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Couple Blessed With Child After 10 Years Of Marriage

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One of the unpleasant and disturbing situations one can ever encounter in life is to have married for ten years without the gift of a child and that was exactly the situation of Elder Benjamin Ebenezer Asamoah and his wife, Mrs Esther Asamoah of Grace Assembly in the Yennyawoso District of The Church of Pentecost until God intervened by blessing them with a son.

Speaking to PENTECOST NEWS at the naming and dedication ceremony of the child, which was officiated by the District Minister, Pastor Charles Oduro, on Sunday, September 20, 2020, the couple revealed that the state of childlessness took them to many hospitals but to no avail.

Elder Asamoah said that “when all human efforts to conceive proved futile, we resorted to prayer and trusted God for a miracle. One day my wife and I went to the District Pastor, informed him of our plight and beseeched him for prayer support which he gladly obliged. He encouraged us to bank our hope on God and subsequently prayed fervently for us. With continuous prayers, the Lord has glorified Himself by gifting us with a son.”

Sharing their testimony, the elated couple expressed their gratitude to the Almighty God for His eventual blessings and encouraged all those who are in such situations to keep trusting God for His intervention at the appointed season.

Present at the ceremony was Pastor Anthony Kwesi Mensah, (Resident Minister, PIWC – New Tafo), among others.

Report by Emmanuel Nana Nsiah

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Anyinofi District Mission House Dedicated

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Anyinofi District, which was created from Birem District during the virtual 44th General Council Meeting has dedicated their newly built four bedroom mission house. The dedication was officiated by the Area Head for Mampong, Prophet Foster Kwasi Aniakwaa. 

He admonished the leadership of Anyinofi District to team up and work closely with their newly posted minister so that the District will experience steady growth. He used the opportunity to officially inaugurate the District and pray for the new leadership of Anyinofi.

Preaching at the service, Ovr. Yaw Osei-Mensah stated that ministry is partnership. He said everyone has a key role to play in the success of God’s ministry. Reading from Philippians 1:3-6, he stated that there are three main types of partners. He identified these as Active Partners, Dormant Partners and Lukewarm Partners. He said active partners are fully involved in the work of God. Everything concerning them is used for the service of God. Dormant partners support the work with their finances but they’re participation in other sectors of the church life leave much to be desired. Finally, the lukewarm partners may come to church but do not get themselves involve in anything at the church. He admonished that as partners, we must find active roles to play in the church. Some of these he identified as intercession, proclamation of the gospel, visitation, among others.

The chief of Anyinofi, Nana Amponsah Kenteng Kakabo II was very grateful to God and the church for putting up such a beautiful building in their community. He admonished the members to support their pastor and also take good care of the building by constantly maintaining it. He also pleaded with the church to assist the community with a good school.  Nana Amponsah made a request to the government to construct the Atebubu to Anyinofi road and also provide telecommunication network for the people of Anyinofi.

The Deputy Coordinating Director for Sekyere-Afram Plains District who represented the District Chief Executive was also grateful to the church and assured the chief and his people of the commitment of government to bring the needed development to the area. He asked the members to ensure proper maintenance of the mission house and also get themselves involved in communal labour to ensure the cleanliness of the community.

Also present at the service were the queen mother and elders of Anyinofi as well as Ministers and wives of the Mampong Area. 

Report by Pastor Stephen Safo Nsiah

Mampong Area Launches Peace Campaign

Mampong Area Launches “Agent of Peace” Campaign

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The Church of Pentecost, Mampong Area has launched the Agent of Peace Campaign.

The ceremony brought together distinguished personalities within the Mampong Municipality. Key personalities from both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were present. The Ghana Police Service, Ghana National fire service, heads of state institutions, representatives from the Local Council of Churches, the Imam for Mampong as well as the media were well represented at the launch

The Area Head, Prophet Forster Aniakwaa in his address, expressed gratitude to the various leaders for making it to the ceremony. He stated that the launch was a replica of what the church had done at the national level and this was to trickle down to all communities in which the church found itself. He charged the various political actors to help sustain the peace in the nation. He spoke clearly against political vigilantism. He admonished all gathered not to take matters into their own hands but rather learn to forgive and also use the appropriate means to seek redress.

The representative of the Imam for the Mampong Muslim community said that in Ghana, Christians and Muslims have learnt to co-exist without any struggle. He made a clarion call to the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to promote violence. He said “no politician will allow his or her child or close relative to engage in violence in the name of politics, therefore no one should allow politicians to use him or her to fulfill their selfish interests.”

The Municipal Chief Director, Hon. Thomas Appiah-Kubi in his address also pledged to promote peace. He stated that the ruling party will accept the outcome of the elections irrespective of the result. He indicated that the president of the nation was committed to peace likewise all his appointees. He tasked the security agencies to deal drastically with anyone found to be disturbing the peace of the nation irrespective of their party affiliations.

The Member of Parliament for Mampong Ashanti, Hon. Kwaku Apratwum-Sarpong, speaking for the NPP assured all gathered that his party stands for peace. He stated that both the NPP and NDC live amicably in Mampong. He also added his voice to the call for peace, advising the youth not to allow themselves to be used by politicians to cause violence.

The NDC Chairman for Mampong, Mr. Kamel gave a strong assurance that they will not perpetrate violence and will accept the outcome of the elections. He said that since their parliamentary candidate is an elder of the Church of Pentecost and has been well groomed, there was no way he was going to lead his people to engage in violence.

The Ghana Police Service, National Commission for Civic Education and the Local Council of Churches, all took turns to preach peace. Prayer was offered for peace to reign, before during and after the elections.

Report by Pastor Stephen Safo Nsiah

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Abrepo Central Church Auditorium Dedicated

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It was all joy when the newly constructed grand church auditorium for the Abrepo Central Assembly in the Suame Area of The Church of Pentecost was dedicated to the glory of God on September 27, 2020.

The 1,500-seater auditorium, which was constructed at the total cost of GH¢694,823.00, can boast of 120 seating capacity hall for the English Assembly, and a 100 seating capacity children’s hall. Other facilities include washrooms, administrative offices, and disabled ramps.

The edifice was dedicated by the Suame Area Head, Apostle Michael Collins Asiedu, assisted by the Abrepo District Minister, Pastor Fred Obboh, and other ministers in the Area.

Delivering the word of God on the topic, “The Redemptive Presence of God,” based on 2 Chronicles 7:12-16, Genesis 28:12-15, Pastor Charles Ebo Asmah of Bohyen District said that even though God is Omnipresent, He still chooses places where He meets His people and discloses His being to them. He explained that God uses such meeting places to seek an uncommon relationship with His people and also cause His redemptive activities to occur.

The Area Head, Apostle M. C. Asiedu, on his part, indicated the need for Christians to have a new mentality, a new attitude, and a renewed lifestyle which, he noted, will invoke the glorious presence of God in the midst of His people.

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Haatso Area HUM Outreach Yields 125 Souls

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A total of 125 persons surrendered their lives to Christ following a series of evangelistic activities undertaken by the Haatso Area Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost at some slums and unreached parts of the capital city, Accra.

The event, which took place from Monday, September 14 to Sunday, September 20, 2020, was organised in collaboration with the Southern Sector HUM Coordinator, Pastor Joseph Taah Appiah and his team.

Among other things, the event was aimed at evangelising to unreached target/people groups, establishing mono-ethnic assemblies, and training HUM stakeholders in the area.

On the first day, the team visited the Dome Train Station area – a converging point for drug peddlers, addicts, prostitutes, the neglected poor and other vulnerable people, where they shared the gospel of Christ with them. The exercise recorded a total of 27 souls made up of 25 drug addicts and sex workers (both male and female) as well as 2 women of the Kassena ethnic group. A similar exercise at the same location in April, yielded 17 souls, thus totalling 44.

The team visited the Kwabenya Abuom Junction area and the Dome Market on day 2 of the exercise. There, a total of 52 washing bay attendants, drug addicts (at a popular place in the Dome Market area called “Afghanistan”) and porters/truck/wheelbarrow pushers were evangelised to and led to Christ.

On the third day, the team partnered with the Macedonia Assembly HUM to evangelise at slums and “ghettos” in the Atomic area. To the glory of God 34 souls were won comprising 12 children and 22 adults, with some of being drug addicts. They have since joined the Macedonia Assembly.

The Team met with Pastor Alex Kyere of Dome New Town District on Day 4 to discuss the possibility of reactivating the Kassena mono-ethnic church at the Ebenezer Assembly that had been merged with the Akan Assembly. Following fruitful deliberations, the District Pastor has decided to resume services for the sizeable Kassena population in the Pillar 2 community. Another outreach undertaken in the urban slum close to the Agbogba Central Assembly/Police Station in the late afternoon yielded 19 souls.

The final outreach which was carried out at the Adenta-WASS slum area on Day 5 of the exercise recorded 33 souls (both adults and children). The converts have since joined the Adenta-WASS HUM Assembly.  In all, the total number of persons led to Christ during the weeklong exercise was 165.

On Day 6, however, a day’s workshop was held at the Haatso Central Assembly church auditorium for HUM volunteers, presiding elders, as well as local, district and area HUM coordinating teams.

The event was opened by the Haatso Area Head, Apostle Emmanuel Agyemang-Bekoe, with Pastor Joseph Taah Appiah as the main facilitator. The weeklong activities were climaxed with the inauguration of the WASS HUM Assembly at Adenta. The Adenta District Minister, Pastor Emmanuel Oppong Donkor has demonstrated great commitment towards the HUM concept by leading a group of persons to raise an amount of GHS 1,000.00 to support members of the new HUM assembly.

Aside from appointing a presbytery to manage the assembly, Pastor Oppong Donkor has also put the new converts up for “adoption and rehabilitation” by members of the Adenta Central Assembly and has promised them a set of instruments and sporting kits (football and jersey) for the youth members of the assembly.

The Haatso Area HUM looks to undertake a similar exercise to consolidate gains made so far and also break fallow grounds across the Haatso Area–especially in the Pantang, Haatso and DNT Districts before the end of the year 2020. Efforts are also being made to retain as many souls won during the weeklong exercise as possible in the church.

The Haatso Area Head is commended for his continuous support to the Area HUM, particularly for releasing an amount of GHS 2,650.00 to support their activities. From this amount, the leadership of the Haatso Area HUM has procured 2 rechargeable /mobile public address (PA) systems and other personal protective equipment (PPE) for onward distribution to the Adenta and Redco HUM mobile assemblies.

Report by Haatso Area HUM

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Twins After 20 Years Of Marriage

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A couple, Mr. Daniel and Mrs. Kate Anyane-Lah, members of Housing Down Central Assembly in the Madina Area of The Church of Pentecost, who have remained childless for 20 years, has given birth to a set of twins.

Three months after the blessing of their marriage on 5th August, 2000, Kate conceived but suffered a miscarriage in the early stage of the pregnancy. After that unfortunate incident, the couple did everything humanly and medically possible to conceive again but to no avail.

They described the humiliations they had to endure from friends, some Church members, and even family members as “unbearable.” At a point, they even decided not to move forward whenever childless couples were called out for prayers.

For twenty years of their marriage, they spent a huge percentage of their income on medications, hopping from one hospital to another, including fertility hospitals, with the sole aim of having a child.

In 2015, they were made to undergo a surgery called Laparoscopy and were promised that they will conceive within two months but it yielded no positive result. At a point, a doctor taking care of them at one of the hospitals said to them: “What else do you want from me? I have done all that is medically possible for you.”  While going home that day, Kate was nearly hit by a vehicle while standing right in the middle of the road unaware.

But to the glory of God, in September 2019 during a prayer session organised by the Women’s Ministry which was led by the District Pastor, Mrs. Anyane-Lah encountered divine grace and her menstrual cycle ceased. Upon visiting the hospital, she was told at the first examination that it was a menopausal symptom because she was 44 years. But a test conducted later showed that she had picked a seed. They did not believe the report so they had to test it three more times by themselves for confirmation with a pregnancy test kit.

It is marvelous that the pregnancy turned out to be twins (two females). Due to her age, she encountered some medical challenges during the pregnancy but God graciously took her through till delivery on 15th May, 2020. The children were named on 19th September, 2020.

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Rejoinder: New Edubiase District Fetes Community Youth

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The New Edubiase District of The Church of Pentecost has organised a get-together for some young people in the New Edubiase township to evangelise to them and win them for Christ. The event was also aimed at inviting them to experience the joy of Christian fellowship.

Unfortunately, the highly successful event was earlier reported on various news portals with the caption: “New Edubiase District Organizes Dinner For Drug Addicts.” We wish to state that any report bearing the afore-mentioned caption is inaccurate and deeply regretted.

The attendees of the said event were not “drug addicts” as reported, but a section of the unreached youth populace in the township. We, therefore, render an unqualified apology to all, especially the attendees, for any embarrassment it might have caused them.

In the Church’s attempt to win all for Christ, coupons were given to as many of them as possible, of which fifty-seven (57) attended. To the glory of God, Forty-three (43) of them gave their lives to Christ.

Sharing the message of the gospel with them, the District Minister, Pastor Emmanuel Nkansah, told the participants that God’s purpose for sending Christ into the world, as an expression of His love, is to save everyone including them. Though the society might have ignored them, Christ and His church still love them and the church, with her opened arms, is ready to receive them.

The Church will continue to foster good relations with all people so as to win some for Christ.

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Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah Now President Of The Bible Society Of Ghana

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The immediate past Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, has been inducted as the President of the Bible Society of Ghana, with Madam Matilda Amissah-Arthur (former 2nd Lady of the Republic of Ghana) and Mrs. Florence Hutchful as Vice Presidents.

Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah took over from Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee of the Salt and Light Ministries.

His induction service took place during the Society’s 2020 Annual General Meeting held at the Evangel Assemblies of God Church at Adabraka, Accra, on Thursday, October 1, 2020.

According to the General Secretary of the Bible Society of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Enock Aryee-Atta, Apostle Prof. Onyinah was elected by the Council of the Society through physical and virtual elections.

In his remarks, Apostle Prof. Onyinah thanked members of the Society for the confidence reposed in him and called for their continued support for its activities. “Beloved, it is indeed humbling to serve you as president and I pray that you continue to support the Society so that it will be a beacon of God’s glory to all people,” he said.

Prior to his induction, The Church of Pentecost in a letter signed by Apostle David Tettey Tekper, Executive Council Member and Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Committee, on behalf of Chairman of the Church, Eric Nyamekye, congratulated the Apostle Prof. Onyinah on his new position.

On his part, the Vice-Chancellor of Pentecost University, Apostle Dr. Daniel Walker, congratulated Apostle Prof. Onyinah on assuming the new position. “We as a University and Church are proud to associate with Prof Onyinah and the new mandate God has bestowed on him. We wish him the best,” he stated.

Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah is the immediate past Chancellor of the Pentecost University and President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC).

He served as a full-time minister of the Church for 42 years during which he held many high-profile positions. Notable among them were International Missions Director, Rector of Pentecost University College between 2003 and 2008, and Chairman of the Church from 2008 to 2018.

Currently, he is a lecturer at the School of Theology, Mission and Leadership of Pentecost University.

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Old Tafo-Akim District Dedicates Ettokrom Bus Stop, Information Centre

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As part of the effort to possess the nations by transforming every sphere of society with values and principles of the kingdom of God, the Old Tafo-Akim District of The Church of Pentecost in Koforidua-Effiduase Area has constructed a bus stop at Ettokrom at a cost of GH¢ 9,000.00.

The Area Head, Apostle Daniel Yeboah Nsaful, on Sunday, August 30, 2020, dedicated the facility and handed it over to the chiefs and people of the community.

In an interview with PENTECOST NEWS, the Old Tafo-Akim District Minister, Pastor Prince Odoom, indicated that the facility will relief commuters in the community since it will provide shelter for the travelling public.

The commissioning of the bus stop which coincided with the dedication of the Ettokrom Assembly Information Centre and the refurbished church auditorium was attended by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Honourable Gifty Twum Ampofo, and the Abuakwa North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Honourable Twum Ampofo.

Others were: Barima Eto Adomako III (Chief of Ettokrom), opinion leaders, representatives of churches in Ettokrom, Pastor Job and Mrs. Margaret Wiredu of Ati District, among others.

In a brief address, Apostle Nsaful stated that the construction of the facility is a realisation of the church’s agenda for transforming society by partnering government and state institutions to provide key interventions to facilitate the development of the nation.

According to him, the church’s five-year strategic vision of possessing the nations is geared towards equipping its teeming members to make an impact in society by living out and standing for the values and principles of the Kingdom of God in their daily activities.

The Abuakwa North MCE, Hon. Twum Ampofo, who received the facility on behalf of Ettokrom Community, commended the Church for the kind gesture.

The MP for Abuakwa North, Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo, was full of gratitude to the Church for the gesture and admonished Ettokrom community to take good care of the facility to serve its intended purpose.

Report by Pastor Ernest Perbi-Asare

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Juapong District Gets New Mission House

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The newly built mission house for the Juapong District in the Agormanya Area of The Church of Pentecost has been dedicated by the Agormanya Area Head, Apostle James Gabriel Quardson. He was assisted by the Juapong District Minister, Pastor Joseph Anenyah Ntoso.

The event, which took place on Sunday, 20th September, 2020, brought together ministers and their wives in the Area, and members in the district.

The new mission house was constructed at a cost of GH₵ 298,401.00 with funding from the headquarters of the church, Area Infrastructure Development Fund (AIDF), district offerings, and individual donations.

Reading from Matthew 11:28-29; Judges 4:18-21 and 1 Samuel 22:1-2, 23 Apostle Quardson preached on the topic, “The shelter that guarantees safety.”

According to him, people seek for rest whenever they become physically weary. “One of Jesus’ purposes on earth was to give rest to them that are weary and heavy laden. There is rest for the body and the soul. Jesus is able to fulfill both,” he said.

He indicated that rest comes in two forms – the rest that humans give to their fellow humans and that which is found in Christ Jesus. “Jesus is able to give rest to our souls and security to our bodies while we are on earth. He watches over His chosen ones,” he noted.

The Area Head exhorted Christians not to be anxious and overwhelmed by the unfortunate situations that sometimes face them in life.

He stated: “Let us unwaveringly seek the rest and security that Jesus offers for in it we find rest for our bodies and security for souls.”

Apostle James Gabriel Quardson commended the members for their sacrificial giving that has led to the completion of the project.

Also in attendance were Mrs. Felicia Quardson (wife of the Area Head), Pastor Enoch Odame (former Juapong District Pastor who is the current Resident Minister for Egyir Paintsil Memorial Worship Centre – Madina Area), among others.

Report by Agormanya Area Media Team.