Tonto Dikeh shared her spiritual journey and how she almost became a preacher at the age of 19 in a widely shared livestream chat after her reconciliation with her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill.
Dikeh claimed that she had a divine calling when she was a young child, but she fled it because she thought God didn’t want her to live life to the fullest.
The actress cited hardships and divine direction as reasons for her survival.
The mother of one said, “I have always had this calling right from when I was a child. At 19, I was going to be a pastor until I just ran away for no reason. I’ve been in church since I left secondary school. So I’ve known God intimately, I’ve known God intensely, for as long as I was a child. And I’ve always known that I have this calling.
“If you watch what has happened in my life, it’s not ordinary. Anybody who may have or may walk in my shoes may not have survived, would not even survive. Because God called me for something and He needed me to go through all of these things to come out of the firebrand that I am today.”
Dikeh also added that her calling lies in prayer and healing, hinting at the pending launch of an online prayer platform, subject to divine approval.
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Dikeh stated, “Prayers and healing are my calling. God can heal. It depends on what God asks me to do. I think any good Christian can. Any firm believer can. At this stage of my life, I’m just letting God lead. God asked me to start praying for people online, and that’s what I’m doing. He’s the one taking me day by day. I’m just a vessel.
“So if He says to do that, I will do that. I don’t know about monetising. My calling is not about money. I was talking to somebody the other day, and I told the person, “You see, there are some people who are just going to be there for God forever.”
Dikeh said her return to faith wasn’t driven by fame or wealth but survival and the desire to live.
“I didn’t run to God because of money. I’m already rich. Because I wanted to turn a new leaf. Because I wanted to step into the mandate. You know, the extra vessel mandated that He wanted me to step into”, she added.
She previously shared struggles with demonic anger, smoking, alcoholism, and other personal battles, crediting God for deliverance.
