The National Coordinator for the Home and Urban Missions (HUM) of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Emmanuel Agyei Kwafo, has issued a passionate call to ministers’ wives to rekindle and sustain spiritual fire on their family altars, warning that without it, even mission houses risk becoming spiritually barren.
Delivering a compelling message titled “Fire on the Family Altar” at the ongoing Ministers Wives Conference at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh, today [Wednesday, June 11, 2025], Apostle Agyei Kwafo emphasised the importance of consistent family devotion, describing it as the true source of divine power for the home.
He explained that while conferences and retreats are beneficial, the true and lasting fire of God is not sourced from such gatherings but from daily devotion and worship cultivated in the home.
“When the fire on the family altar goes off, the mission house becomes an ordinary place—like a shopping mall or a drinking bar,” he stated.
Apostle Kwafo warned that the absence of spiritual fire leads to a loss of divine presence, weakening the moral and spiritual strength of the household.
Quoting Leviticus 6:13, he reminded attendees that God’s desire is not only the establishment of an altar, but that the fire on it must be kept burning continually—from dawn to dusk.
He further noted that this fire empowers families to raise righteous children, sustain holiness, and confront the ills of society with boldness and integrity.
The HUM Coordinator described the family altar as more than a scheduled devotion time. He said it is a sacred space in the home—often the hall or living room of the mission house—where prayer, worship, and study of God’s Word are carried out consistently.
Drawing from Isaiah 6 and Mark 1:35, Apostle Kwafo further stressed that the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit is cultivated in these quiet moments of early morning worship. He charged ministers’ wives, who serve as “assistant pastors” in the home, to take spiritual responsibility for ensuring that the fire never goes out.
“There must be a priest in the house, and while the minister leads, his wife must co-labour with him to guard the fire on the altar with their very lives,” he said.
He concluded by urging every minister’s home to designate specific times and spaces for daily devotion, and to uphold lives of personal holiness—so that the fire of God may flow from the bedroom to every corner of the home.
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