Kingsley Okonkwo Explained
Kingsley Okonkwo |
Birth Date: | 1976 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Lagos State, Nigeria |
Nationality: | Nigeria |
Known For: | Love, Dating, and Marriage |
Church: | David's Christian Centre |
Alma Mater: | Myles Leadership University |
Religion: | Christian |
Lead coach |
Mother: | Rosannah Okonkwo |
Father: | King Rowland Okonkwo |
Module1: | Embed: | yes | Genre: | Life and Relationship coach | Channels: | Kingsley Okonkwo | Subscribers: | 463,000 | Views: | 25,303,789 | Stats Update: | 17 October 2023 | Years Active: | 1996–present | Silver Button: | Yes | Silver Year: | 2020 | Gold Button: | no | Diamond Button: | no |
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Kingsley Okonkwo (born 29 January 1976) is a Nigerian multi-award-winning family life and relationship coach, TV personality, and author. He is the founder and leader of Heart and Mind Consulting[1] and David's Christian Centre.[2] He is the lead coach and convener of Love, Dating, and Marriage, also known as LDM.[3] [4]
Early life
Kingsley Okonkwo was born on 29 January 1976 in Lagos State, Nigeria, to the royal family of King Rowland Okonkwo and Rosannah Okonkwo of the Obowo Kingdom in Imo State.[5] In 2022, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Myles Leadership University in India.[6]
Career
In 1996, Okonkwo founded David's Christian Centre as a youth fellowship center. In the early 2000s, it became a ministry. In 1999, Okonkwo and his wife Mildred co-founded Heart and Mind Consulting,[7] with the aim to help individuals and businesses build healthy relationships. In the same year, he founded Love, Dating, and Marriage (LDM), which began operating as Love, Dating and Sex, prior to 2005, after he got married. As of September 2023, LDM has recorded over 200 seminars since its establishment across Nigeria[8] and the United States.[9] He is known for his counseling, public speaking, and TV program on relationship and marriage.[10] [11]
Personal life
On 3 September 2005, Okonkwo married Mildred Kingsley-Okonkwo.[12] They have three children together.
On 14 June 2020, Burna Boy revealed Okonkwo as his uncle.[13]
Awards, honours and memberships
Awards, and honours
- 2020 Silver Creator Award by YouTube.[14]
- 2021 Nation Builders Achievers Award.
- 2022 honorary doctorate from Myles Leadership University.
Membership
He is a member of the following professional bodies:
Books
- 2006:When Am I Ready?
- 2006: 25 Wrong Reasons People Enter Relationships
- 2006: Who Should I Marry?
- 2010:God Told Me To Marry You
- 2010:Should Ladies Propose?
- 2012:7 Qualities Wise Men Want
- 2012:7 Qualities Wise Women Want
- 2014:A to Z of Marriage
- 2017:Help! My Husband Is Acting Funny
- 2018: All Year Round for Men
- 2018:25 Wrong Reasons People Enter Relationships
- 2018:I Love You But My Parents Say No
- 2020: MANUAL
- 2022: 7 Things I Badly want to tell women
- 2022: How to Know if he/she really loves you
- 2022: Praying for your wife
- 2023:Heal before you Deal.[16]
- 2023: Common Love Lies
- 2023: How To Make Love To a Woman Without Touching her
- 2023: No Dry Season
Notes and References
- Web site: Okeke-Korieocha . Ifeoma . Kingsley Okonkwo: Mending homes, changing lives through relationship coaching . Businessday NG . 19 January 2024 . 4 November 2023.
- Web site: Nigeria . Guardian . Family is the foundation of every society — Okonkwo . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . 30 September 2023 . 5 November 2022.
- Web site: 'Love, Dating and Marriage' host The 2023 Manual Conference on the need for Emotional Stability in a Relationship . BellaNaija . 30 September 2023 . 2 February 2023.
- Web site: Nation . The . Pre-marital s3xual experience waste of time – Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo . The Nation . 30 September 2023.
- Web site: All you need to know about Kingsley Okonkwo . The Sun Nigeria . 17 October 2023 . en . 2 December 2021.
- Web site: Agbana . Rotimi . Myles Leadership University Honours Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo With Honorary Doctorate Degree . Independent Nigeria . 19 January 2024.
- Web site: Dr. Kingsley Okonkwo . Heart & Mind Consulting . 2 October 2023.
- Web site: Nda-Isaiah . Solomon . Together Forever’ Conference To Hold In Lagos, Abuja . Leadership Newspaper . 30 September 2023 . 16 October 2022.
- Web site: Kingsley, Mildred Okonkwo to Host Love, Dating, and Marriage Conferences in 9 American Cities . THISDAYLIVE . 16 October 2023 . en.
- Web site: Adeleye . Kunle . Meet Kingsley Okonkwo: Popular TV Presenter & Lead Pastor At David's Christian Centre . GLAMSQUAD MAGAZINE . 30 September 2023 . 23 December 2021.
- Web site: Ebirim . Juliet . Just Us Girls Conference: Mildred Kingsley-Okonkwo gives hope, inspires women . Vanguard Nigeria . 30 September 2023.
- Web site: Ogwo . Charles . Family life practitioners tasked on professional ethics . Businessday NG . 30 September 2023 . 28 October 2022.
- Web site: WATCH: Burna Boy Trade Memories With Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo . NotjustOk . 30 September 2023 . 14 June 2020.
- Web site: Kingsley Okonkwo Honored With YouTube Silver Play Button . Leadership News . 17 October 2023 . 17 June 2020.
- Web site: Nigeria . Guardian . Kingsley Okonkwo joins Forbes Business Council . The Guardian Nigeria . 17 October 2023 . 11 September 2023.
- Web site: Relationship coach Kingsley Okonkwo unveils book ‘Heal before you deal’ . Vanguard Nigeria . 30 September 2023.