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Inmates of the Nsawam Female Prison were elated by a donation made by the Women’s Ministry of Salem Assembly in the New Achimota District of The Church of Pentecost last Saturday.

The gesture was part of the ministry’s activities marking the recently-held National Women’s Week Celebration.

The items, which included Bibles (English and Twi), toiletries, sanitary pads, assorted drinks, washing powder, bags of rice, gallons of oil, gari, packs of bottled water and bags of sachet water, were presented to the prison by Mrs. Eunice Kissi Agyekum (Wife of the District Pastor) and Deaconess Mary Paddy (District Women’s Ministry Leader)

Receiving the donation on behalf of the inmates, Mr. Frank Nana Ankomah, the Officer-in-Charge of the prison, expressed gratitude to the leadership and members of The Church of Pentecost for their generosity and continuous support to the prisons service.

Other members of the delegation were Elder Isaac Quansah (Presiding Elder, Salem Assembly), Elder Michael Darko (Youth Ministry Leader, Salem Assembly), Deacon Ernest Donkor (Evangelism Ministry Leader, Salem Assembly), Deaconess Dorothy Nsiah (Women’s Ministry Leader, Salem Assembly) and Deaconess Paulina Quansah (Wife of the Presiding Elder).

The inmates were very thrilled by the visit and commended the Church for their concern for welfare of prisoners.

Report by Deacon Stephen Nana Opoku

The Leadership of The Church of Pentecost has met with Kwesi Ackon, the honest taxi driver and member of the church, who returned the huge money he found in his car to its owner. 

The General Secretary of the church, Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, on behalf of the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, met Kwesi Ackon, the man of the moment, together with his wife, Francisca and his social media influencer, Roberta Maanaa Quaye aka Empress Baako Pe, a midwife by profession who has become Kwesi’s manager.

Present at the meeting were the Finance and Administration Director of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Lawrence Otu-Nyarko; the La Area Head of the church, Apostle John Osei Amaniampong, and Pastor Bright Kojo Addae, the Kokomlemle District Pastor of the church, where Kwesi Ackon and his wife fellowship.

The General Secretary congratulated the taxi driver for living the Christian virtues of honesty and integrity. He encouraged him to maintain his integrity. He was so glad that there were people of integrity in society who continue to live Christlike life in the midst of a corrupt world.

Apostle Kumi-Larbi said that the church will soon announce some good package for the taxi driver as a way of motivating him to do more and also encourage others to do same.

“What you have done is not just for The Church of Pentecost but for the entire Christiandom. We are gratified that you have lived by the Word of God,” the General Secretary stated.

The La Area Head of the Church, Apostle John Osei Amaniampong, on behalf of the Area, donated GHS 5,000.00 to the taxi driver, while the Kokomlemle District of the church also added GHS 1,000.00 to it.

The church’s ultimate reward for Kwesi Ackon will be announced by the Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, in the coming days.

The news of Kwesi Ackon, a taxi driver, went viral early this week after he returned an amount of GHS 8,400.00 he found at the back of his car to the owner. He picked the trader, an old fishmonger, from the Mallam Atta Market in Accra to her residence at Teshie on Easter Saturday.

The old woman who had no hope of retrieving the said money wept profusely and invoked the blessings of God upon Kwesi Ackon when he voluntarily traced her at her residence on Easter Sunday to return the money to her. This act by the taxi driver which was captured on video went viral courtesy of Empress One and subsequently caught the attention of the Vice President of the Republic, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who donated GHS20,000.00 to him. Several other persons who were touched by the gesture by the taxi driver have since donated several amounts to him.

PENTECOST NEWS.

The Adankwame District in the Suame Area of The Church of Pentecost has donated a brand-new motor tricycle to Dambai Lakeside District in Nkwanta Area. 

The motor tricycle, worth GH¢ 13,400.00, was presented to Pastor John Nyarko Akyirem (the Dambai Lakeside District Minister) at a brief ceremony on May 6, 2022. Among those present at the event were the Dambai Lakeside District Executive Committee members.

Receiving the tricycle, Pastor Akyirem expressed profound gratitude to God for meeting the district’s urgent need through the Adankwame District.

He also thanked Pastor Kamal Kwakye (Adankwame District Minister), the District Executive Committee, and the entire membership of the Adankwame District for their kind gesture and prayed for open heavens for the district. 

He also promised to use the tricycle for its intended purpose and adopt a very high maintenance culture.

Report by Overseer Albert Adu-Gyamfi (Nkwanta Area Media Pastor)

Kwesi Ackon, a taxi driver and member of The Church of Pentecost, is being celebrated by the whole world for showing patriotism and high integrity, having returned an amount of GHS 8,400.00 he found in his taxi cab to the owner.

Ackon, 37, who fellowships at the Onyametease Assembly in the Kokomlemle District of The Church of Pentecost, is said to have picked an old lady on Easter Saturday from the Mallam Atta Market in Accra to her residence at Teshie. The old woman, a trader, unfortunately, left her apron in which the money was concealed at the back of the taxi cab.

Kwesi saw the item the following morning when he was cleaning the car. He showed it to his wife and they agreed to return it to the old woman. He traced the trader to her residence in Teshie after closing from the Easter Convention on Sunday afternoon.

Apparently, the old woman, who had been weeping throughout the whole period over the missing money, could not hold her tears when the driver returned the money intact to her. The whole community joined her to celebrate the driver amidst tears of joy. The woman donated GHS 500.00 to him as his fuel and some fishes to him in return.

The news about the patriotic gesture of Kwesi Ackon broke out when Manasseh Azure’s “The Fourth Estate” interviewed him and posted it on Facebook. Many media houses have also interviewed the illustrious member of the church.

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, after hearing of the news, dolled out GHS 20,000.00 to him, while some individuals have also donated various amounts to him for his singular act.

Indeed, The Church of Pentecost’s ‘Possessing the Nations’ agenda which aims at influencing every sphere of society with Kingdom values and principles and thereby leading many people to Jesus Christ, is on course.

PENTECOST NEWS.

Fifty-one ministers of  The Church of Pentecost worldwide who have served the Lord through the church are due to retire from the full-time ministry this year after attaining the church’s retirement age of 65.

This was disclosed by Apostle Eric Nyamekye, Chairman of the church, during the just-ended 17^th Extraordinary Council Meetings held at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Goamoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region.

“After years of serving the Lord and His Church, some of our ministers will be retiring from active service this year,” Apostle Nyamekye said, while congratulating them for their dedicated services to God and man.

The 51 ministers include Prophet James Osei Amaniampong (Asokwa Area Head, who has served for 41 years), Apostle Samuel Antwi (New Tafo Area Head, 38 years), Apostle Anthony Eghan Kwasi Ekuban (Suhum Area Head, 36 years), Apostle James Nana Ofori (Mankessim Area Head, 35 years), Apostle John Osei Amaniampong (La Area Head, 33 years), Prophet Ebenezer Kofi Appiah (Dansoman Area Head, 29 years), and Apostle Osei Owusu Afriyie (United Kingdom National Head, 27 years).

Others are Apostle Joseph Kwame Assabil (Takoradi Area Head, 24 years), Apostle Dr. Samuel Ofori (STML, Pentecost University, 24 years), Apostle Augustine Sorie Kamara (Sierra Leone National Head, 24 years), Apostle Dr. James McKeown Quainoo (Canada, 23years), and Apostle James Kofi Sam (United Kingdom, 22 years).

The rest are Pastors Lovelace John Baidoo (New Town District in Ejisu Area, 40 years), George Kwadwo Boadi (Foso Town District in Assin Foso Area, 39 years), Theophilus Kofi Owusu-Boreh (Pankorono District in New Tafo Area, 38 years), Emmanuel Asane Bimpong (Akweley District in Downtown-Ofaakor Area, 37 years), Aaron Yaw Kyei (Ashaiman Lebanon District in Ashaiman Area, 37 years), William K. Ofori-Attah (Adwen-Bu District in Kaneshie Area, 36 years), Daniel K. Yankah (Asuoyeboah District in Kwadaso Area, 36 years), Emmanuel Yaw Adjei (Feyiase District in Asokwa Area, 35 years) and Sampson Barnnet Paintsil (Adiebeba District in Asokwa Area, has served for 33 years; John Mensah Yanney, of Community 1 District in Tema Area, has served for 32 years; Joseph Quaicoo, of Fiapre District in Sunyani Area, has served for 32years;

He further said that Pastors James Amaning, of Obuasi Bidieso District in Obuasi Area, has served for 30 years; George Yaw Asiedu, of Laterbiokorshie in Dansoman Area, has served for 30 years; Joseph Ocran Dadzie, of New Town District in Akim Oda Area, has served for 30 years; Enoch Nii Akrashie, of Oguaa Abura in Cape Coast Area, has served for 29 years; Charles E. Asmah, of Bohyen District in Suame Area, has served for 29 years; Raymond Hagan, of Nampansa District in Asante Bekwai Area, has served for 29 years; Moses Kenneth Abaka, of Adabraka District in La Area, has served for 28 years; and Emmanuel Dominic Annor, of Sakumono District in Teshie Nungua Area, has served for 28 years.

The Chairman of the church, also noted that Pastors Emmanuel Assah-Awuku, of Breman Asikuma District in Agona Swedru Area, has served for 28 years; Michael Badu, of Mile 3 District in New Tafo Area, has served for 28 years; Joseph Kwame Boansi, of Nsawam District in Nsawam Area, has served for 28 years; Sam Oppong Asare-Duah, of Nkontwima District in Suame Area, has served for 27 years; Joseph Kingsford Danquah, of Akoon District in Tarkwa Area, has served for 26 years; Jacob Coffie Agbesi, of Kibi District in Suhum Area, has served for 25 years; James Kwame Yingar, of Iron City District in Kasoa Area, has served for 25 years;

He, then pointed out that Pastors Samuel Asamoah-Gyarko, of Bogoso District in Bogoso Area, has served for 24 years; Daniel Yaw Dzah, of Nsukwao District in Effiduase Area, has served for 24 years; Felix Odum-Boateng, of Chapel Square District in Agona Swedru Area, has served for 24 years; William-Wlberforce Adranyi, of Bechem District in Sunyani Area, has served for 24 years; Solomon Kofi Edusah, of Wassa Ateiku District in Twifo Praso Area, has served for 23 years; Jones Gyimah-Adjekum, in Kadadwen District of Dunkwa Area, has served for 23 years; Franklin Agbovi-Hushie, Ola (Cape Coast), 22 years; James Rockson Forson, Ofaakor (Downtown), 22 years; Charles Amoah, Belgium, 20 years; James Kwesi Hagan, Nigeria, 19 years; Michael Kofi Ntanu, Australia,  16 years;  Dr. Robert Nana Baah, United States of America, 12 years as a Bi-Vocational Minister; and Joseph Wabwile, Kenya, has served for 9 years as a Bi-Vocational Minister.

“Beloved, these gallant soldiers of the cross have meritoriously served the Lord and the Church. This will be their last official participation in our Council Meetings as councillors. I will, therefore, kindly request that we honour and appreciate them with a standing ovation,” he stated.

He added: “Dear retiring ministers, I pray that the Lord God Almighty before whom you have walked and served, bless and grant you a restful retirement when the time is due.”

Retirement services for District Pastors is on July 31, 2022, while retirement services for Area Heads is scheduled to August 21, 2022.

PENTECOST NEWS

The Children’s Ministry of Yennyawoso District in the New Tafo Area of The Church of Pentecost, has organised fun games for the children in the district to exercise their bodies and fraternize among themselves.

The event, which took place on Monday, May 2, 2022 [May Day], at Kings International School Park in Kumasi, saw the children from the seven local assemblies within the district engaging in various sports disciplines such as soccer, sack race, lime and spoon race, among others.

The soccer game, which was at the centre of attraction was won by the Redemption Assembly as they thrashed Grace Assembly, the defending champions, 3-0 at the grand finale.

Exercise books were also distributed to those who performed exceptionally in other disciplines.

The most interesting spectacle was when seven persons surrendered their lives to Christ Jesus at the end of the games.

In a brief address after the games, the District Children’s Ministry Leader, Elder Kingsley Appau, on behalf of the District Executive Members, thanked the Almighty God for guiding them through the event and expressed his appreciation to all the children and their teachers for an impressive turnout.

He also congratulated Redemption Assembly for winning the ultimate prize and wished the other teams better luck next time.

Report by Yennyawoso District Media Team