamics of Biblical Prosperity by Bishop
Harford Anayo Iloputaife.
An ardent preacher, counselor and healer
who spoke out against the ills of society
and callous neglect of the suffering poor
by the government of his day, Bishop
Iloputaife escaped several attempts on his
life by armed assassins.
Finally, on thatfaithful night of the 4 of February 1995,
he was shot at very close range by
assassins who followed him home from
where he went to pick up his mother on
her arrival from the United States to join
him in the celebration of the
10 anniversary of the founding of
Victory Christian Church. Five days later
on the 9 of February 1995, Bishop
Harford Anayochuku Iloputaife passed
away.
Nkechi Iloputaife is now the presiding Bishop of the Victory
Christian Centre, after the demise of
her husband, Anayo Iloputaife.
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