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The fourth edition of the National Fulani Convention, a gathering of Fulani Christians and other ethnic groups, is taking place at the Radash Conference Centre in Tamale from November 22 to 24, 2023. 

The convention, organised by the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost, a ministry that aims to reach out to the unreached people groups in Ghana and beyond, attracted over 400 participants, including Fulani, Chokosi, Kotokoli and Chakali believers. Also present are HUM pastors and their wives, district pastors in the Tamale Area, and the National Executive Committee of HUM, led by the National Coordinator, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo. 

One of the remarkable stories of the convention is that of Deaconess Theresa Apam, a Kusaase Queen Mother and a deaconess of the church at Bazua district, who mobilised 42 Fulani converts from Sapelega to attend the programme.

The Tamale Area Head and Coordinator of the Northern Regional Coordinating Committee, Apostle J. B. K. Tawiah, who represented the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, commended the church’s leadership for the great vision of establishing HUM. He praised the National HUM Coordinator, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, and his team for the great strides made in reaching people groups that were long neglected.

Delivering a sermon with the theme, “Jesus Saves Sinners,” Apostle Tawiah narrated a passage in 1 Timothy 1:13-15, where Apostle Paul shared his testimony of persecuting Christians, but God showed him mercy and transformed him. 

He explained that God can save all people, regardless of their sins, because of his grace and love. 

He illustrated his point with the parable of the prodigal son, who returned to his father’s house after wasting his inheritance and was welcomed with joy and forgiveness.

The sermon touched the hearts of many participants, especially the Fulanis, who responded to the altar call and accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour. 

At the end of the opening session, 12 males, 32 females and nine children gave their lives to Christ, making a total of 53 Fulani converts. 

Report by Daniel K. E. Ampomah.

Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, the National Coordinator for Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost, took active part in the “Christ for All Missions” outreach in the Kintampo and Duayaw Nkwanta areas within the Techiman Sector of the Church.

The outreach began with a training retreat from August 7 to 9, 2023, held at the Techimam Dwomor Central Assembly auditorium during which participants from various districts within the region were equipped and sent out to the Kintampo and Duayaw Nkwanta Areas. The actual outreach, however, commenced on August 10, 2023, and ended on September 10, 2023.

Apostle Kwafo’s visit to the Kintampo Area, from Monday, August 21, 2023, to Tuesday, August 22, 2023, where he joined the team at the Kunsu District to reach out to lost souls and strengthening the faith of others.

During an evening fellowship at Kunsu Central Assembly on Monday, Apostle Kwafo urged everyone to value and cherish their mother tongue.

He advised conscious efforts in training children in their mother tongue and emphasized making soul-winning a priority for all, not just a task for a select few.

He stressed the importance of intentionally engaging unreached groups, using the example that even the Fulanis, through God’s grace, have been ministered to within The Church of Pentecost.

The Kintampo Area Head Apostle Francis Agyemang Badu, expressed gratitude to the visiting team and pledged substantial support for HUM activities.

The Kunsu District Minister, Overseer Emmanuel Apaah Aggrey, appreciated the visit and assured the National HUM Coordinator of their unwavering support for HUM activities in the Area.

The team visited the community named “Miawani,” where members of the Christ for All Nation Outreach Team shared the gospel with residents.

Apostle Kwafo and his team also took the opportunity to share the gospel in the Kunsu community, personally leading two gentlemen to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Subsequently, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo proceeded to the Duayaw Nkwanta Area, where he joined the Outreach team for a similar exercise. He worshipped with the natives in Techimantia in their native language, actively participated in prayers organized for the community, and pronounced blessings on them.

Accompanying him on this visit were Pastor Kwasi Bukari (HUM Pastor – Techiman Sector), Pastor Philip Osei Agyemang (Kintampo Area HUM Coordinator), and Pastor Augustine Odehyieba Ababio (Jema Nkwanta).

Report by HUM Media Team

A 5-day special outreach organised by the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) Ministers and their wives has won 697 souls for Christ.

The outreach, held in two administrative Areas of The Church of Pentecost in the Western  Region – Tarkwa and Asankrangwa, led to 189 water baptisms and 17 Holy Spirit baptisms.

Other ministers of the church and members of the Nation Possessors in the two Areas supported the event.

The outreach was aimed at reaching out to HUM-targeted groups such as Expatriates, African Migrants, Urban Poor and Marginalised such as street dwellers, drug addicts, sex workers, head potters, hawkers and Northerners living in the South as well as Unreached People Groups such as Mossi, Fulanis, Kotokoli, Zarma, Walla, Hausa, amongst others.

The activities took place in communities under Wassa Benso, Waasa Nkran, Wassa Huniso, Wassa Simpa, Wassa Dunkwa, Aboi Nkwanta, Asankrangwa, Asankrangwa Newtown, Samreboi, Aboi Fie and Nyamebekyere districts. The activities embarked on during the outreach included house-to-house evangelism, dawn broadcasting, market evangelism, ghetto and film evangelism. The team also used the opportunity to visit some ‘galamsey’ sites to proclaim the gospel to the miners, which included some Chinese.

At the end of the five-day outreach, a cell meeting was opened for commercial sex workers with 25 members, a Restoration Centre was opened at Asankrangwa, a HUM Dagaati Assembly was opened at Benso-Subriso in the Tarkwa Area, while a Kusasi Assembly is earmarked to be opened at Wassa Dunkwa in Asankrangwa Area, HUM Assembly at Oforikrom and HUM Cell at Benda Nsuoakyi in Aboifie District.

Others include opening a Restoration Centre and Children’s Club at Tigarikrom and HUM Cell at Tigari Zongo in Nyamebekyere District.

Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, the National HUM Coordinator, appreciated the Chairman of the Church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, and the Executive Council Members for their tremendous support of the ministry. He also expressed his profound gratitude to the Area Heads of Tarkwa and Asankrangwa, Apostles Dr Daniel Okyere Walker and Daniel Dekpor, respectively, and the host pastors and their wives for accepting and supporting the team.

Report by Pastor Prince Augustine Ababio

Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, the National Coordinator for Home and Urban Missions (HUM), took part in the “Christ for All” mission outreach in the Kintampo and Duayaw Nkwanta areas of The Church of Pentecost.

The mission outreach, an initiative of HUM, began with a training retreat from August 7 to 9, 2023, at the Techiman Dwomor Central Assembly church auditorium for HUM leaders and volunteers in the Techiman Sector. The main event, however, was held from August 21 to 22, during which the team embarked on various forms of evangelism exercises within the Kunsu community.

Addressing the outreach team at the Kunsu Central Assembly on Monday evening, Apostle Emmanuel Kwafo Agyei underscored the significance of mother tongue and urged all to cherish and value their native language. He advised them to make a conscious effort to train their children in their mother tongue.

The HUM Coordinator further entreated all to make soul-winning a priority and not to see it as the duty of a select group of people.

He also emphasized the need to engage the unreached groups with the sole aim of winning them for Christ.

“We shouldn’t think the Fulanis do not deserve salvation; they can be won for Christ if we become intentional about it,” adding: “By the grace of God, The Church of Pentecost has ordained a Fulani Minister.”

The Kintampo Area Head, Apostle Francis Agyemang Badu, was grateful to the team for the visit and assured them of contributing his massive support as far as HUM activities are concerned.

The Kunsu District Minister, Overseer Emmanuel Apaah Aggrey, also expressed his profound appreciation for the visit and assured the National Coordinator of their immense support for the HUM activities in the Area.

He then took him and his team to a community named “Miawani,” where the gospel was being shared by some members of the “Christ for All Nations” outreach team. Apostle Kwafo and his team also used the opportunity to share the gospel with some individuals in the Kunsu community, where he personally led two gentlemen to accept Christ as Lord and Saviour.

After the meeting, Apostle Agyei Kwafo headed to the Duayaw Nkwanta Area, where he joined the “Christ for All” Missions Outreach team.

During his visit to these Areas, he was accompanied by Pastor Kwasi Bukari (HUM Pastor, Techiman Sector), Pastor Philip Osei Agyemang (Kintampo Area HUM Coordinator), and Pastor Augustine Odehyieba Ababio (Jema Nkwanta).

Report by HUM Media Team

Pentecost University (PU) has launched a new research centre dedicated to the study of unreached people groups in Africa.

The Centre, known as the Pentecost Centre for the Study of Unreached People Groups-Africa (PCUPG-Africa), is a collaboration between the Pentecost University and The Church of Pentecost’s Home and Urban Mission (HUM).

Speaking at the launch ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua said God has reached all people’s groups in the world. Therefore, the centre will be a research and training hub to equip individuals to follow God’s footprints to all people groups in the nations.

The VC assured that the University will equip the Centre with cutting edge research materials and space to churn out relevant data for the spread of the gospel.

“Apart from that, the research and data from the Centre will be useful for social transformation and economic empowerment of people considered unreached,” Prof. Agyapong-Kodua added.

On his part, the National Coordinator for HUM, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, underscored the need for the study and engagement with people considered as unreached.

According to him, there are many people, who, due to prejudices, location, tribe, economic classification etc, have been neglected. As such, there is the need to deliberately study, understand, and map out effective missionary strategies to reach them.

He further stated that “research has shown that such neglected groups are more willing to hear the gospel than perceived.” Citing multiple statistics, Aps. Kwafo said the global data on Christianity will vary significantly as PU, HUM and other Christian bodies make efforts to reach the unreached.

The new Centre is part of the Pentecost School of Theology and Mission and is the latest addition to the Centres and Institutes of the research-led University model of PU.

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About 75 teenagers of The Church of Pentecost participated in a three-day camp meeting organised by the Kumasi Sector of the Home and Urban Missions (HUM).

The event, which yielded 14 souls and saw 44 participants receiving Holy Spirit Baptism, was held at the Anglican Retreat Centre from January 3 to 5, 2023. The programme was under the theme: “Repositioning the Local Church for Maximum Impact in the Nations,” and was attended by teenagers from the local assemblies opened through the ministry of HUM in the Kumasi Sector.

According to Pastor Thomas Ayamboya, the Kumasi Sector HUM Pastor, the meeting was organised to instill in the teenagers the unadulterated word of God, which has the propensity to build them up in Christ.

Speaking on the topic: “Repositioning the Future Leaders for Greater Impact in the Nations” (2 Timothy 1:5-6), Pastor Thomas Ayamboya emphasised that when a Christian repositions their perspective of life well at a tender age, they would be careful to uphold the values and principles of the kingdom of God, and become good and resoureful citizens. 

He admonished the youth to rekindle the virtues imparted to them by their Christian parents and youth leaders in their local churches.

Mrs. Juliana Appiah Aidoo, wife of Apostle John Appiah Aidoo (Abuakwa Area Head), who gave a presentation on the topic: “The Rights and Responsibilities of Children at Home” at the event, warned the youth against abusing the privileges they receive at home. Instead, she advised them to be poised in carrying out their responsibilities so as to build them up and earn them the admiration of society in the future. 

Mrs Appiah Aidoo also advised them not to leave the Church under any circumstance since that would be detrimental to them in the future. 

“The Church of Pentecost is mindful of the plight of the Youth and will always stand by you to achieving life purpose should you continue to remain loyal to the church and exhibit the fear of God wherever you find yourselves,” she added.

Other life-building topics treated were The Youth and the Holy Spirit Encounter, “My Body, My Pride,” “My Future, My Responsibility,” and “The Impact of Music on the Youth,” among others.

Report by HUM Media Team

The Home and Urban Missions of The Church of Pentecost has donated school uniforms and stationery worth GHC 4,000 to deprived pupils of the Adumasa Amangoase D/A Primary School in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.

The items were presented to the pupils on behalf of the ministry by Pastor Thomas Ayamboya, the Kumasi Sector Home and Urban Missions (HUM) Pastor of the Church, during a short ceremony on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

According to Pastor Ayamboya, the gesture was undertaken to promote cohesion among learners, improve study ethics, and encourage parents to enroll their wards in school despite the economic challenges.

Following the establishment of a local assembly at Amangoase through the ministry of HUM, Pastor Ayamboya revealed that it was discovered that most children were not schooling as a result of parent’s inability to cater for their children. 

He asserted that the HUM Coordinator, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, was engaged on how the Church could help provide the basic needs for the children.

Pastor Ayamboya defined the moment as a fulfilment of the existence of the Home and Urban Mission, observing delight from the faces of the children and their parents.

“After we have discovered that most of the children are not schooling, especially from the new assembly, we decided to come to their aid. 

“By the grace of God, we have spoken at length to other people, including our National Coordinator, to help provide the basic necessities for the children. We have distributed the items to all the children, and the parents are giving glory to God for what He has done and continues to do,” he said.

The beneficiaries, numbering 25, received school uniforms, exercise books, slates, pens, pencils, etc.

The Headmaster of the school, Mr. Ampofo Gilbert Addison, commended The Church of Pentecost for the support, which he described as first of a kind in the community. He remarked that the establishment of the local assembly has resulted in the enrolment of more children of school-going age.

He further called on the Church to assist them in making the school environment conducive for better teaching and learning.

“The teachers are doing their best to build the children for better future, yet lack of classrooms, especially the JHS Block, is affecting better teaching and learning. We are pleading with The Church of Pentecost to lend a helping hand to the community to empower our students,” he said.

Parents of the pupils thanked God and expressed delight for the honour done them.

Report by Dennis Owusu & Emmanuel Nana Nsiah