The Sword of the Spirit Ministries aka Christ Life Church[1] is a Nigerian Evangelical Charismatic Pentecostal[2] Christian denomination and a megachurch.
The Ministry is presided over by Bishop Francis Wale Oke,[3][4][5][6] who founded the church in 1983.
[12] The church began in 1983 when Francis Wale Oke brought together a team of seven fellow believers including his wife Victoria to meet every week for a prayer group.
[13][14][15] In 1990, Sword of the Spirit Ministries led an anti-Islamic[16] preaching crusade in Sokoto.
[17] Historian Toyin Falola mentions Sword of the Spirit Ministries as being specialized at that time in publishing anti-Islamic tracts.