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The COP Executive Council Members
 

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Prophet Ameyaw , left, handing over the items to Apostle Washington

 Hon. Alex Ackon, left, presenting a certificate to Pastor John K. Nimfah, a participant


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COP Delegation Visits Rehab Centre

A delegation of The Church of Pentecost led by Apostle Alfred Koduah, General Secretary, has visited the Chosen Generation of Jesus Christ (CGJC), a rehabilitation and discipleship centre at Abofu near Achimota in Accra, to interact with the inmates and donate some items to them. Read More

Dunamis International Donate to The COP

Dunamis International Ministry (DIM), a young church formed in January this year and headquartered at La, a suburb of Accra, has made a cash donation of GH¢200.00 to The Church of Pentecost (COP) at a brief ceremony at its La Headquarters.>>>>>

Ghanaians Blamed For Their Problems

Apostle K.K.C. Gadzekpo, Hohoe Area Head, has blamed the attitude of Ghanaians to work for the underdevelopment of the country’s socio-economic structures. Preaching on Easter Sunday at Hohoe on the theme ‘Christ, our First Ancestor,’ he cautioned that socio-economic development in Ghana is very slow, because Ghanaians see themselves more as masters than servants>>>>

PEMEF Donate To Alpha

The Pentecost Men’s Fellowship (PEMEF) has donated assorted items valued at GHC3,500 to the Alpha Medical Centre, Madina, Accra.  ...More

Pentecost Chalks Successes

The membership of The Church of Pentecost worldwide stood at 1,882,156 in 2009. That of Ghana was 1.6 million in 11,495 local congregations. The foreign branches of the Church had grown from 69 to 78 nations with Benin and La Cote d’Ivoire obtaining autonomous statuses. Besides opening 180 foreign assemblies, 9,170 converts were baptised in the missions field.More

Churhes Asked To Tackle Moral Degeneration

The Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Honourable Alexander Asum-Ahensan, has asked churches in the country to make a concerted effort to deal with the “ever-growing moral degeneration which has seemingly permeated all spheres of the Ghanaian life.Read More

 Chairman Tasks Councillors

The 38th General Council Meeting of the Church ended on May 8, 2010 with the Chairman, Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, calling on Councillors to consolidate the beliefs and practices of the founding leaders by reviewing church practices to make them more relevant to contemporary situations >>>>

Pentecost Women Undergo Leadership Training In Counselling

The Women’s Ministry of The Church had organized a three-day Trainer of Trainers (TOT) Leadership Training in Counselling for some Pastors, Elders and the leadership of the Women at the PUC Agogo campus from April 14-16, 2010. >>>>

God Will Destroy All Ungodliness

This year’s Easter convention in the Asankragwa Area was held on two zonal levels with the six northern districts meeting at Enchi, and the six southern ones as Asankragwa.......More

ODOBEN DISTRICT BLESSES 20 OLD MARRIAGES

The Odoben District in the Agona Swedru Area has organised a mass wedding for 20 married couples of the Church at its central chapel.>>>>>

COP Congratulates GBC on 75th Anniversary

The church of Pentecost has congratulated the nations premier broadcasting body, the Ghana Broadcasting corporation (GBC), on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. ...more

PENTECOST REACHES OUT TO THE POOR NATIONWIDE

Offerings were made in over 11,000 churches/assemblies of The Church of Pentecost throughout the nation on Sunday, January 10, 2010 for distribution to the poor and needy in the country. ...more

'DEVELOPING THROUGH

 CHRIST-LIKE TRANSFORMATION'

 - New Year (2010) message to Ghanaians by Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, Chairman of The Church of Pentecost.

WOMEN'S DIRECTOR VISITS KASOA AREA

The 2009 Women's Week Programme for Kasoa Area featured the Women's Movement Director, Mrs. Beatrice Evelyn Kwaffo, who, assisted by the Area Head, Apostle E.C. Asante and his pastors inaugurated the executive members of the Professional Ladies, Businesswomen, and Widows and Single Mothers Associations within the Women's Movement. ..more

 

Leadership Course Ends

Ninety-six participants, comprising all Ministers, selected Ministers’ wives, Elders, Deacons, Deaconesses and office staff members of the Obuasi Area and a few leaders from other churches have ended a three-tiered modular training programme in visionary leadership. More

Pentecost Schools Staff Rewarded

The Executive Council of The Church of Pentecost has set a new standard in the promotion of excellence in its schools when a total of 37 teaching and non-teaching staffs of the Pentecost Schools in Madina, a suburb of Accra, were given various awards “in appreciation of the sustained excellent academic performance” of the schools which consist of a nursery, a primary and a Junior High School. Read More

Overview Of 2010 Theme Of The Church

The Burkinabe National Head of the Church, immediate-past General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal Council and member of the Executive Council, Apostle Ekow Badu Wood, has said that the Church’s 2010 theme, “Being Transformed into the Image of Christ in a Changing World,” was informed by the Church’s five-year vision to bring the people closer to God, or God closer to the people so that the glory of God could be seen in them.>>>>

Christian Workers Urged To Adopt Positive Work Ethics

Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, has urged Christian workers in the country to translate their faith into practical and effective work ethic to ensure productivity and economic growth. More

Fraternal Greetings From Sister Churches, Para-Church orgs.

The General Secretary of the Bible Society of Ghana (BSG), Rev. Kofi Owusu, has praised The Church of Pentecost (COP) for its strategic partnership with the BSG in meeting its objectives. He appealed to the COP to jealously guard its leadership of what he described as “an unequalled financial support to the Bible Society of Ghana over the years.” Read More

God Overrules Negative Prediction

Pastor Alex K.  Ansong is a young, handsome man with a remarkable zeal for the Lord’s work. He is the district pastor of Wasa Manso in the Tarkwa Area.In 2003, he was informed by a lady that the sister he intended to wed had had an operation and, as such, would not be able to conceive...Read More

Apostle Ayitey Advises Fellow Ministers

“It is time high ministers of the gospel decided to speak the truth that not only hurts, but also saves from sin and eternal death.”....more

AWOSHIE WOMEN DONATE TO OSU CHILDREN'S HOME

The Women's Movement of the Awoshie District of the Church, led by the District Pastor's wife, Mrs. Dora Nyantakyi, donated large quantities of items worth over Gh¢500.00 and a cash of Gh¢ 1 00.00 to the headmistress of the Osu Children's Home for the inmates of the Home on Friday, November 6,2009.  ...more

FUNDING EXTERNAL BRANCHES

Apostle Dr.Stephen Kwesi  Baidoo, International Missions Director (IMD), has explained to the youth of Assin Nsuta District that external branches of the Church use their tithes with supplement from the Headquarters to run their activities. ..more

GHANA ARMED FORCES DONATE LAND TO THE COP

The Ghana Armed Forces have released two and half acres of land at Michel Camp, Tema, to the Michel Camp District of The Church of Pentecost for a chapel and a manse projects. ..more

HOLE IN HEART BOY UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL SURGERY

 

Daniel Agyeman, 11, a pupil of the Ebenezer A.M.E Zion Primary School at Dansoman, was diagnosed at age three as having a hole in his heart. .....more

144 DISTRICTS RENAMED

NEW  CONTACTS - Hohoe Area,  Apostle P.K. ENNIN of Nigeria

BE GOOD AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST  --Missionaries Told

The Chairman, Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, has called on missionaries of the Church to be good leaders by humbling themselves so as to be accepted by the people they lead.  Read more

DECISIONS FROM NOVEMBER PRAYER MEETING, 2009

The annual fasting and prayer meeting of the Executive Council, National/Area Heads, Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Directors of Movements/Ministries, Rector, Deans of the PUC came off at the Pentecost Guest House, Gbawe, Accra, from November 10 to 14, 2009. Following are some major decisions taken at the meeting and released by the Office of the Chairman on Thursday, November 10, 2009.  Read more

 

 

 

 

Run More Sunday Services

Apostle Alfred Koduah, General Secretary, has urged members of the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) at Community Seven in Tema, to win more souls to be able to run at least three Sunday services, stressing “it was not good enough to put up a beautiful temple for just the few usual members but efforts should be made to bring in new members.” Read More

Area Deacon, wife Get Triplets.......

For Elder Stephen K. Armah, Agona Swedru Area Deacon, and his wife, Gloria, it was not easy waiting 15 long years to hold cuddle their child. These are people entrusted with the Area’s financial welfare and in whose lives many expect to see the blessings of God and, particularly, children>>>>>

Highlights Of The 38th Session Of The General Council  Meeting

The three-day 38th Session of the General Council Meeting of The Church of Pentecost held at the James McKeown Auditorium of the Pentecost University College, Sowutuom, Accra from May 6 to 8, 2010  ended with the creation of Areas and districts, appointments and callings, among others. More

Apostle Kopah On the Mystery of Salvation

A congregation of 12,245 gathered at the foregrounds of the Tarkwa Area Mission House and office, Tarkwa, on Easter Sunday to listen to the Area Head, Apostle M. M. Kopah, expound on the mysteries of the Kingdom established at the fall of man at Eden, but hidden from the devil. >>>>

CONTACTS / ADDRESSES OF FIELD PERSONNEL - 2010

What PEMEF Expects of Pastors

‘Christ, God’s Indispensable and Unspeakable Gift’

The love of God revealed in His Son, His indispensable and unspeakable gift at Christmas has brought honour to the deprived and neglected as well as various promises to those who take solace in the name, Emmanuel .....more

DANSOMAN AREA WOMEN DONATE TO THE NEEDY

The Dansoman Area Women's Movement of the Church, led by Mrs. Agnes Boateng, has donated items worth over Gh¢8,000.00 to their Area Patron, Pastor Augustine D. Kantiampong, and Mrs. Gina Amaniampong, an Executive Committee member of the Women's Movement and wife of the Area Head, Prophet Amaniampong, to be distributed to the needy in the Area. ...more

KASOA AREA PICKS OFFICERS

Apostle E.C. Asante, Kasoa Area Head, assisted by Apostle D. Y. Asare, Agona Swedru Area Head, has ordained 436 new officers for the Church on Monday, December 15, 2009 at the Mount Olives Assembly at Kasoa. ...more

CHAIRMAN APPRECIATES EXCURSION TO HEADQUARTERS

Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah, Chairman, has commended the presbytery of the Bubiashie North Worship Centre (BNWC) for finding time in spite of their heavy schedule to interact with the management and staff of the Church’s Headquarters.  ...more

FIRST BAPTISTERY DEDICATED IN TEMA AREA

The traditional means of baptising in rivers or streams is gradually losing way to the use of baptisteries as water bodies dry up as a result of climatic change. .....more

Book Reviews

You Can Come Out Of Poverty by NELSON AGBOVE

SPIRITUAL WARFARE by Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah

VISION 2013

FIVE-YEAR VISION FOR THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST

COVERING THE PERIOD 2008 - 2013

-the full document Read more

 

YOUTH SHOW LOVE TO THE DEAF

The Youth Ministry of Grace Assembly in the Ashaiman Moneomanye District, in a real demonstration of love, presented assorted items to the State School for the Deaf at Adjei Kojo near Ashaiman on October 7, 2009. ....more

CHAIRMAN BEMOANS APATHY TO DISABLED

Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah speaking to the deaf and dumb through an intepreter

The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, has bemoaned  society’s apathetic attitude towards people with disability in the country. ...more

FROM THE CHAIRMAN’S DESK

1. THE WHITE PAPER - Council Meeting

2. Some of the decisions taken at the November 2008 Heads Meeting and extracts from the VISION 2013 that need immediate implementation. Read more

 

 

 
Testimonies

A CHILD AFTER 19 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCIES

OKOMFO MANSAH FINDS PEACE IN CHRIST

…after 30 years in bondage

 

Features
 
WITH ME IN CHARGE - by The Chairman
 

Shepherding the flock of the God of the living - the past and the present - Gen18:19; Ps23; Jn10:1-10

 

 

  Statistics
     
 
 
     
     
 
Total Membership Worldwide
1,741,143
 
Membership in Ghana
1,503,057
 
Number of Congregations Worldwide 
13,772
 
Number of Congregations in Ghana 
10,867
 
Number of Basic Schools
96
 
Number of Senior Secondary Schools
6
 
University College
1
 
Hospitals / Clinics
7
 
Number of Countries excluding Ghana 
70
 
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