Education
He attended Government Comprehensive High School, Borikiri, and later studied Quantity Surveying at Rivers State University.
Holyvine Christian Chapel
Meet Our Pastor
Pastor John Mako, founder and presiding pastor of Holyvine Christian Chapel.
Founder and Presiding Pastor
Pastor John Mako
Pastor John Mako is a Nigerian evangelist, teacher of the Word, and the founder and presiding pastor of Holyvine Christian Chapel, also known as the Home of Grace.
He is known for passionate preaching, faith-filled teaching, prophetic ministry, and a strong emphasis on salvation, restoration, healing, miracles, deliverance, divine speed, and practical victorious living through the Word of God.
Background
Prepared through life, learning, mentorship, and service.
Pastor John Mako was born on March 26, 1976, in Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, and hails from Nsugbe Town in Anambra State.
Ministerial Training
He attended full-time theological training at the Word of Bible Institute, also known as WOBI, an arm of Salvation Ministries.
Mentorship
He was heavily mentored and influenced by Pastor David Ibiyeomie, whose ministry emphasis shaped his spiritual formation and journey.
Ministry and Calling
Called to heal, deliver, and teach God's people.
Pastor John Mako founded Holyvine Christian Chapel on October 2, 2019, with a divine mandate to heal the sick, deliver the oppressed, and teach God's people how to prosper from God's Word.
Through Holyvine, he continues to lead a growing community of believers with a strong message of salvation, restoration, healing, prosperity, and kingdom impact.
Core Message
Faith-filled, scriptural, and practical.
His preaching is marked by passion, power, scriptural conviction, and relevance to daily life.
Salvation through Jesus Christ
Healing and restoration
Breaking limitations
Deliverance from oppression
Divine speed
Faith for victorious living
Prosperity through biblical principles
Raising global leaders through the gospel
Signature Programs
In His Presence · Hour of Miracle
Pastor John Mako leads worship, prayer, teaching, prophetic, healing, deliverance, and miracle-focused programs through physical gatherings and digital broadcasts.