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The Okorase District Mission House in the Koforidua Area of The Church of Pentecost has been dedicated to the glory of God. The 4-bedroom manse with an office and a garage, was constructed at the cost of GH¢ 324,953.65.

The Koforidua Area Head, Apostle Samuel Osei Asante, an Executive Council Member, who dedicated the mission house on May 16, 2021, commended the District Minister, Pastor Paul Odai Laryea, the District Executive Committee Members, District Presbytery, and the entire membership for the great work done. 

The Okorase District was carved out from the Adweso District in 2017, with Pastor Paul Odai Laryea as the first District Minister.

On March 2, 2018, the then Area Head, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, now Chairman of the Church, delegated Pastor John Lovelace Baidoo, assisted by Pastor Paul Odai Laryea, to cut the sod for the construction of a district mission house. The foundation stone laying ceremony was performed by Apostle Samuel Osei Asante, the current Area Head, on August 16, 2019.

In a brief sermon on the topic, “Who is on the Lord’s side” based on Exodus 32:26 and Judges 17:12-13, Pastor Samuel Amankonah of Two Streams District, said that the people of Israel sinned against God by worshipping a golden calf even though Moses left them in the hands of Aaron when he went for the Ten Commandments.

He identified three reasons which accounted for their sin. For the reason of fear/ anxiety, he said that the people of Israel could not wait for Moses just as the virgins slept when the bridegroom delayed (Matthew 24). He also identified the lack of respect for the Man of God (Moses) and the disobedience to the Word of God as the other reasons.

Pastor Amankonah said that those on the Lord’s side have a peculiar way of life. According to him, people on the Lord’s side separate themselves from the world, make a declaration by letting people know that they are part of the church, render services to God as the Levites were asked to kill their own brethren who were not on the Lord’s side. He further elaborated that people who are on the Lord’s side show great sense of commitment and integrity in their service to the Lord.

He concluded the sermon by saying that people who are on the Lord’s side are rewarded and blessed and thereby admonished all present to separate themselves for the Lord.  

In attendance were Mrs. Elizabeth Osei Asante (wife of the Area Head), Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Ghartey (Assemblies of God – Okorase), Rev. John Bentsil (CAC – Okorase), Rev. Appleton (Perez Chapel – Okorase), the queen mother of Ewe community in Okorase, and the Koforidua Area pastorate and their wives.

Report by District Editorial Desk.

The Abrem-Agona District of The Church of Pentecost has commissioned and handed over a multipurpose Police Station facility at Abrem Agona in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region, to the Ghana Police Service (GPS).

The facility, described as one of its kind in the country, was funded and constructed by the church at the cost of GH¢135,000.00.

It has the station officer’s office with washroom, CID Office, charge office, armory room, exhibit store, orderly room main office, male and female washrooms with lobbies, male cell with toilet and bathroom.

The old Police Station is dilapidated and had become a death trap for Police personnel and the public who seek their services.

The situation officers, therefore, referred suspects under its jurisdiction to Elmina for safe custody.

Speaking at the commissioning, Pastor George Ofori, the Abrem-Agona District Minister explained that the construction of the facility was inspired by the five-year strategic vision of the church dubbed ‘Vision 2023,’ which among other things aims at forging strategic partnerships with government geared toward nation building.

He said that several projects were being undertaken across the country, including clinics and prison facilities, under this vision.

Pastor Ofori said the church held various consultative meetings with major stakeholders in the community who agreed that a police station with residential quarters should be built for the community. The quarters would soon be completed to accommodate about ten staff.

DCOP Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, Central Regional Police Commander, expressed gratitude to the church for the magnificent edifice and assured that it would serve the intended purpose for the people of Agona Abrem and KEEA municipality at large.

The edifice, she said, would help the Police personnel in the area to work efficiently and effectively.

She also urged the public to be law-abiding and offer the necessary assistance to the Police by providing credible information to help flush out criminals in the society saying, without security, nothing could be achieved in any community.

DCOP Twumasi-Sarpong appealed to other religious bodies, individuals, and organisations to emulate the gesture for the Police to deliver efficiently.

Nana Terkpor V, Chief of Abrem Agona commended the efforts of the church to the community and said the newly built Police Station would go a long way to reduce the incidents of crime and violence in the community.

‘When the elders and Pastors of the church came to me that they wanted to build a Police station, I could not believe it could be achieved, though we needed it to check indiscipline and lawlessness’, he revealed.

Nana Terkpor also thanked the Member of Parliament for KEEA, Mr Samuel Atta Mills, the MCE and the District Police Commander for playing a vital role in the construction of the project.

Apostle Samuel Yaw Antwi, the Cape Coast Area Head of the church, commended the efforts of the Ghana Police Service gave the assurance that the church would continue to partner government to undertake initiatives that would bring social and economic transformation in the country.

Nana Appiah Korang, Municipal Chief Executive of KEEA, who was overwhelmed by the gesture, applauded the leadership for the vision and benevolence.

He urged the community members to collaborate effectively with the Police to maintain and improve safety and security in the area, adding that security was paramount to the socio-economic development of the Municipality.

“So, God said, “Let the earth sprout [tender] vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to (limited to, consistent with) their kind, whose seed is in them upon the earth;” and it was so.” (Genesis 1:11 AMP)

The leadership of The Church of Pentecost headed by Apostle Eric Nyamekye and the Executive Council hold the strong belief that God in His wisdom created the heavens and the earth and everything thereof including plants (trees) for varied purposes. He then gave humanity trust to hedge and to keep the plants and all the things He had created. It is, therefore, inimical for the church to gross over her stewardship role in that regard. 

For this reason and in the spirit of the church’s strategic vision of “Possessing the Nations,” dubbed; “Vision 2023,” the Environmental Care Campaign was introduced. This intervention, which is pursued to take care of the environmental needs of the nation, has gained nationwide acceptance after two successful clean-up and stakeholder engagement exercises undertaken by the church in the last two years.

This year, however, the leadership has considerably decided that one million (1,000,000.00) trees should be planted nationwide as part of the campaign. The exercise would be organised in collaboration with the Forestry Commission of Ghana in the months of May and June.

For an effective, concise, and sustainable exercise, aimed at planting seedlings and ensuring their growth, the various ministries of the church have been brought on board to lead in the planting, nurturing and maintenance process. The scheduled dates for the planting exercises are as follows:

• Pentecost Men’s Ministry (PEMEM) would lead the church on Saturday, 29^th May 2021, to plant 50,000seedlingsacross the nation.
• Evangelism Ministry would continue on Saturday, 5^th June 2021 to plant 100,000 seedlings across the nation. 
• On Friday, 11^th June 2021, the pastorate, Women’s Ministry & Children’s Ministry would take turns to plant 500,000 seedlings. 
• The Youth Ministry would climax the exercise on Saturday, 12^th June 2021, with 350,000 seedlings across the length and breadth of the nation. 

All are invited to join this laudable cause. Interested persons and groups should contact Pastor Pasteeco Arthur on 0541 929 974 for more information about this tree-planting project. Join us as we paint the country green; one tree at a time!

The Akyease District Mission House in the Sunyani Area of The Church of Pentecost has been dedicated to the glory of God. It was constructed at the cost of GH¢ 165,079.00.

The Sunyani Area Head, Apostle Mark Obeng Andoh, who dedicated the manse on May 11, 2021, commended the District Minister, Pastor Gabriel Adjei, the immediate past Minister, Pastor Peter Adjei, and the entire members for the good work done. 

The district was carved from the Duayaw Nkwanta District in 2012, with Pastor Peter Adjei as the first district minister. The sod-cutting ceremony to begin the construction of the building was performed by the former Area Head, Apostle Kingsford Kyei Mensah (now retired) on February 23, 2013, while the foundation stone laying ceremony was performed by Apostle Mark Obeng Andoh on July 27, 2016.

In a brief sermon on the theme, “God Bless Our Homes” based on 2 Samuel 7:18, 27 and 29, Pastor Daniel Ameyaw (Area Secretary), said that King David praised the Lord when he proclaimed the grace and mercy of God upon his life. He added that when David wanted to build a temple for God, even though the Lord refused him, he assembled the building materials for his son Solomon to undertake the project for God.

According to Pastor Ameyaw, the building of the temple was an indication that the Lord wanted to dwell among His people, firmly establish the house of David, and bless his home.

He concluded by saying that for Christians to attract the blessings of God, they must love righteousness and refrain from sin, avoid complaining, and rather testify the blessings of God by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the unrepented souls.

In attendance were Mrs. Juliet Obeng Andoh (the wife of the Area Head), Pastor Silas Boateng (Rtd), Akyease Local Council of Churches and GPCC Ministers, and the Sunyani Area pastorate.

Report by Pastor Joseph Awotwe.

The Interior Minister, Hon. Ambrose Dery, has on behalf of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the people of Ghana, expressed their profound gratitude and appreciation to the leadership and members of The Church of Pentecost for constructing a magnificent prison facility at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

According to him, The Church of Pentecost, which currently has branches in 109 nations across the world, has “proven to be a first-class corporate citizen of Ghana.”

Hon. Ambrose Dery said this in a keynote address at the commissioning of the multi-purpose Ejura Prison Camp on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The 300-bed capacity facility which consists of an administration block, visitor’s lodge, an infirmary, chapel/classroom, kitchen, stores block, workshop block comprising three workshops, inmates’ bathrooms and toilets block, and a football field, was wholly funded and constructed by The Church of Pentecost at a total cost of GHS 3,297,139.81.

He indicated that the Government is committed to building the capacity and reorienting the Ghana Prison Service to deliver on its constitutional mandate to meet international best standards of correctional practices, and that Government is happy to partner the private sector to improve the conditions of the Service towards efficient delivery.

“Accordingly, I am delighted to convey the appreciation of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Government of Ghana to The Church of Pentecost for their exemplary gesture of supporting a worthy cause of bringing relief to humanity. The church is building five prison facilities including this facility in Ejura and four others which are commendable. Three of such facilities are at appreciable levels of completion.

“The contribution of The Church of Pentecost in this regard is unprecedented and I will encourage all of us to applaud it. This is unprecedented; you can’t question it. It is clear. I am more impressed about it because it is not by accident; it is part of a strategic plan and Vision 2023 that The Church of Pentecost is putting in place these facilities variously.

“Not just a one-off intervention, as a Minister of Interior, I am aware that there are other places in the country they have made various interventions such as the construction of facilities for the Ghana Police Service. Vision 2023 of the church shows a consistent well-thought-out strategy where people’s lives are going to be transformed and even start-ups are given to some to start their businesses,” he pointed out.

He added: “The Church of Pentecost has shown and demonstrated that the Bible is a living word. They have also shown that indeed Christ hates sin but loves the sinner.

“I’m pleased to note that this prison facility, unlike some of the prison facilities that we have in Ghana which are remnants or remains of the colonial era, has been purposely built according to specifications with features like multi-purpose workshops which will facilitate reformation and rehabilitation of inmates.”

The Interior Minister mentioned that correction practices globally have evolved considerably from its punitive force. He explained that the administration of capital punishment in the past with the infliction of physical pains has been de-emphasized and now the emphasize is on the offender reformation and rehabilitation to facilitate their reintegration into society.

He stated that the main interest and the premium on corrections practice is seeing offenders reformed, rehabilitated, and add value to their lives as they return to society as law-abiding citizens, saying, “In that we have found no better partner than The Church of Pentecost.”

PENTECOST NEWS.