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 Okuapehemaa,
Nana Dokua (right ) heartily interacting with the Chairman and his wife, Grace.
The Chairman,
Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, paid a courtesy call on the Okuapehemaa, Nana Dokua,
also a deaconess in The Church, at her residence in Akropong-Akuapem on his tour
of the Eastern Region of Ghana in July. He was accompanied by his wife, Grace,
the Area Head, Apostle S.K Ofosu, and a team of pastors and elders from the
region.
Nana Dokua is known to have reigned for over
forty years in the Akuapem Traditional Area without sitting on a black stool or
pouring libation to ancestral spirits. She has been an example and a role model
to many kings and queens in her promotion of Christianity and as a gallant
leader.
Nana
Dokua got saved at a Church of Pentecost prayer meeting before
ascending the throne, when she accompanied her
sick mother to the meeting.
She has lived under the Lord’s divine guidance
and protection through trying moments of sickness, various other spiritual
attacks, as well as a mysterious sickness in Germany which called for a surgery.
Her heartbeat
ceased for forty minutes in the course of the surgery and it took the hand of
God to revive her. She said she was visited by an unknown white man in a
flowing white gown who sat in a chair in front
of her and, in the course of conversing with her, asked what she wanted him to
do for her. She replied, “I don’t want to die in Germany.”
The
white man then opened his bag which was full of Bible tracts. When she asked if
she could look into the bag, Nana said the
man replied that everything in it was hers. She immediately felt completely
healed and the man charged her to preach the gospel wherever she went.
(Following is an excerpt from her
biography)
“One day, in the morning, at
10:00, with Nana not knowing what to do, the Holy Spirit drew her attention to
her mother’s ‘air tight’ box made of metal, popularly known in student circles
as ‘trunk.’ She began searching through it and came across an old engagement
Bible. She loved it and so began to glance through its pages to find whether
there was a name somewhere to indicate its owner.
“There was no name anywhere in the
Bible. So she opened where the book mark in the Bible was, and it opened to the
book of Esther. Then, all of a sudden, she heard a clear commanding voice from
above saying: “This is your stool” - a reminder that she was to rely on and be
directed also absolutely by the word of God.”
The octogenarian advises the youth to walk
closely with God, as He is the only answer to every problem in life. She has
formed an intercessory prayer team in the town of Akuapem which meets on the
first Tuesday of every month to pray for the peace and development of Ghana and
Okuapeman.
In September, 2006, the Akropong Odwira
festival was dubbed “Akristofo Odwira” as she celebrated her fortieth
anniversary as queen at the age eighty-four.
The theme for the festival was ‘Woman, a
Dependable Partner For Development.’ It was attended by dignitaries like the
former first lady, Mrs. Theresa Kuffour; Honorable S.K. Boafo, Hon. Alima Mahama,
and Oseadeεyo Addo Dankwa III.
Mrs. Opoku Onyinah,
third left, the Chairman, Apostle S. K. Ofosu, Koforidua Area Head; Pastor C.S.
Obeng, Nsawam West; Pastor J.K. Appiah, Akropong District; Pastor Ackah Watson,
Adukrom District; and their wives, and some elders in the Akuapem district.
Also present were some Apostle Alfred Koduah,
General Secretary, and Rev. Dr. J.O.Y. Mantey, a senior minister of the
Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
The
celebration was marked, among others, by a brass band procession through the
Akuapem towns, a thanksgiving service in the palace of the king, Nana Addo
Dankwa, with a sermon by Apostle Alfred
Koduah on the topic ‘Reigning Faithfully to the end.’
Deaconess Nana Dokua has been of an immense help
to The Church of Pentecost, especially the Smart Yirenkyi Temple, Akropong
Akuapem, where she worships.
Gradually, Christianity is creeping into the
palaces. Today a Christian Queens’ association has been established. We are
praying for a time when God will reign significantly, if not totally, in the
palaces of Ghana.
Long live Nana Dokua!
Long Live Christian kings and queens in Ghana!! |
