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The Buokrom Estate Central Assembly church building, which was dedicated to the Lord last Sunday, has been named after the late retired minister of the Church, Pastor Andrews Asamoah-Baah.

The Buokrom Estate, in consultation with the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost and the New Tafo area, decided to honour the late Pastor Asamoah-Baah with this gesture in view of his pioneering work at the district from 2008 to 2012 as its first District Minister.

The dedication service for the 1200-seater auditorium, now known as “Andrews Asamoah-Baah Memorial Temple” (AABMT), was officiated by the New Tafo Area Head, Apostle Samuel Antwi, with support from Pastor Emmanuel Yaw Akwaboah (Buokrom Estate District Minister) and the New Tafo Area pastorate.

The glorious event was witnessed by hundreds of members and non-members, including the wife of the late minister, Mrs Beatrice Asamoah- Baah, and other family members.

Amongst the dignitaries present at the event were Apostle Samuel Edzii Davidson (Offinso Area Head), Apostle Matthew Larbi Wattey (Rtd.), Pastor Samuel Ofei Badu (Rtd.), Area Executive Committee members, and former presiding elders of the assembly.

Elder Nana Opoku Brempong I (Nkosuohene of Bosomtwe Asamanhene) and Hon. Kwame Agyemang (Assembly Member for the Buokrom Estate Electoral Area) also graced the occasion.

Exhorting the congregants with 1 Peter 2:4-10 as his Bible reference, Apostle Samuel Antwi opined that every single individual in the Church is a stone Jesus is using to build His Church, and each stone is meant to serve a distinct purpose.

He intimated that, as part of the building process, the edges of the stones would have to be shaped and re-shaped in order to make them fit for purpose. 

Apostle Antwi, therefore, urged Christians to submit themselves to the correction and training of the Lord through His word and the Holy Spirit so that they would be of good use to the Chief Builder, who is Christ.

Mrs. Beatrice Asamoah-Baah, in a brief response, expressed profound gratitude to The Church of Pentecost for the great honour done her late husband. 

The Buokrom Central Assembly started in 1987 with 35 members during the tenure of Pastor Paul Elisha Kesse (Rtd.) but now boasts a membership of 979. The assembly’s church building project, which began in 2006, took 16 years to complete. To God be the glory.

Report by Elder Elisha Osei Amoateng

The Nkwanta Area Head of The Church of Pentecost, Pastor Seth Dwamena Asante, on Saturday, July 23, 2022, dedicated the mission house of the Pentecost International Worship Centre in the Nkwanta Area (PIWC-Nkwanta).

He was supported by Pastor Ernest Wisdom Worlanyo (PIWC-Nkwanta Resident Minister), Pastor Gordon Boadi (Area Estate Committee Chairman), and other members of the area pastorate. Mrs. Margaret Sagoe Dwamena Asante (Wife of the Area Head), Elder Isaac Bediako (Area Deacon) and Elder Samuel Happy K. Avevor (Immediate-Past Area Deacon) also graced the event.

Speaking on the topic, “Supporting God’s Work in Time” with 2 Kings 4:8-10, Romans 16:3-5, and Philippians 2:25 as scripture references, The Nkwanta District Minister and Area Secretary, Pastor Benson Gyasi, asserted that those who provide the work of God in due time reap every blessing associated with it. 

He said that when one provides timeous support to God’s work, they would receive the commendation of individual members, the church as a corporate body and posterity, who would tout their good works.

Pastor Gyasi, therefore, urged Christians to be Kingdom-minded and always support the Kingdom business whenever they are called upon. 

Report by Pastor Albert Adu-Gyamfi (Nkwanta Area) 

The Tamale Area Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost has organised a metro youth joint service at the Tishegu Central Assembly church auditorium to relaunch the Ministry to Teens (M2T).

The event was chaired by the Area Head, Apostle Sylvester, with support from Pastor Michael Blankson (Area Youth Pastor). Also in attendance were a cross-section of the area pastorate, namely Pastor Isaac Deku, Pastor Richard Anang, Pastor Daniel Gyekye, Pastor Manasseh Nabaku, and P/Overseer Isaac Korang.

Elder Selorm Tetteh, a National Executive Committee member of the Youth Ministry, represented the Youth Ministry Director, Pastor Ebenezer Hagan, at the event. 

Addressing a gathering of teenagers and young adults, Elder Tetteh said there is a tremendous need for dynamic ministry to young people in every Church, including The Church of Pentecost. 

He noted that the membership of the Youth Ministry currently stood at 1,429,718, approximately 43% of the entire church membership. He further stated that teenagers make up 45% of the total membership of the Youth Ministry.

“When compared by age range, however, it becomes clear that teenagers constitute a huge part of the membership of both the Youth Ministry and the mother Church,” he said.

He said that due to the significant teen membership, the Church, through the M2T, is intensifying efforts at grounding teenagers in Christ and meeting their peculiar needs.

“It must, however, be made clear that we are not starting a new ministry for teenagers. Rather, this is only a strategy to serve the teeming teenagers in our Church better,” he stressed.

With Bible reference from 1 Kings 20:1-14, Pastor Isaac Deku exhorted the congregants on the topic, “The Young Officers.”

In his sermon, Pastor Deku indicated that it took the young officers of the provincial commanders to rescue the people of Israel from the hands of Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram.

He said that teenagers possess great potentials that should be harnessed to benefit the Church and society.

“Teens show great strength; they are risk-takers, and always joyous. But it is also at this stage that they begin to engage in sexual/immoral activities, become rebellious, etc. Hence, we must be intentional about their upbringing. they are future officers (leaders),” he said.

He said that the Church remains the only institution that could ensure the godly upbringing of children, as most parents only focus on formal education and not godly training. He, therefore, urged church leaders to take a particular interest in the M2T and ensure its success at the various levels.

As part of the service, Apostle Sylvester Arhin inducted members of the Area M2T Coordinating Team, made up of Elder Mawutor Godwin Kofi (Coordinator), Mrs. Gifty Gandhi Owusu (Deputy Coordinator), Elder Anyakina Williams, and Deacon Isaac Yennu, into office.

The Area Head charged the teenagers to see themselves as young officers who would bring great revival into the Body of Christ and cause a positive change in their families and society.

The service recorded a total attendance of 395 participants, including Mrs. Regina Arhin (Wife of the Area Head), Mrs. Sarah Blankson (Wife of the Youth Pastor), as well as Area and District Youth Ministry workers, among others.

Report by Elder M.K Godwin

An ordination service was organised by the Tarkwa Area of The Church of Pentecost for Pastor Dr. Frank Andi-Mends of Tarkwa Adieyie District and Pastor Emmanuel Mensah (Tarkwa Benso District). They were both called to the pastorate at the most recent council meeting of The Church of Pentecost held in May.

The service, which took place on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the E.K. Kyei Memorial Temple, also saw 218 others ordained into the offices of Elder (73), Deacon (67), and Deaconess (78), respectively.

The Tarkwa Area Head, Apostle Dr. Daniel Okyere Walker, who officiated the event, said in a brief remark that it is a great privilege and honour for one to be called to serve in the Lord’s vineyard.

Apostle Dr. Walker, who also doubles as an Executive Council Member of the Church and the Regional Coordinator for Western and Western North Regions, therefore urged the newly-called ministers and officers to accept the calling they have received wholeheartedly and to be faithful in their service.

Delivering a sermon titled “If The Foundation Is Destroyed” with Psalm 11:3-4 as the anchor Bible reference, the Akoon District Minister, Pastor Joseph Kingsford Danquah, said that Jesus is the foundation on which the church is built.

“If we take Jesus out, there will be no hope for the church. So, everything we do as a church should be centred on Jesus,” he emphasised.

He further noted that the unadulterated word of God is one of the elements of the foundation of the church that is able to build up believers in and out of seasons.

Other elements of the foundation of the church he mentioned are preaching and teaching the doctrine of Christ (Matthew 28:16-19), sound teaching that brings growth (Matthew 7:29), Apostles’ teachings (Acts 2:42), fellowship, breaking of bread, prayer, holiness; sacrificial giving and the operation of the spiritual gifts.

Concluding his sermon, Pastor Danquah charged Christian leaders to stand firm to the end by building on the foundation already laid by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

In a brief response, Pastor Frank Andi-Mends, on behalf of the newly-called church leaders, thanked the Almighty God for counting them worthy to serve in His esteemed vineyard. They also thanked the Area Head, his wife, Mrs. Irene Odi Walker, the area pastorate, and the entire membership for their diverse support.

“With the Lord being our helper, we would continue to build on the foundation already laid by Christ and the Apostles and serve tirelessly to help possess the nations,” he said.

Present at the event were the Tarkwa Area pastorate and their wives, as well as, Elder John Arthur (Tarkwa Area Deacon).

Report by Tarkwa Media Team

Four ministers of The Church of Pentecost have arrived in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, for the international conference on orality and theological education in Africa.

The conference, which is taking place at Park Inn in Kigali from July 25 to 29, 2022, is being organised by the International Orality Network Africa (IONA) in partnership with Living Water International Rwanda (LWIR).

The church delegation, made up of Pastors Eric Kwaku Ansah, Alex Kieninger Anum, Ernest Perbi-Asare, and Thomas Ayamboya, have joined other participants from various parts of the African continent for the all-important conference.

Among other objectives, the event seeks to train and equip participants with strategies to decolonise and contextualise theological education in Africa, highlight the role orality can play in this process, explore other areas of orality in theological education in Africa, and find more appropriate ways of discipling “Oral-Bibleless” people groups in Africa.

Again, other action plans for the conference would revolve around faculty, curriculum, accreditation, training, research and partnerships. 

The consultative conference would, therefore, afford participants ample time and opportunity to share and discuss strategies and action plans for their implementation plans in and through their theological institutions and discipleship enterprise.

Commissioned presentations and practical discussion sessions have been lined-up to critically and meaningfully engage the aforementioned issues.

Among the speakers for the event is Pastor Ernest Perbi-Asare, one of the Akuapem Twi Translators of The Church of Pentecost and a PhD candidate in Orality Studies at Asian Graduate School of Theology (AGST), Philippines. He has been selected to present a paper on “Oral-Based Assessment in Theological Education.”

In an interview with PENTECOST NEWS, the team expressed profound gratitude to the leadership of the Church for sponsoring them to be part of this great conference.

The International Orality Network Africa is an affiliation of agencies and organisations working together with the common goal of making God’s word available to oral communicators in culturally appropriate ways that enable church planting movements everywhere. 

It is also part of the Lausanne Movement and grew out of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism in 2004. It has since grown to be a global network of over 2,000 organisations.

 PENTECOST NEWS.

Pentecost Hospital-Tarkwa, one of the three hospitals of The Church of Pentecost, has organised the second edition of its annual award ceremony to reward eight staff for their outstanding services in 2021.

The event, which took place on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC), Tarkwa auditorium, was graced by Pastor Bright Nyamedor of UMaT District, who represented the Tarkwa Area Head, Apostle Dr Daniel Okyere Walker.

Also in attendance were Mrs Caroline Otoo (Tarkwa Municipal Director of Health and a Board Member of the hospital) and Elder Ebenezer Sey (Board Member of the hospital).

Speaking at the ceremony, Pastor Bright Nyamedor entreated all staff to work hard for the betterment of the hospital. He urged the health personnel to see their profession as a calling and should, therefore, execute their mandate with integrity and Christlikeness.

The General Manager of the hospital, Pastor Dr. Suleman De-Graft Issaka, acknowledged all staff for their tremendous efforts in making the facility a hospital of choice. 

He stressed that “everyone is a winner in their own way. However, this ceremony is organised to reward outstanding staff in order to motivate others to work harder.”

Mrs. Caroline Otoo, in her remarks, commended the hospital for organising such a programme to honour its staff for their hard work and input. 

She also challenged staff to change the negative perception of health workers. 

Mr Emmanuel Ayi-Mantey, a nursing officer at the hospital, was adjudged the “Best Clinical Staff,” Dr. Frank A. Dartey, a Senior Medical Officer, was awarded the “Best Staff in Customer Care” and the “Second-Best Clinical Staff,” Mr. Gideon Bediaku, a Senior Administrative Manager, took home the “Best Non-Clinical Staff,” while Mr. John Bosco Blay (Snr Executive Officer) received the “Second-Best Non-Clinical Staff” award.

Mrs. Esther Issaka (Head of Theatre and Recovery Ward) was adjudged the “Best Unit Head in Administration and Leadership,” Mr. Prince Nkum (Head of Physiotherapy Unit) was adjudged “Best Unit Head in Multitasking,” Mr. Ishmael Winnis (Head of Billing and Claims) received the “Best Unit Head in Punctuality” and “General Manager’s Special Male” awards, while Miss Esther Frempong (Administrative Manager) received the “General Manager’s Special Female” award.

The Theatre and Recovery Ward, Emergency Unit, and the General Ward were presented the “Best Unit,” “Second-Best Unit,” and “Third-Best Unit” awards, respectively.

The awardees were each presented a citation and a cash prize.

PENTECOST NEWS.