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The world economy is changing quickly, but the Loveworld Kingdom believes the Church cannot afford to watch that change happen from the sidelines.
At the centre of its economic mandate is a conviction that goes beyond Christians owning businesses or participating successfully in commerce. Loveworld is building a Kingdom economy, an economic system grounded in truth, purpose, and value, where God’s people produce, invest, trade, create wealth, and exercise influence from the principles of the Kingdom. The Loveworld Trade & Investment Forum (LTIF) is one of the platforms carrying that mandate into the world.
For Loveworld, building a Kingdom economic system was born out of necessity, in response to outdated institutions and policies that govern the world—many of them centred on greed and lack of truth that the world’s economy operates on. The Church is already an economic actor; it carries answers the world lacks, and its task is to demonstrate the Kingdom’s economic system to the world.
“We require new thinking; most of the world is based on old philosophies,” Rev. Dr. Chris Oyakhilome, President of Loveworld Incorporated, said. “We need new thinking—today’s thinking for tomorrow’s vision. New concepts, that’s what we need, to build a new world, to build a new future.”
Loveworld’s position is that the Church cannot hold answers for the world while remaining absent from the systems that govern how people work, build, invest, and prosper. Commerce, production, and capital are not separate from Kingdom responsibility; they are worldly areas where Kingdom achievers must put Kingdom thinking into practice.
A Church that can build institutions, employ people, create businesses, and serve communities at scale should not remain on the margins of conversations that determine economic direction.
This is why the Loveworld Trade and Investment Forum (LTIF) is at the centre of the Kingdom mandate. The forum connects the principles of the Kingdom economy with the people already applying them: entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, producers, business leaders, and policymakers.
Loveworld sees LTIF as part of a broader economic project, not merely a gathering of business and policy leaders. It brings Kingdom achievers into closer contact with capital, markets, ideas, opportunities, and one another, while building the relationships and institutions needed to turn Kingdom principles into economic activity.
And its impact is already felt widely: across two editions, LTIF has reached over 2 million people and convened 3,500 Kingdom influencers. In 2025, its inaugural event, held in Lagos, Nigeria, gathered over 1,500 attendees—policymakers, businesses, and entrepreneurs—achieving a 92% excellent rating.
This year, Loveworld is taking that mandate to Accra, Ghana, where more than 3,500 attendees will gather to deepen their understanding of the Kingdom mandate and its place in business, enterprise, and economic development.
LTIF 2026 will take place on October 6 & 7, 2026, at the Ohene Konadu Auditorium, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana, under the theme “Production, Trust, Trade & Transformation: Expanding Africa’s Sovereign Economy.”
Production is central to the message because a Kingdom economy cannot run on consumption alone. It needs people who build, manufacture, fund ideas, create jobs, open markets, solve hard problems, and turn knowledge into economic value.
Loveworld believes those people already exist within the Kingdom. LTIF is about helping them see the larger economic role of what they are already doing, connecting their work, and giving it greater direction.
The world is not short of economic theories. Loveworld’s position is that the Church already carries answers that should also find expression in business, trade, investment, and enterprise.
In Accra, the conversation comes down to moving Kingdom thinking beyond the pulpit and into the parts of the economy where people build, invest, produce, and create value.
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About the Ministry of Commerce, Loveworld Kingdom: The Ministry of Commerce, Loveworld Kingdom leads the Loveworld Kingdom’s economic agenda. Its mandate is to support economic growth, support industrialization, and advance the Kingdom’s message through trade and commerce. Through its Department of Commerce Programs & Events, it organizes forums and activation programmes, including the Loveworld Economic Summit, the Loveworld Global Trade & Commerce Activation Program, and the Loveworld Trade & Investment Forum (LTIF).
About LTIF: The Loveworld Trade & Investment Forum (LTIF) is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Commerce, Loveworld Kingdom. It convenes entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and business leaders to discuss production, trade, and investment in Africa. The first edition, held in Lagos, Nigeria in November 2025, drew over 1,500 attendees and more than 20 speakers. The second edition is taking place on October 6 & 7, 2026, at the Ohene Konadu Auditorium, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana. The programme will feature keynotes, fireside conversations, panels, workshops, and business exhibitions.
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