Relationship coach and lead pastor of David’s Christian Centre, Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo, has flagged off a new Christian matchmaking platform, Mentor To Marry, in order to help serious Christian singles prepare for and find intentional, faith-based marriages.
The platform, which combines marriage mentoring, personal assessments, accountability and matchmaking, offers annual membership plans ranging from N70,000 for the Regular package to N700,000 for the VIP package, with a N350,000 Premium option in between.
Okonkwo announced the initiative in a series of posts on X, describing it as a community for singles who are not merely interested in getting married but are deliberately preparing for marriage and looking to meet like-minded partners.
According to the platform’s official website, Mentor To Marry is designed around the principle of “mentoring first”, with members expected to undergo an eight-week mentoring programme before proceeding deeper into the matching process. The programme includes classes, readiness assessments, guided reflection and an accountability system.
The Regular package, which costs N70,000 annually, provides access to the eight-week mentoring classes, assessments and surveys, limited profile browsing, accountability support, weekly chats and country-based matching.
The Premium package costs N350,000 per year and offers everything in the Regular package, alongside unlimited profile browsing, monthly profile recommendations, priority access to coaches, access to global profiles and a private group.
At the top of the structure is the VIP package, priced at N700,000 annually. It includes the Premium benefits, as well as a dedicated matchmaker and coach, priority access to Kingsley and Mildred Okonkwo, off-platform introductions, a profile-protection feature and access to the global membership pool.
The platform is not presented as a conventional dating application. Rather, its organisers say the emphasis is on helping singles develop the maturity, clarity and readiness required for marriage before they are introduced to potential partners.
“Mentoring is not an add-on,” the platform states, explaining that members are expected to work on their faith, values, communication skills and understanding of the responsibilities associated with marriage before matching and introductions take place.
Promoting the initiative, Okonkwo expressed concern about what he described as the growing commercialisation of romantic relationships. He said the trend had made it increasingly difficult for some young men to find genuine love, particularly those who may not have substantial financial resources.
He subsequently encouraged men who felt relationships were becoming financially out of reach to consider the new platform as an avenue for meeting “godly” women who were also being prepared for marriage.
Okonkwo also stressed the importance of intentionality, asking singles whether they were themselves prepared for the kind of relationship and marriage they desired and, if so, where they could meet other people with similar intentions.
The platform says its membership pool is open to Christian singles in Nigeria, the diaspora and other parts of the world. It also offers a free singles community for people who are not yet ready to subscribe to a paid membership but want access to teachings, resources, events and a community of marriage-minded Christians.
However, the launch has generated considerable debate on social media, particularly over the membership fees. Some Nigerians have questioned the decision to charge as much as N700,000 for access to a Christian matchmaking service, while others have argued that the fees reflect the level of personalised mentoring and matchmaking support attached to the different packages.
The controversy has placed the initiative at the intersection of two growing realities: the increasing use of digital platforms to facilitate relationships and the rising demand for more structured approaches to courtship and marriage.
For Mentor To Marry, however, the stated objective goes beyond simply connecting men and women. Its organisers maintain that the central goal is to prepare singles for marriage and make introductions based on readiness, shared values and intentionality.
The platform also makes clear that membership does not guarantee a match, mutual interest or marriage, stressing that recommendations and introductions remain subject to the assessment and readiness of individual members.
As reactions continue to trail the launch, Pastor Okonkwo’s initiative has opened a fresh conversation about whether technology, paid mentorship and faith-based matchmaking can provide a more structured alternative to conventional dating—and how much singles are willing to pay for a guided route to marriage.
