Officially known as ‘The Ambidextrous Reformer®’, Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak is a globally renowned Judeo-Christian Apostle & Prophet, Interdisciplinary Scholar-Activist, and Entrepreneur. Of Yorùbá-Nigerian descent, born and raised in Greenwich, London (UK), and recently emigrated to and based in Greater Washington DC (USA), he is aggressively emerging as one of the foremost transformational leaders and countercultural thinkers on the cutting-edge of this decadent era in human history.
For nearly two decades, Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak has laboured as a catalyst of radical change amidst a world of pervasive immorality and injustice. Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak is the Founder, CEO & President of ‘Elijah Chanak International’ (ECI), a multinational transformational leadership corporation at the forefront of high-impact and sustainable change in our world, within which he converges a tri-fold career of Judeo-Christian Ministry, Academic Activism, and Business. His life vision is to make the crooked ways of culture straight through spiritual, social, political, and economic transformation; and his life mission is to combat evil, challenge immorality, and conquer injustice, til the world be changed.
Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak is an Apostle, Prophet, and Teacher of the Lord Jesus Christ. He has served in ministry since 2006, and has been clerically licensed and ordained since 2011, within the Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions of Protestant Christianity. He has since established a plethora of Christian organisations, namely: ‘Qadosh Kingdom Movement’ (est. October 2011) – a Judeo-Christian Disciple-Making Movement, and ‘Forerunner Alliance’ (est. October 2024) – a global company of prophets, worshippers, and intercessors. As a seasoned Church Planter, he previously served as Founder & Senior Leader of Qadosh Kingdom Embassy in London, UK (2013-2021). Globally, he is an affiliate minister of Prophetic Voice Ministers, under the leadership of his Father & Mother in the Gospel, Apostle Alfred TB & Rev. Oma P. Williams (General Overseers of Christ Faith Tabernacle; London, UK). Locally in Washington DC, his home church is District Church, under the leadership of his pastors, Pastor Dr. Aaron & Pastor Amy Graham.
Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak is a Theologian, Political Scientist, and Sociologist. His academic trajectory to date has encompassed matriculation at some of the most distinguished universities in the world, obtaining BA Hons/MA (Cantab.) Human, Social, and Political Sciences (University of Cambridge), currently finishing (2024-2025) MA Religion (King’s College London), and shortly pursuing (2025-2026) MSc Human Rights & Politics (London School of Economics & Political Science). He works with notable lobbying organisations and think tanks, championing and defending the cause of faith in public life; serving as a prophetic and authoritative voice in law, media, and politics; and deploying Christian ethics to address the vast array of complex issues facing our world today. He is the co-founder, with Elder Geoffrey D. Golden, of The Table Ideation Forum, a faith-based think tank of futuristic scholars and intercessors. He is a contributing Book Reviewer in internationally renowned peer-reviewed journals – Religion, State & Society (under Dr. Daniel DeHanas & Dr. Marat Shterin), and Studies in Christian Ethics (under Dr. Edward David).
His polemic voice and oratorical finesse have enabled him to travel across the continents of Europe, North America, and Africa, as an International Speaker in religious and non-religious sectors, with the cross-cutting message of reformation. His paternal heart has caused him to be a highly sought-after Coach & Consultant, labouring intensively to see people, organisations, and nations, emerge in the fullness of their God-given potential.
As a humorous and passionate media personality, Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak utilises contemporary digital platforms to propagate reformation. He has been featured on TBN, Revelation TV, GOD TV, Premier Gospel, Keep the Faith Magazine, and Varsity Cambridge, to name a few. He is widely regarded as a cultural critic, and an authority on religion, politics, and society.
Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak continues to rise as a formidable force of reformation in the world. He lives to contend for the day when justice will roll down upon society like waters, and righteousness upon culture like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24). Aside from all the noble accomplishments and accolades associated with him, Rev. Elijah Israel-Shaphat Chanak is also a family man, a mentor, a globetrotter, a musical enthusiast, a bibliophile, and above all – a son and friend of God.
….these who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
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