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FIFTH COP CHAIRMAN ASSUMES
OFFICE
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postle Dr. Opoku Onyinah, 54,
has been inducted into office as the fifth Chairman of The Church of Pentecost
(COP).
He succeeds Apostle Dr. Michael Kwabena Ntumy whose two five-year terms
of office ended in August this year. Until his election in April 2008, Apostle
Dr. Onyinah was the Rector of the Pentecost University College.
Pastor James McKeown, an
Irish clergyman, who founded the Church in 1937 was the first Chairman; he was
succeeded by Apostle F. S. Safo, the first Ghanaian Chairman, to be followed by
Prophet M. K. Yeboah.
The Church
now has branches
in 70 countries on all the
continents.
Speaking at
the induction service held at the Pentecost Worship Center, Burma Camp, Accra,
on Sunday, August 31, 2008, on the topic, ‘If the Holy Spirit is in you, you are
able,’ based on Daniel 4: 18 and 2 Corinthians 3: 5- 6, Apostle (retd) S. K.
Ansong said because the Church of God was founded through the instrumentality of
the Holy Spirit, anyone who wanted to head it could only succeed through the
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Apostle (retd) Ansong attributed the remarkable strides
made by the Church, despite the terrible crises it had
faced, to its dependence on the Holy Spirit adding that
“if the fifth generation of the Church would learn to
draw inspiration from the Holy Spirit, the Church’s next
glory would be greater.”
Apostle (retd) Ansong noted that more than anything
else, Daniel succeeded as an administrator because of
the Spirit of God in him.
He, therefore, urged the
Chairman to consider the fact that his ability to
deliver would not depend on his academic achievements
but on the Holy Spirit.
Having
asked the new Chairman to discharge his duties “in faith, hope and love”
in the induction charge, Apostle Dr. Ntumy, the outgoing Chairman,
introduced him to the congregation and ushered him to his seat to take
charge of the rest of the proceedings in accordance with the
constitution of the Church.
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Apostle Dr Opoku
Onyinah (left), incoming Chairman, being handed the
scroll of office by the outgoing Chairman
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Chairman Onyinah symbolically taking the
seat of authority |
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Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah,
next inducted the General Secretary, Apostle Alfred Koduah, and other members of
the Executive Council, namely Apostles Albert Amoah, Ekow Badu Wood, Francis
Ofori Yeboah, James Smith Gyimah and Zabre Patinde Ousmane into office, charging
them to serve “without let, hindrance, favour, fear, partiality, or ill-will and
to be fair to all, irrespective of social status, gender or cultural
background."
The dignitaries who attended
the function included Mrs. Georgina Wood, Chief Justice; Bishop Agyin Asare,
General Overseer of the World Miracle Church International; Major General Baiden,
Commandant of the Staff College; Rev. Prof. Kwabena Asamoah, President of the
Holy Trinity College; the General Secretary of the Apostolic Church and the
Director of Religious Affairs in the Ghana Armed Forces.
The rest were Rev. Ohene
Kyei, Rector of the Pentecost University College; Rev. Prof. Kingsley Larbi,
President of Regent University College and Mr. Jude Hamah, Director of the
Scripture Union.
S. K. Amegah |
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