Pastor Gives  Birth After 10 Years Of Marriage

Pastor George Nsiah-Afriyie and his wife, Mrs. Gloria Nsiah-Afriyie of the Gwollu District in Tumu Area of The Church of Pentecost, have been blessed with a male child after ten (10) years of marriage.

The baby, Miracle Nyametease Afriyie, was named and dedicated by the Tumu Area Head, Pastor David Kwabena Dorsu, at the Gwollu Central Assembly. In attendance were the Pastorate in the Area and their wives, family members, church members and loved ones.

Report by Tumu Area Media Ministry.

A Child After 19 Years Of Marriage

Mr. Ebenezer and Mrs. Dorcas Sarkwa of Pentecost International Worship Centre, Kwadaso (PIWC-Kwadaso) have been blessed with a child after 19 years of marriage.

After several years of miscarriages and two unsuccessful In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), the couple who had been married since 2003 could not have a child of their own.

As a result, medical experts who gave various treatments to Mrs. Sarkwa for the last 19 years, but to no avail, concluded that she was barren.

In desperation and having exhausted all human efforts, the couple resolved to build their faith in God through the power of prayer by actively participating in the Radical Faith Convention held at PIWC-Kwadaso in 2021. The event, dubbed, “Radical Faith, Radical Results,” was an initiative of the Resident Minister, Pastor Samuel Nana Yaw Agyei Asiamah.

After a year of commitment, complete dependence on God, unwavering spirit and adherence to the resident minister’s counselling, the God of impossibilities made the barren womb fertile and Mrs. Sarkwa became pregnant.

Today, Mr. and Mrs. Sarkwa have been blessed with a child to the glory of God. 

Indeed, our God still performs miracles.

Report by Pastor Ernest Perbi-Asare

The Church of Pentecost Records More Miracles

Over the years, The Church of Pentecost has been noted for manifesting the great power of God through diverse signs and wonders.


For instance, in 2021, the church recorded many miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit, resulting in the dead being raised to life, the blind eyes opening, the paralysed walking, cancerous cells being healed, and childless couples being blessed with children after many years of marriage, among many other miracles worth testifying about.


This was revealed by Apostle Eric Nyamekye, Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, during the just-ended 17th Extraordinary Council Meetings which took place at the Pentecost Convention Center (PCC), Gomoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region.


Among the spectacular events experienced in various assemblies of the church last year was the case of Victoria Quaynin, a 17-year-old teenager at Twifo Kyebi District in the Dunkwa Area of the church, who on February 23, 2021, was declared dead at the Oponso Health Centre, came back to life through intercession by the church.


According to Apostle Nyamekye, the girl whose family could not come to terms with her sudden death rushed her body to the District Minister’s residence (mission house), and after an hour and 15 minutes of intensive prayer by the District Pastor and his team, the dead girl came back to life to the glory of God.
The Chairman also disclosed that on December 31, 2021, one Anthony Anku from Kpelema Assembly in the Kparekpare District within the Nkwanta Area of the church, was found lifeless in his room and later declared dead by medics at the Kparekpare Health Centre.


However, the District Minister of the church, Probationary Overseer Amos Affedzie, together with some elders of the church, went to the facility and together with the father of the deceased, prayed for the dead brother.
“After praying for about 20 minutes, the young man suddenly came back to life to the glory of God,” he stated.


About childbirth, the Chairman of the church mentioned that Mrs. Charity Ampah of Abakrampa District in the Cape Coast Area of the church, had her womb removed after a surgical operation some years ago, and was also diagnosed with Hepatitis B in 2021.
“She presented her case during one of the church’s monthly prayers; she was prayed for and directed to go back for the Hepatitis B test again. The second result came out negative to the utmost surprise of the medical officials,” he pointed out.
He added: “To the glory of God, Mrs. Ampah who had no hopes of conceiving, conceived, and has delivered a baby boy.”


Apostle Nyamekye again disclosed that in Sweden, a child of a Burundian immigrant family who are non-members of the church was seriously sick and put on a life support machine. When the condition became worse and doctors had come to their wits’ end, the father sent a message to a friend in the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC), Stockholm about the situation.


“The church instantly interceded intensely, and thereafter visited the family to pray with them and the child received instant healing and subsequently discharged from the hospital,” he said.
Although the testimonies around the world were many, Apostle Eric Nyamekye reiterated that God was still in the miracle business and glorifying His name through the church.


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Couple Blessed With Child After 10 Years Of Marriage

Couple Blessed With Child After 10 Years Of Marriage

Ten years after tying the knot, Mr. Mark Arthur, and his wife, Deaconess Georgina Arthur of the Assakae District of The Church of Pentecost, became first-time parents on October 12, 2021 when they were blessed with a bouncing baby girl.

Despite the assistance of medical experts, the couple had been struggling with childbirth since they were joined together in holy matrimony in March 2011.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, in an interview with PENTECOST NEWS, revealed that the unflinching prayer support of the Assakae District Minister, Pastor Ernest Perbi-Asare, his wife, Sarah, the officers in the district and the entire district membership is what helped them through the difficult period.

 “It was when the Church came together to continuously pray about our situation during our Tuesday dawn prayers, dubbed ‘Redemption Hour’ and Friday morning prayers, dubbed ‘Kosuma,’ that the Lord opened the heavens to us,” they affirmed.

The couple also thanked the Anyaa-Ablekuma Area Head, Apostle William Ohemeng Kwakye, for his prayers and constant encouragement throughout their ordeal.

Speaking at the christening service for the newborn child at the Emmanuel Assembly on Saturday February 5, 2022, Pastor Ernest Perbi-Asare admonished Christian parents to endeavour to meet the holistic needs of their children.

Reading from Mark 10:13-16, he explained that children have spiritual, physical, emotional and social needs that ought to be met to aid their growth and development. 

Pastor Perbi-Asare urged parents to make conscious efforts to take good care of the children entrusted to them by God and train them in the way of the Lord.

He also advised them to trust the Lord in every situation they find themselves in and trust that, in the appointed time, He will answer their prayers.

Present at the christening service were officers, members and family members of the couple. 

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Young Couple Surrender To Christ After Receiving “God’s Gift” Of A Child

Mr. Bathaniah Kofi Baapona, and his wife, Martina, both 23 years old, were part of the five new converts baptised by immersion during a film outreach jointly organised by the Evangelism Ministry and the Tuna District in the Setiepor community, yesterday.

Setiepor is a small farming community in Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Savannah Region of Ghana.

The couple, whose short marital life had been fraught with miscarriages, finally surrendered their lives to Christ in fulfilment of a promise they had made to God.

Narrating their story to PENTECOST NEWS on the sidelines of the event, Mr. Baapona said it all began when he visited Kpangari No 2, a community also within the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District, where he met a young Muslim lady called Martina. He was immediately attracted to her and they later got married. Little did he know that Martina was already betrothed to another man.

Heartbroken and in extreme anguish, the man vowed to make their marriage unbearable at all cost.  

“Although I heard some of these threats, I did not think too much of them,” he said.

In the first year of their marriage, his wife took seed and the couple were looking forward to the first of many children. Unfortunately, she lost the child in strange circumstances; she took seed and miscarried again.

“At this point, I felt it was a bit strange. I later heard that the man had been spreading news in their town that he was responsible for our situation. He had indeed vouched that we would know no peace.”

“He even said it to my face that he is the cause of our miscarriages and that his ultimate objective is not just to terminate the pregnancies, but the life of Martina as well as a payback for what she did to him” he said.

On hearing this, Bathaniah became very alarmed and sought various spiritual and alternative help but to no avail. So, when he heard that Pastor Isaac Asare, the Tuna District Minister of The Church of Pentecost, had come to town, he saw it as an opportunity to seek his assistance. However, the meeting did not go as he had expected.

“After narrating my story, Pastor simply said the solution to all my problems is Jesus. He said that if I would surrender my life to Christ nothing could harm me or my wife. He then prayed with me”

“But after leaving him felt the pastor had made light of my problem. I expected him to give special solution, but he only said I should believe. So, I prayed to the Lord and said to Jesus that if He would grant us a child then we would completely surrender our lives to Him,” he said.

Shortly afterwards, his wife took seed again and this time Bathaniah was very keen to see what Jesus would do. By the grace of God, on the 28th day of July last year, Martina gave birth to a baby girl.

“I named her Alberta, because it is a name I really like, but my mother insists on calling her Naa Gmenetra (God’s Gift),” he said with a grin.

At the end of the film outreach, 29 souls comprising 11 adults and 18 children were won for Christ. Pastor Isaac Asare has hinted that these new converts would form the nucleus of a new assembly of the Church in the community.

Bathaniah and Martina, now staunch members of The Church of Pentecost, are considered strong pillars in the soon-to-be created assembly. To God be the glory.

The film outreach is part of a series of preparatory activities being organised ahead of the “Sawla For Christ” Crusade. The event is scheduled to take place at the Modern Ghana Park, Sawla from March 15 to 17, 2022.

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‘Sakawa’ Money Ritualist Surrenders To Christ

Mr. Patrick Padi, a public transport driver involved in money rituals, surrendered his life to Christ after he was delivered from occultism.

This spectacular event took place on Saturday, October 23, 2021, when his grandmother, Christiana Dedeyo, a deaconess of the Church, led him to the Ahomahomasu District Mission House to be prayed for over a persistent heart problem.

During the prayer session, the District Minister, Pastor Francis Danquah, received a word of knowledge and inquired of the gentleman whether he had been involved in money rituals (popularly referred to as Sakawa in Ghana). Patrick responded in the affirmative and led the minister and the prayer team to his house, where they discovered a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag containing about 150 bundles of $100 notes; sitting on top of the bag were some cowries tied together with “dwarf hair.’ 

Pastor Dankwa felt a sharp sensation in his body like an electric shock when he attempted to pick up the ritual items. He then rebuked the charm in the name of Jesus, after which he carried the bag to the church auditorium of Grace Assembly with the help of the prayer team. There, they continued to intercede for Mr. Padi in prayer until he broke free from the fetish spell. 

On gaining consciousness, Patrick surrendered his life to Jesus Christ; Pastor Danquah led him to accept Christ as his Lord and Saviour and baptised him in water the next day.

To the dismay of all, the ritual money in the bag transformed from US dollar notes into bundles of white papers.

Mrs. Evelyn Dankwa (wife of the District Minister), Elder Isaac Tetteh, Elder Kwaku Michael, Elder Samuel Donkor and Reindorf Okwabi were the members of the prayer team who assisted Pastor Danquah throughout the ordeal.

Report by Sylvia Henaku (Ahomahomasu District Media Team)

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Couple Blessed With A Child After 14 Years Of Marriage

Mr. Micheal Tseyiboe and his wife, Rita Abena Yeboah, both of the Salem Assembly in the Ajumako Besease District of The Church of Pentecost, have been blessed with a child after 14 years of marriage. 

The couple tied the knot in 2007 and were optimistic about being blessed with the fruit of the womb. However, after trying for several years, the child was not forthcoming, although fertility doctors had declared them fit to give birth. After waiting for over a decade, the Lord surprised them this year with a bouncing baby girl. 

Exhorting congregants at the naming and dedication service for the newborn, the District Minister, Pastor Isaac Tenkorang, quoted Ecclesiastes 3:11 to stress the fact that, in God’s own time, He makes all things beautiful. 

He urged Christians to depend on God in all things and wait on His appointed time to receive the unimaginable promises that He has in store for them. 

Pastor Tenkorang also advised the elated couple to do well to train the child with principles, values and lifestyles of the Kingdom of God so that the child will grow up to become a respectable person in the Church and the society as a whole. 

Report by Pastor Joel Beddim (Mankessim Area)

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Blind Lady Regains Sight

Madam Monica Jayo, a Muslim convert who went blind under strange circumstances, regained her sight when she was prayed for by the Sibi District Minister of The Church of Pentecost, P/Overseer David Boateng, and his wife, Hagar.

Mrs. Jayo, accompanied by her husband, Mr. Moses Labida, rushed to the District Mission house on Tuesday dawn (at about 4:30 am) to seek divine intervention after she lost her sight the previous day. 

Narrating her ordeal to the district minister, Monica revealed that around 4 pm on Monday (November 8, 2021), she was in the room when an image flashed before her eyes. She then felt something like a slap on the face and instantly went blind, causing the baby she was carrying to fall on the ground. Those in the house who heard her screams and the baby crying rushed into her room only to discover that she (Monica) had gone blind.

Her relatives, however, abandoned the couple to their fate because they thought her predicament was their punishment for converting from Islam to Christianity. 

Upon hearing what had happened, the Presiding Deacon advised the couple to go the Mission House and solicit prayers from the district minister. After hours of intensive prayer, Monica had her eyes restored to the glory of Jesus.

Witnessing the mighty work of God, Joe Labida, who escorted the couple to the mission house, surrendered his life to Christ and was instantly baptised.

He is now a member of The Church of Pentecost. Together with the couple, Joe worships with the Biyandor Assembly of the Sibi District in the Nkwanta Area.

Report by P/Overseer David Boateng

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Young Man ‘Buried In Coffin’ For 2 Weeks Delivered

Can Elvis Chi, a 26-year-old Cameroonian national was delivered from the hands of the devil during the 2021 Children’s Ministry National Week celebration which took place from September 6-12, 2021.

The Obuasi Kunka Central Assembly Children’s Ministry under the leadership of Elder Robert Boateng organised a Holy Spirit prayer session as part of the Week’s activities. During the prayer session, the young man stormed the place and was prayed for during which he vomited a magical ring he had swallowed some four years back in pursuance of spiritual powers.

According to him, there was a civil war in his country in 2017 which made him lose his four sisters through gunshots by soldiers. To revenge the atrocities on his family, he decided to get spiritual powers that could help him revenge the death of his sister and protect his life.

He visited a fetish priest in Nigeria called ‘The Great Okuku’ based in Enugu State who buried him alive in a coffin for two weeks and gave him two rings – one on his finger and swallowed the other one in a concoction prepared with water from a dead body. After going through that, he became powerful that no metal including bullets and swords could penetrate his body. He also became invisible (who could appear and disappear) before his opponents. He was nicknamed by member of his gang as “The Spirit.”

He said he was given the assignment to kill 1000 soldiers but managed to kill only 207 and burned about 30 churches.  He said that on October 27, 2019, the war became severe that 57 members of his gang were killed in one of their operations but he managed to escape to Nigeria with the help of his evil powers.

Up till now, he said, no family member can trace his whereabouts, since they believe that he has been in the war. He wandered from Nigeria to Benin through to Togo and finally landed in Ghana in search of greener pastures. However, the Spirit of Okuku would neither let him have peace nor be successful in any job he found himself until he completed the assignment of killing the 1000 soldiers.

On one fateful day in Kumasi, while working as a loading boy in a bus station, a lady evangelist approached him and said, “ Jesus Loves You”  which he laughed and ignored in several attempts but the evangelist managed to deliver a New Testament Bible to him before leaving. The first miracle of the Bible, according to him, was that he wanted to place it in his bag but he heard a voice to rather place it in his friend’s bag. Soon after he had obeyed the voice, his bag was stolen but the Bible was safe in his friend’s bag.

Chi and his friend later moved to Obuasi to find a job but the spirit of Okuku kept on tormenting him such that it would appear to him anywhere he went, slept, and threatened to kill him which made him restless in a manner that he even attempted suicide on several occasions but the knife he grabbed to kill himself turned to a wooden stick and when he threw it away it turned back to a knife.

He tried consulting several fetish priests for help but to no avail after taking all his money and sleeping in shrines for weeks.

But on that fateful evening of his deliverance, Elvis decided to pick his New Testament Bible, and not knowing where to go, he landed in Kunka Central auditorium of The Church of Pentecost where the Children’s Ministry was having a Holy Spirit Encounter. He was touched by the Holy Spirit and vomited the ring and was subsequently delivered of the evil spirit that was tormenting him.

Kunka District Minister Pastor Benjamin Sarpong Mensah prayed for him and later presented a Bible to him.

Elvis Chi came to church the following Sunday a happy man and testified that the evil spirit that was tormenting him had fled and that Jesus Christ has set him free. He is now happily fellowshipping with Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC), Obuasi.

Report by Ebenezer Asare McKeown.

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11-Year-Old Boy Leads Father To Christ

It was a great moment to behold when Mr. Isaac Annan stepped forward to rededicate his life to Christ in obedience to an altar call made by his 11-year-old son, Eugene Acquah Annan, at an evangelism rally last Saturday in Accra.

This rally was organised by the Mt. Carmel Assembly Children’s Ministry of the Pentecost University (PU) District in the Odorkor Area at Sowutuom (close to the Police station) as part of the recently held ‘National Ministries’ Rally;’ jointly organised by the Youth, Men, Women, Evangelism and Children’s Ministries of the church nationwide.

At the said event, the 13-year-old Karen Baah-Botwe preached a compelling gospel message on the main theme of the rally: “Behold, Jesus Christ Is Coming, Are You Ready? With Scripture readings from Revelation 1:7 and Matthew 22:44, Karen preached on the second coming of Christ and what it means for all those who have not accepted Christ as Lord and Saviour. She then admonished all and sundry to believe in Jesus Christ and be saved in order to escape the Lord’s wrath on His imminent return.

After the sermon, Eugene, also a Sunday School child of the Assembly, was called upon to lead the altar call and encourage unbelievers in the audience to respond to the message by surrendering their lives to Christ. As he called out to all who were yet to do so, Eugene saw the session as a great opportunity to call out his father, a backslidden Christian, to rededicate his life to Christ.

Without hesitation, his father obliged and stepped forward to accept Christ amidst great cheer and amazement from the audience. Together with two other adults and two children, Mr. Annan was led to dedicate his life to Christ to the glory of God.

In an interview with PENTECOST NEWS after the event, Mr. Annan said, “I have finally come to the realisation that indeed Jesus is Lord, and now I am ready to follow and serve Him willingly.”

The outreach was preceded by an aggressive house-to-house evangelism exercise led by the children and the distribution of gospel tracts to passersby.

The National Ministries Rally was held from September 20-26, 2021, under the theme: “Behold, Jesus Christ is Coming, Are You Ready?” The Youth Ministry led the service on Monday, the Women’s Ministry led on Tuesday, whilst the Evangelism and Men’s ministries spearheaded the services on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday was, however, earmarked for an intense prayer session with new converts for the baptism of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts. The Children’s Ministry, on the other hand, spearheaded the service on Saturday. The weeklong exercise was climaxed on Sunday morning with the Gospel Sunday service.

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