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The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has dedicated the ultra-modern Aflao French Assembly church building, worth GH₵ 1,045,088.50 to the glory of God.

The about 800-seater auditorium has a children’s auditorium, eight washrooms, two offices, among other facilities.

The dedication ceremony was held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Shekinah Central Auditorium, Aflao in the Volta Region. The Chairman was supported by Apostle Dr. Dela Quampah, an Executive Council Member and Co-ordinator of the Volta and Oti Regional Coordinating Committee, who also doubles as the Ho Area Head of the church.

In a sermon, Apostle Nyamekye said that when God calls a leader, He equips and gives him a message for the work assigned to them.

“Officers are the constituency of the church that without them, the church cannot function well because of the vital roles they play,” the Chairman said.

Apostle Nyamekye iterated that the mandate of the church is for Christians to go out into the world as the light of the world to expel the darkness. Hence, the ‘Possessing the Nations’ agenda of the church.

“Every generation of Christians should be concerned with the values and standards that rule their world or determine their culture,” he stated.

He charged members of the church to arise and push away the gates of hell out of the world.

The Chairman of the church urged Christians to live in righteousness and holiness. He further urged that they carry the garments of priests in possessing the nations in their spheres of work.

He noted that the French church, which is one of the Home and Urban Missions of the church in the area, will allow Francophones living around to serve God freely, saying, “Everybody everywhere ought to love Jesus.”

The French Assembly started in 2019 with 18 members. It has developed over the few years into four local assemblies namely, Aveyiborme, Duta, Fihokope, and Aflao Central assemblies.

The sod was cut for the commencement of the church building on January 13, 2021, by Apostle Peter Kofi Dzemekey, Aflao Area Head.

On his part, Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V (Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area) and member of the church, commended the church for the various developmental contributions in the area.

He then pledged his continuous support to the Home Missions of the church and called on the Chairman to open more branches in the area.

Present were the Aflao Branch Manager of Ecobank and some members of the Aflao Area Security Guild.

Also present were Apostle Peter Kofi Dzemekey (Aflao Area Head), Apostle Isaac Tetteh Judah (Sogakope Area Head), Apostle Lare Banimpo Jules (National Head of Togo), Apostle Joseph Osei-Wusu Brempong (Former Area Head for Aflao), the pastorate from Togo, Aflao Area, Sogakope Area and Ho Area.

The French District, led by Pastor Jeremie Atakpa, has a total membership of 371, comprising 311 new converts, representing 84% of the total membership.

The Chairman of the church is on a working tour of the Aflao and Sogakope Areas from Monday, June 20, 2022. He is expected to end his tour on Thursday, June 24, 2022.

PENTECOST NEWS.

The first batch of students, comprising 10 Fulani members of The Church of Pentecost has completed the maiden School of Fulani Ministry (SCOFUM), under the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of the church.

The 34-day intensive residential training was done in collaboration with the Pentecost University (PU). The students were trained holistically in carefully selected topics such as practical ministry, homiletics, soteriology, Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, Church History, Marriage and Family Life, and Personal Devotions, among many others.

The passing out ceremony which took place at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Brofoyedru in Kumasi on April 22, 2022, saw the closure of the school, awaiting the admission of the next batch of students. The closing ceremony was performed by Pastor Thomas Ayamboya (HUM Pastor, Kumasi Sector) on behalf of Apostle Dr. Christian Tsekpoe and Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, Chairman and National Coordinator of HUM, respectively.

The 10 Fulani converts who have all been baptised in the Holy Spirit have since been released for 2-weeks block placement in seven different Areas of the church.

The church intends to equip them as an army of God to possess the Fulani communities in Ghana.

Report by Overseer Emmanuel Otchere Darko (Registrar – SCOFUM).

The National Coordinator of the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, has paid a two-day working visit to the Asamankese Area of the church.

As part of the visit which took place recently, Apostle Kwafo met with Ministers and their wives, Presiding Elders, and the “Nation Possessors Group”.

In his presentations, the HUM Coordinator noted that although the church is making strides in the realization of the vision of HUM, there is still more work to be done.

He expressed worry about the non-acceptance of the vision by a cross-section of the church populace. He advised ministers, officers, and members of the church to own the vision in order to achieve its goals.

Apostle Kwafo stated that the leadership of the church is seriously committed to the realisation of the vision of HUM. In January this year, for example, he said, the Headquarters invested about GHS 120,000.00 in the training of volunteers who will also train others at the grassroots.

Citing the role of prayer in all these, he requested the church to continually pray for the ministry to succeed in fulfillment of its mandate.

In a remark, the Asamankese Area Head of the church, Apostle Samuel Gyau Obuobi, pledged the Area’s fullest involvement in the activities of the ministry in the days ahead. He thanked the National Coordinator and his team for the good work they continue to do for the Lord.

The National Coordinator was accompanied by his wife; Mrs.Agartha Kwafo, the Eastern Regional HUM Pastor; Gabriel Owusu Akyaw, and the wife.

The Home and Urban Missions was birthed by the “Vision 2023” of the church. It has the mandate of targeting and winning expatriates, the unreached, African migrants, the marginalized, among others in society.

Report by Pastor Eliezer Yaw Arkoh-Larbi, Asamankese.

The Home and Urban Mission (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost has organised a leadership training programme at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Kumasi for HUM leaders at the various levels of the Church.

According to the National Leadership of HUM, the event was organised to build the capacity of the leaders by throwing more light the mandate of HUM and also providing them with the requisite knowledge about the various HUM target groups and how to engage them.

Topics treated at the programme by some acclaimed researchers and professionals include “Introduction to Leadership and Lean,” “Introduction to Discipleship,” “Home and Urban Mission,” “Effective Way to Evangelise Muslims,” “Missions and Missiology,” “The Unreached People Groups – Global and Ghanaian Context,” “Mental Health and Rehabilitation,” among others.

The participants were also given a talk on the 2022 theme of The Church of Pentecost: “Equipping the Church as an Army to Possess the Nations.”

The event brought together leaders from all parts of the country. Some recovered drug addicts and Islam converts were also invited to share their salvation stories with participants.

At the end of the training, some participants in an interview with PENTECOST NEWS said they had received deep insight into the ministry of HUM. They also pledged to put into practice all that they had been taught at the programme.

PENTECOST NEWS

The launch of the Aflao Area ‘Nation Possessors’ of The Church of Pentecost was successfully held on Saturday, November 6, 2021, at the Shekinah Temple in Aflao District.

The highly patronised event was organised under the auspices of the Area Home and Urban Missions (HUM). The determined and dexterous Nation Possessors from all the districts in the Area graced the special event.

Amongst those present at the event were Mrs. Faith Dzemekey (Area Head’s wife), Pastor Appiah Kubi-Annan (Aflao Area HUM Coordinator), District Ministers and their wives in the Area, officers and the members.

The Aflao Area Head, Apostle Kofi Dzemekey, seized the occasion to boost the morale of the participants and charged them to go out to possess the nations for our Lord Jesus Christ.

“The world is our field. We have been called out to go and possess the lost for our Master Jesus Christ,” he stated.

He added: “Possessing the nations demand aggressiveness and the Holy Spirit has given us the power subdue the devil and win the lost.”

Pastor Appiah Kubi-Annan, who preached on the topic, “Rekindling the strength in you as a warrior” Judges 6:11-12, admonished the participants “not to look down upon ourselves.

Like Gideon, he said that Christians have been given mighty power to possess the nations for Christ. He, therefore, urged those present to join the church’s vision and pursue it to the core.

The Area Nation Possessors Coordinating Team was inaugurated after which they were prayed for.

In all, 241 people participated in this special programme.

Report by Pastor Francis Lamptey (Aflao Area Reporter).

The La Area Head of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle John Osei Amaniampong, on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, launched the “Nation Possessors” group at the Dr. Thomas Wyatt Memorial Temple, in Accra New Town.

Speaking at the event, Apostle Amaniampong said that the church seeks to raise missionaries in their numbers to hit the ground running with the vision and mission of Possessing the Nations. He, therefore, indicated that the launch of the Nation Possessors in the Area is to gather momentum to win more people for Christ.

He quoted Acts 13:36 and said that the church must work hard to ensure that there is always a generation to continue the work of God. “The ‘Nation Possessors’ the church seeks to raise, shall be trained to properly understand the vision, own it and through fasting, prayer, and intentional mentoring be released to run with the agenda by influencing every aspect of the world they find themselves,” he stated.

The Nation Possessors, an initiative of the Home and Urban Missions (HUM), is expected to zealously whip up morale among the church populace to passionately run with the vision of the church.

The team inaugurated by the Area Head to run the group in the Area consist of Pastor John Addo Brown (Coordinator), Elder Courage Bedzo (Leader), Elder Emmanuel Abrokwah, Elder Emmanuel Asante Gyansih, Elder Sampson Badzie and Deaconess Emma Afelete.

Report by Daniel Tetteh, La Area Reporter.

Seventeen participants of this year’s National Fulani Convention organised by the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost surrendered their lives to Christ to the glory of God.

The event, which took place from September 21 to 24, 2021, at the St. Martin’s Pastoral Centre at Yendi in the Northern Region of Ghana, also saw 16 persons receiving Holy Spirit baptism and while others received various spiritual giftings. The four-day convention was under the theme: “Grounding a Glorious Fulbe Church to Possess the Nations” (Ephesians 3:14-21).

The 100 Fulbes who took part in the convention were drawn from 21 areas, namely, Yendi, Walewale, Bolga, Tumu, Tamale, Bawku, Afram Plains, Asokwa, Berekum, Dunkwa, Kintampo and Sunyani. The others are Tepa, Atebubu, Offinso, Effiduase, Wa, Kete Krachie, Sawla, Mampong and Konongo Areas. Also present were 34 other participants, including Mrs Agatha Agyei Kwafo (wife of the National HUM Coordinator) as well as some ministers, officers, and members of the Church.

In the past two years, HUM, through various evangelistic activities, has reached out to more than 1000 Fulbes in Ghana, some of whom have surrendered their lives to Christ and become members of the Church. The convention, thus, sought to bring these Fulbe converts together to share fellowship, pray for the Fulani community in Ghana and highlight ways by which the Fulbes could display the glory of Christ to the nations. 

The Coordinator for Northern Regional Coordinating Committee (NRCC), who doubles as the Tamale Area Head, Apostle Sylvester Arhin, was part of the speakers who ministered at the programme. Other speakers were Apostle Emmanuel K. Aidoo (Yendi Area Head), Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo (HUM National Coordinator), Pastor Thomas Ayamboya (HUM Pastor, Kumasi), Pastor Daniel Nabaku (HUM Pastor, Walewale), Pastor Kwesi Bukari (HUM Pastor, Techiman), and Pastor Gabriel Awuah Nsowah (Area HUM Coordinator, Yendi).

The speakers spoke on the following topics: The Church in the Garden, The Church in Christ, The Church in the Holy Spirit, The Role of the Church, The Gifts and Power of the Church, The Mandate of the Church,” and “The Glory of the Church” at the event.

In a brief remark, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Church and all who contributed in diverse ways towards the successful convention. He was confident that the next edition of the event would record at least 300 Fulbe participants to the glory of God. 

At the end of the event, a planning team for the 2022 Fulani Convention was officially outdoored, prayed for and commissioned to commence work in earnest. 

The Home Urban Mission (HUM) is one of the new ministry interventions of The Church of Pentecost birthed through the five-year strategic vision of the Church, dubbed: Vision 2023: Possessing the Nations (spanning 2019 to 2023). 

Among other things, HUM is tasked to reach out to all unreached people groups, including the Fulani, with the gospel message. It is estimated that there are over 800,000 Fulbes in Ghana and The Church of Pentecost, through HUM, is on an ambitious mission to bring every one of them to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Report by Overseer Emmanuel Otchere Darko (HUM Coordinator, Walewale Area)

An effort to raise an army of 80,000 young people to champion the cause of the Possessing the Nations Agenda by The Church of Pentecost has been given an impetus following the launch of the group in Ashaiman on Saturday September 25, 2021.

The ‘Nation Possessors’ movement is an initiative of the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost.The movement had been tasked to pray for and support the work of HUM across the nation and also serve as ambassadors of HUM by evangelising HUM target groups and educate the church public and the general public about the ministry’s mandate.

Speaking at the national launch, the HUM National Coordinator,Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, disclosed that so far, 47,011 people have been recruited from 69 Areas in Ghana, with other Areas yet to come on board. He said the new ministry intervention was birthed out of Vision 2023 during the 2019 Extraordinary Council Meetings of the church.

“The Home and Urban Missions seeks to ensure that the gospel of Christ reaches all expatriates and migrants living in Ghana and all Ghanaian Northerners who have found themselves living in Southern Ghana as well as the unreached people groups such as the Fulanis and others. It also seeks to pay attention to the urban poor and the marginalized such as drug addicts, prostitutes, street dwellers, head porters (Kayayees), refugees and others,” he pointed out.

He added: “HUM seeks that these people hear the message of Christ so they can make an eternal decision for Him and find churches within The Church of Pentecost where they can freely and joyfully worship God.”

Apostle Kwafo said with the launching, the nation possessors are ready to sweep the nation with prayer and harvest souls for our Lord and King.

“May revival not just end in the pages of books and in the lyrics of songs,” he said, adding, “If we want to do the things that Jesus did, then we must pray the way Jesus prayed.”

The Coordinator of the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC), Prophet David Kankam Beditor, who doubles as an Executive Council Member and Ashaiman Area Head, on behalf of the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, welcomed all to the launch and assured them that the grounds have already been prepared for the new group to take off and bear many fruits.

Preaching the sermon on the topic, “Reach Out To The Unreached To Possess The Nations,” Prophet Kankam Beditor said that just like the Samaritan woman who had an encounter with Jesus on the well, many people are tasty and would like to hear or taste the living water that is only given by Jesus Christ.

“People need Jesus; they need this living water and when it comes into their systems, they will never taste,” he said while quoting his scriptures from John 4:4-9; 39-42. He admonished Christians to go out of their comfort zones and reach out to the unreached.

“Most Christians don’t want to have any dealing with the destitute, prostitutes, drug addicts, and the downtrodden. If we don’t develop a good relationship with them, we cannot enter their camps and reach out to them,” he stressed.

He said Jesus did not consider the Samaritan woman as the worst sinner but reached out to her, stressing that, there is no place declared as a ‘no-go area.’

“We need to go everywhere such as the prisons, ghettos, drug addicts, slums, prostitutes and preach to them,” he added.

Launching the group, Prophet David Kankam Beditor inaugurated the national team led by Pastor Samuel Ofori Gyimah. Other members of the national leadership are Esther Taylor (National Secretary), Pastor Daniel Osafo, Mrs. Rose Taah Appiah, Mrs. Comfort Ayamboya, Mrs. Gloria Ofori Gyimah and Elder Philip Williams.

Present at the event were Area and District Coordinating Teams of HUM and ministers and their wives from the Ashaiman Area.

Also present were Apostle Mike Etrue (Kaneshie Area Head and Executive Council Member), Apostle Emmanuel Ofei Ankra-Badu (Tema Area Head), and Apostle Dr. Christian Tsekpoe (Chairman of the HUM National Committee).

PENTECOST NEWS.

A massive evangelistic outreach held in the Berekum Area of The Church of Pentecost on Saturday, September 18, 2021, has yielded 135 souls and resulted in the creation of five nursery assemblies.

The exercise was organised by the Area’s ‘Nation Possessors’ team, which is an offshoot of the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of the church. The team, made up of 120 young men and women, collaborated with ten districts in the Area to undertake the exercise. 

At the end of the aggressive exercise, 135 souls were led to Christ, comprising 123 adults and 12 children. Out of them were eight Ivorians won in the Asiri District, 10 Kokombas in the Jinijini District, six Dagaares, six ghetto dwellers in the Dormaa Koraso District as well as eight Dagaabas in the Dorbor District.

The ministers-in-charge of the various districts baptised a total of 38 new converts in water on the same day. Also, 23 of the converts were led to receive Holy Spirit baptism.

It is also worth mentioning that 15 converts received instant healing of various ailments. Notable amongst them was the miraculous healing of a lame person who was restored to normalcy after being prayed for in the Biadan District of the Area. 

As part of preparations towards the event, a stakeholders’ training and prayer meeting was organised for the sub-zonal commanders (team leaders) under the auspices of Area Head, Apostle Samuel Berko. The Berekum Area HUM Coordinator, Overseer Bright Amankwah, and the Area’s Nation Possessors Leader, Elder Gideon Ehwi, were the main facilitators for the training session.

Following the successful outreach, the Area HUM Nations Possessors team has slated October 9, 2021, for another evangelism outreach.

The Nation Possessors, an initiative of the Home and Urban Missions of the church, is aimed at raising an army of young people tasked to pray for and support the work of HUM across the nation. The Nation Possessors also serve as ambassadors of HUM who evangelise to HUM target groups and educate the church public and the general public about the ministry’s mandate.

The national leadership of HUM is hopeful of planting 30 new churches by the end of the year through the Nation Possessors initiative. They also look to raise and train an army of 1,802 young people who would, in turn, recruit other ‘militants’ to support the cause.

Report by Overseer Bright Amankwah, Berekum Area HUM Coordinator.