Be Committed To Jesus Christ – Apostle Hagan Advises Youth web

Be Committed To Jesus Christ – Apostle Hagan Advises Youth

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The Youth Ministry Director of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Ebenezer Hagan, has advised Christian youth to have a heart fully committed to Jesus, where He [Jesus] holds the highest place in one’s life.

According to him, a person with such devotion is always ready to follow whatever Jesus asks of them.

He said this at the East Legon Worship Centre on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 during the second day of the weeklong National Youth Ministry Week Celebration.

Delivering a message titled “Sharing in the Passion of Christ”, Apostle Hagan highlighted the dedication of past leaders like Pastor James McKeown and Apostle F. S. Safo.

He recounted how Pastor McKeown, while in Asamankese, played a significant role in spreading the message of Christ.

“To draw the attention of the townspeople to the saving grace of Jesus, he and his wife, Mrs. Sophia McKeown, used instruments to attract crowds.

During one of his evangelistic efforts, a statement he made, “Joseph, Where Art Thou!”, caught the attention of a young, inebriated teacher named Joseph. This encounter led to Joseph’s transformation and eventual rise to become the first General Secretary of The Church Of Pentecost, Apostle Joseph Egyir Paintsil”, he revealed.

Continuing his message, Apostle Hagan spoke about Jesus’ dedication to preaching the Gospel and winning souls for the Kingdom of God. Despite being tired at times, Jesus never relented in His mission. He even borrowed boats from fishermen to preach to the people.

Referencing John 4, he shared how Jesus prioritized His mission over physical needs, saying, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.”

The Youth Director also addressed the modern-day challenges many young people face in balancing their spiritual and professional lives.

He noted that some use their jobs as excuses for not fully engaging in church activities or soul-winning.

He stressed that true love for Christ is not complete until we care deeply for lost souls and make soul-winning a priority in our lives.

He further stated, “Your love is not complete yet until you weep over people who are lost. Your love is not complete yet until what passes through Jesus passes through you. Your love is not complete yet until you take care of what matters to Jesus.”

Apostle Hagan highlighted that lifestyle evangelism—living a life that reflects Christ’s teachings—speaks more powerfully to others than words alone.

He therefore urged believers to make soul-winning a lifestyle, stating that Heaven celebrates over every soul that repents, as reflected in Luke 15:7 and 10.

To support the church’s efforts in soul-winning, Apostle Hagan introduced the Reachout Strategy of the Youth Ministry, consisting of four steps:

1. Target a soul and pray for them.

2. Preach to the souls. Once you are praying for them, go out and preach the Word—Acts 8:26-39, John 4:28-29,39, and John 1:40-42.

3. Follow up with them – Matthew 23:15.

4. Discipleship. Disciple the soul and bring them to church, connecting them with a dedicated, Spirit-filled member who can mentor them.

“This comprehensive approach aims to ensure that new believers are nurtured and integrated into the church community, fulfilling the Great Commission and sharing in the passion of Christ”, he noted.

Report by Youth Ministry Media Team

Kyekyewere District Women’s Ministry Donates Essentials To Local Institutions web

Kyekyewere District Women’s Ministry Donates Essentials To Local Institutions

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The Kyekyewere District Women’s Ministry in the Dunkwa Area of The Church of Pentecost, has shown support for the Kyekyewere Community by donating essential items worth GHS 5,000.00 to the local institutions.

The beneficiaries of this generous gesture were the Kyekyewere Health Centre, Kyekyewere Police Cell, and the Kyekyewere Palace. Items such as branded bedsheets, soft drinks, water, toiletries, and detergents, were donated to helps these institutions carry out their work effectively.

During the donation ceremony, which took place on Friday, July 19, 2024, community leaders like Nana Ntow Wirenkyi II, the Twafohene, Inspector John Clinton, and Wisdom Amanor Sabutey, received the items on behalf of their respective institutions.

The District Minister, Pastor Jacob Atta-Arthur, mentioned that the donation aligns with the Church’s theme of “A people of God Unleashed to Transform their World.” He emphasised the need to support the local institutions to aid in their operations.

He also used the opportunity to share the word of God, highlighting the Church’s mission to preach and practice their faith.

Wisdom Amanor Sabutey, Head of Facility at the Health Centre, expressed his gratitude for the donation, stating that it came at a crucial time when they needed these essential items. He appealed to other religious organisations to follow the Church’s example and support local institutions like the Health Centre and Police Cells.

Nana Ntow Wirenkyi II also commended The Church of Pentecost for their actions, praising them for not only preaching but also practicing the gospel.

The event was filled with joy and celebration as church members sang and danced through the town, showcasing their community spirit and the joy of giving.

Report by Emmanuel Nana Nsiah & Dennis Owusu

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Youth Director Joins Odorkor Area To Kickstart National Youth Week Celebration

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The Director of the Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Ebenezer Hagan, joined the Odorkor Area yesterday [July 22, 2024], officially launch this year’s highly anticipated National Youth Week Ministry Celebration.

The event, which took place at the Sampson Okyere Memorial Temple, drew a mammoth gathering of over 3,000 participants.

Expounding on the main theme for the weeklong celebration, “Unleashed to Reach Out for Maximum Impact,” Apostle Ebenezer Hagan explained that “being unleashed means letting go of the past with energy, moving on with purpose, unstoppable, unrestrained, and breaking free from everything that holds you back.”

He emphasised that the theme is a call to the youth to be dedicated in their walk with God and to be prepared to go all out for Him.

The event was earmarked for spiritual empowerment, and thus, focused on the infilling of the Holy Ghost.

It was attended by the Area Head, Apostle Isaac Tetteh-Judah, the Area Ministry Leader, Pastor John Ofei Badu, and other pastors and their wives from the Area.

The celebration will continue throughout the week at the various district and local levels, and would be climaxed on Sunday, July 28, 2024.

Report by Grace Danful

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Yearn For The Infilling Of The Holy Spirit – Apostle Hagan Tells Youth

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The Director of the Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Ebenezer Hagan, has urged Christian youth to make it their lifelong desire to wait on the Lord for the infilling of the Holy Spirit for greater exploits.

Apostle Ebenezer Hagan said this yesterday when he joined the Odorkor Area to officially Kickstart this year’s National Youth Ministry Week Celebration.

Speaking on the topic “Empowerment From On High,” using Luke 24:47-49, Acts 1:6-8, Acts 2:1, and Ezekiel 47 as scripture references, he emphasised the necessity of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer, especially the Christian youth.

He explained that when Jesus was leaving the earth, He instructed His disciples to wait for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit so they could be filled with power from on high.

“Waiting on the Lord is the key to receiving this promise of the Holy Spirit,” Apostle Hagan stressed.

He admonished the youth to constantly and consciously pray and deeply desire the Holy Spirit, saying, “Always wait and stay in His presence and yearn for the Holy Ghost.”

According to him, the Holy Spirit can be received through fasting and prayers, continuously being in God’s presence, and being focused and determined.

“God always has a moment for everyone to change their life, and as youth, we need to be serious, expectant, and always ready,” he said.

He further elaborated, “When the day of Pentecost came, the disciples were eagerly waiting and praying for it with all seriousness. When it came, it sounded like the blowing of a violent wind from heaven and filled the whole house.”

Apostle Hagan urged Christians, particularly church leaders, to make every service “a day of Pentecost” where the move of the Spirit can be deeply felt.

“Our services will depend on how well we prepare and how serious we are when we come into God’s presence,” he noted.

He highlighted that being filled with the Holy Spirit means God has taken total control of a person’s life, guiding them to do His will rather than their own, adding: “The Holy Spirit is available to anyone who desires Him,” he said.

“A Christian who is full of the Holy Ghost has authority and power at their workplace and wherever they find themselves,” he stated, urging the youth to make it a habit of seeking the infilling of the Holy Spirit daily.

“You will be amazed at the transformation in your life and those around you,” he assured.

He also advised them to seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues and to pray in tongues frequently to edify themselves in the spirit.

“The more you speak in tongues, the more you will be full of power,” he emphasised.

Apostle Hagan also encouraged the youth to yearn for spiritual gifts.

“As Christian youth, you should always desire and pray constantly for the Holy Spirit. Always pray like Daniel, do your devotions, and you will be full of the Holy Ghost and the power that comes with it,” he concluded.

Report by Grace Danful

Pent5000 Launched, Aims To Feed Over 5000 Street Childrenss

Pent5000 Launched, Aims To Feed Over 5000 Street Children

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The Home and Urban Mission (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost, in collaboration with other ministries of the church, has launched a project called ‘PENT5000,’ an initiative to feed over 5,000 street children.

The launch, which took place on Saturday, July 20, 2024, at the forecourt of the Universal Merchant Bank, near Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, had close to 1,000 children in attendance.

The General Secretary of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Samuel Gyau Oboubi, who was present at the launch, announced the support of the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, to the project.

He explained that the purpose for the novel project is to show love to kids by the inspiration of Jesus Christ who is a friend of children.

The HUM National Coordinator, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, revealed that the initiative, which is in fulfilment of the Great Commission, is not going to be a nine-day wonder. Rather, it is something that has come to stay and will be used as a mean to win souls for Christ. He expressed gratitude to the directors of all the ministries for offering their full support to the project.

The Mayor of Accra, Hon. Deaconess Elizabeth Sackey, intimated her enormous joy and appreciated The Church of Pentecost for taking up such an initiative.

Sharing a testimony about how the training she received from her Sunday school days has played a significant role in shaping her to become the woman she is today, Hon. Sackey admonished the children to commit to God, take their Sunday school lessons seriously and apply it in their lives.  

She urged the Children’s Ministry and HUM teachers to pay particular attention to children, including following them to their homes and familiarizing themselves with their families. This, she indicated, was a strategy she used as a child worker in the church for many years and has groomed many children into becoming ministers of The Church of Pentecost, including the HUM Coordinator.

Deaconess Sackey called on HUM not to end the project at Agbogbloshie but extend it to other parts of the city. She promised to collaborate with the church to support the initiative spread to other areas.

Pastor Alex Fofie, who delivered a short word of exhortation on ‘The Unleashed Church Leading The Little Children To The Saviour’s Waiting Arms,’ explained that it is the desire of Jesus is that the church saves children from hunger because His arms are always opened to them.  

He mentioned that Christ does not want kids to be undermined and turned away from Him because they are not excluded from the Kingdom.

Another reason for which he indicated children must be saved is that they are the future leaders, saying, ‘We can never have our future generation without our current children.’

As part of the launch of the PENT5000 project, 252 children accepted Christ as their Lord and personal saviour and close to 2000 plates of food dished to street dwellers, mainly children.

In attendance was the Kaneshie Area Head and Executive Council Member, Apostle Samuel Osei Asante. Others were Pastor Prof. William Otoo Ellis (Children’s Ministry Director), Deaconess Philomina Mireku (Women’s Ministry Director) & her deputy, Deaconess Vivian Amfo, Apostle Dr. Colonel B.G. Kumi-Woode (Chaplaincy Ministry) Mrs. Priscilla Yirebi (Youth Ministry NEC Member), and Apostle Dr Philip Osei-Korsah (Director of the Counselling Ministry).

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PENSA-Legon Reaches Out To Trinity Academy Children’s Home web

PENSA-Legon Reaches Out To Trinity Academy Children’s Home

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The University of Ghana – Legon branch of the Pentecost Students And Associates’ (PENSA) Evangelism Department, also known as the Hope Committee, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, organised an outreach and donation exercise to support the Trinity Academy Children’s Home.

The outreach had three primary objectives: to share the gospel with the orphans and their caregivers, to provide immediate support and encouragement to the children, and to raise awareness within the congregation about the challenges faced by orphaned children and the importance of community support.

Prior to the event, a donation drive was conducted within the PENSA Legon congregation.

Members generously contributed various items, including water, provisions, toiletries, and monetary donations. These contributions were meticulously collected and organised for delivery to the Trinity Academy Children’s Home.

On the day of the outreach, a team of volunteers from PENSA-Legon visited the orphanage.

They were warmly welcomed by the staff and children. The visit included interactive activities such as preaching the gospel to the children, introducing them to Jesus Christ, and baptising them in the Holy Spirit.

During the visit, the team donated a wide range of essential items, including money, bags of water, rice, sugar, cartons of milk, Milo, sardines, oil, toiletries, and more.

A heartwarming outcome of the visit was that twenty-two children accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and seven children were baptized in the Holy Spirit.

The children at Trinity Academy expressed profound gratitude and joy for the donations and interactions, which fostered a sense of hope and belonging.

Report by PENSA Legon Media

MPWDs Donate Wheelchairs & Crutches to Tamale Central Prisons web

MPWDs Donates Wheelchairs, Crutches To Tamale Central Prisons

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The Ministry to Persons With Disabilities (MPWDs) of The Church of Pentecost, in collaboration with Joni and Friends, a multinational non-governmental Christian organisation based in the United States of America (USA), has donated wheelchairs and crutches to inmates of the Tamale Prison in the Northern Region.

The items were donated on Friday, July 19, 2024.

Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the prison will have access to the wheelchairs and the crutches to aid their movements.

Receiving the items, the Northern Regional Commander of the Ghana Prisons Service, DDP Thompson Otsyokpo, thanked the team for the generous donation. He revealed that the items will go a long way to help the PWDs in custody.

Present at the donation were Pastor Alexander Nyame (National Coordinator, MPWDs), Pastor (ASP) Elvis Kofi Danquah (Northern Regional Chaplain/Tamale Central Prison), Pastor Isaac Aboagye (Godokpe District Pastor), Torben (Joni and Friends) and others. PENTECOST NEWS

Togo For Christ Crusade Records 2,403 Souls! web

“Togo For Christ” Crusade Records 3555 Souls!

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The massive weeklong crusade held from July 16 to 20, 2024, at Adidogome Park in Lome, Togo, resulted in 3555 people coming into the saving knowledge of Christ.

The event, dubbed the “Togo for Christ” crusade, was jointly organized by the International Missions Directorate, the Evangelism Ministry Directorate, and The Church of Pentecost International, Togo.

Themed “Jesus Saves and Heals” (Acts 4:12), the four-day event lived up to expectations, drawing mammoth crowds, recording spectacular miracles, and most importantly, giving thousands the opportunity to surrender their lives to Christ.

The crusade began with preliminary evangelism activities led by the Gospel Heralds, an Advance Team dispatched by the Evangelism Ministry to Togo ahead of the event.

In Togo, the team was distributed in pairs among six districts of the Church in the southern part, where they undertook various evangelism activities such as house-to-house evangelism, film evangelism, sports evangelism, and tract distribution.

These pre-crusade activities resulted in the opening of 10 new assemblies in the country to the glory of God.

At the main convention grounds, the gospel message of Christ was powerfully ministered, convicting hearts and causing many to surrender their lives to Christ.

In the southern sector, 1,889 adults and 514 children accepted Christ as their Lord and personal Saviour. Out of the souls won, 692 were baptised in water while 194 received Holy Spirit baptism.

Additionally, 243 backslidden Christians rededicated themselves to the faith.

Evangelism outreaches undertaken in six districts in the northern part of the country also recorded 1152, making the overall total of souls won 3,555.

Numerous miracles were also recorded, with many testifying of being healed of various physical ailments.

The morning sessions, held at the CIAP-Yokoe (PIWC-Yokoe) auditorium, mainly focused on breaking the strongholds of the evil one and liberating all who were under the bondage of the devil.

Intensive prayer sessions were, therefore, held to invoke God’s favour upon the people and the land.

From all indications, the land of Togo has received a mighty visitation from God, sparking a new season of revival starting with the Church.

To God be the glory!

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Exhibit God’s Nature And Character – Pastor Prof. Ellis web

Exhibit God’s Nature And Character – Pastor Prof. Ellis

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The outgoing Children’s Ministry Director of The Church of Pentecost, Pastor Professor William Otoo Ellis, has called on children workers and all Christians to exhibit the nature and characteristics of God. Prof. Ellis made the call on Friday, July 19, 2024, during the climax of the Foundation Builders’ Conference held at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Gomoa Fetteh. Speaking on ‘The Nature and Characteristics of God,’ with scripture references from Exodus 34:6-7 and 1 Peter 2:9, the former Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), explained that the initial intent of God is to create man in His own image and likeness, and that man will take dominion over the earth, be fruitful and multiply. According to him, God breathing into man after moulding him, made man a partaker of God’s nature.Pastor Prof. Otoo Ellis revealed that the nature and characteristics of God can be characterised into two; communicable and incommunicable characters. He mentioned that the communicable characters of God are characters that God shares with humans while the incommunicable characters are only found in God and distinguish Him from man. The Children’s Director reiterated the need for children workers to exhibit God’s communicable characters, saying, ‘We are expected to reflect the nature and character of God to show all that God has deposited in us.’He reminded children workers that God has entrusted to them the task of leadership, authority, love and care of children. To properly execute this mandate, Prof. William Otoo Ellis tasked them to pray to seek help from God so they can receive the grace to be obedient and portray these attributes.

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Use Technology To Your Advantage – IT Expert Advises web

Use Technology To Your Advantage – IT Expert Advises

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A Technology Consultant and Educator, Mr Emmanuel Arthur, has admonished children workers to make conscious effort to use technology to enhance their work in the church.

Addressing participants at the 2024 Foundation Builders’ Conference held at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Gomoa Fetteh, on the topic: ‘Technology as a tool for the unleashing agenda,’ Mr Arthur said artificial intelligence (Ai) is now being programmed to mimic the natural intelligence of human beings.

‘Human beings used to predict the activities of machines but now, machines are predicting the activities of humans,’ he disclosed.

Explaining further, he stated: ‘The next best friend of your child in the next ten years will be a machine not a human being.’ This, he said, was because machines can entertain children better than humans.

Mr Arthur, who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ramsys Infotech Solutions Limited, cautioned children workers to be mindful of the content they expose children to, saying, ‘The more information you put out there on the internet, the more vulnerable you become.’

According to him, machines are racing against humans and are fast overtaking human efforts. Predicting the future, Mr Arthur said: ‘In the next twenty years, most of the children being trained now will not get jobs because artificial intelligence (AI) will be doing most of the jobs.’

Mr Arthur indicated that Ai is becoming very powerful, and a lot of people are using it to do so many things – bad and good. He, therefore, called on children workers to have a balance between wisdom from God and basic knowledge in technology to be able to raise godly children in order to live in this technology world.

Bringing his message to a close, he noted that Ai has come to stay, so children workers need to abreast themselves in its application to meet the needs of the children they handle.

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