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The Caprice Worship Centre in the La Area of The Church of Pentecost, under the leadership of Pastor Emmanuel Opoku Mensah, has organised a durbar to commemorate this year’s Environmental Care Campaign Week.

The event took place at the church auditorium on March 15, 2023, on the theme: “My Environment, My Responsibility.”

In an address, the Chairman of La Area National Discipleship & Leadership Development Committee (NDLDC), Pastor Danis James Osei Assibey, who doubles as Mamobi District Minister, said that the church as part of its Vision 2023, has set aside a week for Environment Care Campaign exercises across the country where members engage in thorough clean up exercises in their various communities.

With scripture reference to Numbers 35:33, Pastor Osei Assibey noted that God needs everyone as a partner to keep the environment clean, saying, “Let’s desist from polluting the land in which we live.”

Touching on plastic waste, he said that it causes a lot of havoc on human health and the environment, whiles government loses revenue in its management and processing. According to him, if plastics are well managed, it generates income for individuals.

Pastor Osei Assibey said that the practice is to ensure that members observe a clean environment to support the popular saying that “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”

He indicated that this year’s campaign focuses mainly on plastic waste products, their segregation, sales, and monetary aspect.

In an interview, the Ayewaso Central Director of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Augustus Owusu Ahenkora, expressed his utmost joy towards the involvement of school children in the campaign. He believes that when children are well informed they will intern teach their parents and friends how to segregate waste.

He noted that some schools within the community segregate their waste but others do not have bins to segregate.

He further appealed to Universal Plastic Product and Recycling Ltd (UPPL) and other stakeholders to support the schools with waste bins to help in segregating their waste products.

Mr Ishmael Nii Sowah Quaye of UPPL commended the church for the initiative. He said that the church’s campaign on plastic waste management is timely, especially with the involvement of school children.

He noted that his organisation’s doors are always open to assist in plastic waste management and recycling. The Chief of Kokomlemle, Nii Tetteh Obroni Onama Onsuro, called on Ghanaians to be mindful of their activities at home.

“People should desist from intentionally dumping refuse at vantage points,” he added. The Market Queen of Malam Atta Market, Naa Okaikor Etsuru, cautioned residents to stop the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the market since it generates all kinds of diseases.

Also in attendance were Elder J. K. Asare, Mr Charles Tsatsu McCarthy, Mrs Heartwill Opoku Mensah, and a cross-section of members.

Report by Gina Akua Padi.

Mr. Frank Awuah, a member of the Manso Akwasiso District in the Ashanti Bekwai Area of The Church of Pentecost, has donated a 23-seater Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus and a generator, worth GHS 205,500.00, to the District.

The vehicle (GHS 200,000.00) and the generator (GHS 5,500.00) were both handed over to the Church on Friday, March 17, 2023 at a colourful ceremony held at the forecourt of the Akwasiso Central Assembly.

Making the presentation, Mr. Frank Awuah, who is known for his philanthropic acts, said he thanked the Almighty God for counting him worthy to serve His church in the ministry of giving.

He noted that the bus would enable the District to convey her members to and from Church events such as outreaches, conventions, Zonal prayer meetings, and other special ceremonies including funerals, weddings, naming ceremonies, etc.

The generator, on the other hand, would help provide electricity for Church programmes, especially during periods of power outages. Apostle Fred Tiakor, the Ashanti Bekwai Area Head, who received the documents and the car keys on behalf of the Church, expressed delight and profound gratitude to the Lord for touching the hearts of members to give sacrificially to support the Kingdom business. He further thanked Mr. Awuah for the kind gesture.

Reading from 1Chronicles 13:14, Apostle Tiakor said the Ark of God represents the presence of God, hence Obed-Edom elicited the blessings of God when, in obedience to Him, he made his home its resting place. The Area Head further noted that the sacrificial service of Obed-Edom resulted in the favour of God resting in his household.

“The obedience of Obed-Edom caused the Lord to bless him and his household,” he stressed. Apostle Fred Tiakor prayed for divine blessings for Mr. Awuah and his family and encouraged other Church members to emulate his good example.

He also advised the District to adopt a good maintenance culture to keep the vehicle in good shape and prolong its lifespan. In attendance were Pastor Emmanuel Okoh Lartey (Bekwai District), Pastor Samuel Kusi (Akwasiso District), Pastor Seth Ansah (Nampansa District), Pastor Jonah Sei (Keniago District), Pastor Gordon Asare (Dawusaso District), as well as officers and members of the Manso Akwasiso District.

Report by Overseer Frank Osei Tutu (Area Media Coordinator)

Nine gallant officers of the Asylum Down Assembly in the Adabraka District of The Church of Pentecost retired from active service in a glorious ceremony recently. 

Officiating the service on behalf of the La Area Head, Apostle Dr. Dieudonne Nuekpe, the Abelenkpe District Minister, Pastor Paul Amoah, commended the officers whose years of service span 20 to 43 years. He spoke on the theme “Repositioning the Older Generation to Have Maximum Impact on the Church During Retirement.” 

Two former ministers of the Adabraka District, Pastor Moses Kenneth Abakah (Rtd.) and Pastor Joseph Ackah, joined the current District Minister, Pastor Emmanuel Osei Agyapong, and the rest of the congregation to honour the gallant soldiers. 

The retirees, Elders Joseph Abandoh, Alexander Billyham Sarpong, Richard Ohenekumah, Deaconess Comfort Takyi-Amankwah, Beatrice Akowah, Juliet Tetteh, Janet Tetteh, Agnes Sarpong and Cecelia Agbovi, on their part, expressed gratitude to God for seeing them through decades of dedicated service and to the leadership as well as members of the Church for the honour done them. 

Report by Adabraka District Media Team

Apostle Dr. Nicholas Appiah Missah, a retired minister of The Church of Pentecost has charged members and officers of the Church to live upright and godly lives in their walk with the Lord.

Apostle Dr. Appiah Missah said this when he ministered to participants of the New Tafo Zone at the M. K. Yeboah Memorial Temple, Krofrom in Kumasi, during the recently-held New Tafo Area Ministers and Officers’ Retreat (Apostolisation).

Speaking on the topic: “The Local Church Upholding the Value of Godliness,” Apostle Dr. Appiah Missah stressed that God expects believers to be godly in all their endeavours at all times because godliness is a requirement of the grace they have received in Christ Jesus (Titus 2:11-13).

“Godliness is not just going to church or being an officer, but living as delight to the Lord,” he explained while urging the participants to aspire to be like Jesus Christ, Ananias (Acts 22:12), Apostle Paul, Cornelius in godliness.

According to him, Christians should not struggle to live godly lives since they have been equipped for such virtue through Christ Jesus (2 Peter 1:3).

He mentioned knowledge of God, transformed life (Colossians 2:14-15; 1:20), among others, as sources of godliness, with good temper, continuous reliance on God’s word, and teaching of good doctrines as marks of godliness. 

Reading from 1 Timothy 6:6; 4:7-8, Apostle Dr. Nicholas Appiah Missah (rtd) identified the value of godliness and encouraged the participants to strive to finish the Christian race in a godly manner (Hebrews 12:2).

The 2023 New Tafo Area Ministers and Officers’ Retreat (Apostolisation), which kick-started on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, under the auspices of the Area Head, Prophet Samuel Tetteh Doku, was on the theme: “Repositioning the Local Church For Maximum Impact in the Nations” (Colossians 2:6-7; 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20). 

It was held at three zones in the Area (New Tafo, Sepe-Buokrom and Kenyasi Zones) with Apostle Dr. Nicholas Appiah Missah (Rtd.) and Pastor David Dorsu (Tumu Area Head) as guest speakers.

Report by Emmanuel Nana Nsiah

Pastor Joseph Kow Techie, a retired minister of The Church of Pentecost, was laid to rest on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Moree near Cape Coast.

He was 89 years old. Born on January 12, 1934, he joined the Church of Christ (Spiritual Movement) and was ordained a priest between 1956 and 1967 and served in Cape Coast, Tema, Afienya, Terchire and Akim Oda.

He later resigned from the priesthood and joined The Church of Pentecost as a member. He was baptised by the late Pastor L. A. Nyarko at Cape Coast.

While at Cape Coast, he was identified as a true servant of God by Apostle George Alphonse Wood (late) and was transferred to preside over the church in Jukwa Breman. In 1970, Apostle Wood, in consultation with the then Executive Council called Joseph Kow Techie into the full-time ministry of The Church of Pentecost.

The following were the stations he served: Abura Dunkwa (1970 to 1979), Enchi (1979 to 1986), Konongo (1986 to 1990), and finally, Ajumako Besease (1990 to 1994), serving for 24 years. After retirement, he stayed at Edumfa and later relocated to his hometown in Moree Junction, near Cape Coast.

Preaching the sermon at the funeral under the topic, “Confidence in the face of death,” Apostle David Nii Addo Pappoe, the Twifo Praso Area Head of The Church of Pentecost, admonished Christians to face death confidently like Stephen, the first Apostle who was killed while preaching and praying for his killers.

Reading from 2 Corinthians 5:1-11, he identified four mysteries from the epistle that Paul wrote to the church. According to Apostle Nii Addo Pappoe, believers can be confident in the face of death when they know and understand that they are living in a tent.

“Tents provide temporary shelter. They don’t provide secured protection in times of storms. Life in a tent is uncertain. Tents are uncomfortable in the midst of storms such as sicknesses. God will take away the tent and replace it with a building,” he said.

He added that Christians can be confident in the face of death when they know and understand what happens when they die. He further said that believers can be confident in the face of death when they anticipate eternal life.

“We shall be like Jesus when He appears in glory. Mortality will end; eternal life is guaranteed. We shall be rewarded appropriately. We shall see God and that place is better than what we can imagine,” he explained.

The Twifo Praso Area Head finally said that believers can be confident in the face of death when they are assured of their personal salvation, saying, “God has given us eternal life in His Son Jesus Christ. He who has the Son has eternal life.”

In a tribute by the General Council of the Church, Pastor Joseph Kow Techie (rtd) was described as a man with a deep prayer life who believed that prayer had the power to change any situation. “He was a man full of ‘chords and notes’ who interspersed his sermons with spiritually inspired songs. He was also a man who loved God’s Church to a fault,” it said.

Report by Pastor Ebenezer Ayivi Okoampah (Cape Coast Area Media Ministry)