Bishop-elect (Prof.) Ben Omoregie says he remains unrelenting preaching Jesus’ second coming and the gospel of the rapture despite the perceived lukewarm attitude of many preachers to preaching about the rapture. Raised in an idolatry family from Edo state but received Christ as a child at age 6, Omoregie, general overseer, Rehoboth Church of Christ Ambassadors Worldwide shares with Christian Benefits how he started hearing the voice of God from age 4, his father’s death at age 3, his miraculous employment by NNPC with insufficient qualifications, his missionary exploits in the Epe axis since 1990, and also in Kenya among other exploits ahead of his full consecration as Bishop by the United Pentecostal College of Bishops, October 11,2025, at the church headquarters, Alakun, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. Excerpts.
How do you feel about your forthcoming full consecration as Bishop?
It’s an authority to function better in order to open doors for others. Currently, I’m a Bishop-elect. My full consecration will be conducted, October 11, 2025 by United Pentecostal College of Bishops where I serve as general secretary. I had rejected several bishopric offers because bishopric office is not something to be done anyhow. I accepted the call to that office by United Pentecostal College of Bishops because it is based on merit without any financial obligations, and also because of the integrity of the President of the CollegeArchbishop Sunday Okokoni.
Tell us about the President of the College, Archbishop Sunday Okokoni
Archbishop Sunday Okokoni is a meticulous but very humble man of God.
Briefly, share with us about your upbringing before your salvation encounter
I was about six years old when someone preached Christ to me. I was born into a family of idol worshippers from Edo state in 1965. Back then Christianity wasn’t popular in our community. One could hardly find churches there. Idolatry was the only recognized religious practice. My mother laboured three days before she gave birth to me. While pregnant a body of witches told her the child in her womb was their enemy. My grandmother was a traditional midwife from a royal family. She and her colleagues did all they could to save my mother from dying during delivery until they realized there was no movement and concluded the baby had died. Three days later while fetching firewood in the farm my mother went into labour. She couldn’t walk back home. So, she sat at the foot of a tree and gave birth to me in the farm. I lost my father when I was barely three years old and a huge vacuum was created.
How did you pass through school losing your father at barely three years old?
I started school earlier than most of my peers. I was the youngest pupil in my class. I trekked to school alone on a lonely path. First, at four years old I started hearing a persistent invisible voice that left me confused until a particular day I confronted the voice to stop disturbing me and appear if it were a person. Nobody appeared. I didn’t hear it again and never told anyone. When I eventually did I was taken to a witchdoctor. The witch doctor; a woman said a spirit was calling me. She detained me in her house and took me every night to a shrine to perform some rites but all that didn’t work. She then advised my family to take me to Abudu in the old Bendel state. I spent 10 years here and formally started school there. Here was also a teacher who always preached Christ. She taught about an everlasting father who she said would never die. I asked her if that father she talked about would accept me as a member of his family. She said whoever receives him becomes a member of his family. She asked if I want to receive him; I said yes. We prayed together. That marked the beginning of my journey with Christ since 1971 at six years old.
What happened to you thereafter you received Christ as a child in 1971?
I later realized that strange voice was actually the voice of God. After I accepted Christ he appeared to me at night. I saw my first vision of him. He told me he was going to come back. And when he came back we discussed and he told me no sinner is his. I should stay away from indulging in sin. If I break his law, he would stay away from me. He introduced himself as the everlasting father who never dies. He then took me to a garden and showed me a very large farm. He said he had been preparing the garden for me and decided to hand it over to me. He also said if I need anything, I should call on him and he would answer. He then took me to the middle of the garden where there was a gigantic cherry tree. When we got there, he bent down, picked five of the fruit, gave it to me and asked me to share it with others. He then disappeared. My sister observed me while all these happened.
What was your next step to growing in the faith after all these encounters?
I started worshiping with one particular church with a Pentecostal setting, but I wasn’t satisfied there. So, I joined Cherubim & Seraphim (C&S) just for one day. I joined a Catholic church for about two weeks. I particularly loved the images I saw the members canting before them. Unfortunately, I couldn’t comprehend what they were saying in Latin. During catechism, I asked a question about my search for God but didn’t get the appropriate answer. I left and stayed back home. Thereafter I faced serious persecution for nearly 20 years, which was part of the reasons I came to Lagos. I grew up to know the Lord by studying the Bible at home all alone.
How did your journey of faith continue when you got to Lagos?
While I was in the village I worked at different companies. I was often promoted but couldn’t understand why. I always disengaged anytime there was a deviation. By 1989, I returned to my paternal village. While there, I was motivated and started to plant. But I was accused of challenging their idols. The oldest man in the village told me they had been waiting for me for many years that some people were planning to hurt me. I was brought to Lagos in 1999 without any specific place of residence. Through the guidance of the Lord, I found myself somewhere in Ikeja. A man appeared to me and said he had been looking for me. When I told him where I was headed, he said that was also his destination and told me to follow him. When we got to Agege I took another bus going towards the national stadium. I had a cousin that stayed around there. When I mention the place to people to direct me they would laugh because that place was a dustbin. I followed the voice directing me. When I went searching for a job in one company, I met an old friend working there. He took to Epe that very night and I was given an accommodation till month end. I have been living in this Epe axis since September 1990.
Archbishop Sunday Okokoni, President, United Pentcostal College of Bishops
What specific assignment did God give to you when you got to Epe?
Before coming to Epe I was already a missionary with Basic Christian Missionary Organization. I was trained since teen. I joined different teams to organize crusades and to plant churches. When I got to Epe, I joined the Deeper Life Bible Church, District Headquarter. I was working with them combining it with my secular job. I resigned from a construction firm when they were constructing Costain West Africa to travel to Europe but the death of my mum truncated it. In April 1992 after her burial the Lord told me to return to Lagos. On April 28th, I dressed up and told my roommate I wanted to go start work at NNPC. I went there knowing nobody. I was directed to one of the branch managers by one of the security officers. He said there was no vacancy but I insisted I was going to get a job. After about one hour of refusing my stance, he asked for my address. I insisted I needed the job that very day. Eventually, I was interviewed and assigned a job. A month later, I was offered another position. I worked with NNPC for seven years with only my WAEC certificate. I left NNPC as the third in command in the technical department.
How was life like after your exit from NNPC?
I had a small church pastoring. Before then I had left the Deeper Life for Christian Missionary Church. Before my exit from NNPC I was considering my posting to Abuja. My boss who interviewed me became one of my Bible students. I ran a deliverance service at NNPC and different people attended. After the day work, I held deliverance service for some staffers and others. It was quite encouraging!
How did Rehoboth Church of Christ Ambassadors Worldwide appear in the picture of your walk and work with Christ?
Rehoboth Church of Christ Ambassadors Worldwide came much later. I told the Deeper Life coordinator I won’t continue with them for long. He actually spotted it first. He saw the miracles happening with me at the Epe District but we were not allowed to testify. They then started the search for other ministers that would serve in other local governments. I was advised to go back to seminary so I won’t waste away. So, I attended a seminary school at Ikoyi. I didn’t merit any of these things. It’s just God. One day, one of the leaders at the ministry of defense sent for me. He said he had been hearing of me and directed me to a well furnished apartment. That was how I started working there. I did that until 1995. I had a revelation where the name, Ambassador, was given to me. I wrote it down but told my friends I will not start a new church. It’s my pleasure to help existing churches. But in 1995 the Lord appeared to me with a message go to Abijio that there was an accommodation me there. I spent five years there and was sued to court there for preaching the gospel.
Share with us your ministry’s impact in Epe axis since you arrived in 1990?
After I left Abijio I went on Kenya mission with a missionary body from Canada. I hosted a massive crusade in August 2002 at Eti-Osa and on Lagos Island. I also organized a month program where 7,000 souls were saved. Peter Loen; a mission director from Canada came. We went on Kenya mission for one month and won about 14,000 souls. When we returned in November, 2002, the Lord appeared to me in a vision and took me somewhere it was written “Welcome to the Paradise of God”. He told me that his people were no longer waiting for him. He wasn’t coming yet. He instructed me to tell them that he will surely be back. He said the morality of the society had fallen so much. He told me to tell people to repent of immorality. He told me the year he’s coming back but I’m not permitted to say it. The rapture is an unpopular gospel people hate to hear but I would always preach it
Who were those you looked up to as mentors while growing up in the faith?
My first mentor was Archbishop Benson Idahosa and followed by Pastor WF Kumuyi and Dr. Ngozi Anyanwu who was taught me missions. That gave me so much power and consciousness in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
