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The Nsakina New Town District Women’s Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, in partnership with Best Heart Hospital, organised a free medical screening exercise for church members and residents of Nsakina New Town on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.

The exercise, which benefited close to 100 people, took place at the Central Assembly church auditorium.

The screening covered general body screening and massage, tests for Hepatitis B, Malaria, Typhoid, HB and sugar level, among others. The screening was preceded by a health talk on Hypertension and Diabetes by separate medical officers,

Present at the event were the District Executive Committee members of the Women’s Ministry led by Deaconess Joyce Sackey. The District Minister, Pastor Samuel Acheampong, and his wife, Josephine, were also in attendance. 

The patrons, who were all filled with gladness for the services they received, expressed their appreciation to the leadership of the ministry and district, as well as the health personnel for the kind gesture extended to them. 

Report by Nsakina New Town District Media Team

The Agormanya Area Women’s Ministry of The Church of Pentecost has organised a day’s market evangelism in collaboration with the Asutsuare District Women’s Ministry.

The event, dubbed “Market Rally” was held on Sunday, August 28, 2022, at the Asutsuare Market, and had the Agormanya Area Women’s Ministry Leader, Deaconess Janet Nartey, and her team, the Area pastorate and their wives, and members of the ministry in Asutstuare District.

In an address, the Pastor’s Wives representative on the Agormanya Area Women’s Ministry Executive Committee, Mrs Ruby Ayisi Mensah, noted that the main purpose of the market evangelism was to take the gospel to the doorstep of the market women since the market day prevented most of them from attending church.

Speaking on the topic, “If the Son Sets You Free, You Shall be Free Indeed” – John 8:36, Deaconess Theresah Nyarko, Agormanya Area Women’s Ministry Treasurer, called on the traders to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal Saviour.

“Jesus is the only one mandated to forgive our sins and take mankind out of every bondage,” she said.

Narrating the story of Adam and Eve, Deaconess Nyarko stated that after God rejected man in the Garden of Eden, Adam sought help and salvation from other creatures, admonishing, “Don’t worship or seek salvation from God’s creation; Jesus is the only Saviour. Come to Jesus Christ who is the only one to give you peace and salvation.”

She then urged them to subject their businesses and plans to the Lordship and authority of Jesus because He is the only one to give them a lasting solution to all their life and business challenges.

Deaconess Nyarko assured them of God’s love, kindness, and goodness whenever they approach Him in any situation.

After an altar call led by Deaconess Hannah Ogbordjor, four traders surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ, and prayers were held for them by the Asutsuare District Minister, Pastor Joseph Kojo Mensah.

In a closing response, the Asutsuare Women’s Ministry Leader expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the Asutsuare Market Women Association for giving them the space to preach. She also commended the Area Women’s Ministry Leadership for the great initiative.

Report by Agormanya Area Media Ministry Team.

The immediate past Women’s Ministry Director of The Church of Pentecost, Deaconess Grace Lucy Yeboah-Asuama, and her family has singlehandedly built a church building worth GH₵ 94,000.00 for the Zangbalun Assembly in Kumbungu District of the Tamale Area of the church.

The short dedication service which took place on Saturday, August 13, 2022, was officiated by the Tamale Area Head of the church, Apostle Sylvester, who is also an Executive Council Member of the church.

On her motivation for putting up the church building, Mrs Grace Lucy Yeboah-Asuama, who fellowships with the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) in Sunyani, said that the gesture was an expression of her gratitude to God and The Church of Pentecost for the mercies shown to her family during her tenure as the Women’s Ministry Director of the church.

Delivering a brief exhortation on the topic, “The Lord Who Sees,” based on Genesis 16:1-16, Apostle Arhin said that believers serve a God who sees all things, and as such they must approach Him with reverence and sincerity, saying, “Worshippers of God must shun the act of doing service to please people.”

“One of the sins the Lord cannot tolerate is pride. Embrace humility in your servitude in this life’s journey to receive a blessing from God,” he stressed.

Apostle Arhin who is an Executive Council Member of the church iterated that the blessings, progress and prosperity of Christians are positioned in a place where God has planted them.

He further encouraged people who have backslidden, hardened their hearts towards God, neglected their prayer altars and lost their love and evangelistic passion for God, to return to their first love.

Concluding, Apostle Sylvester Arhin admonished Christians to endeavour to serve the Lord faithfully, and yearn for a personal encounter with God, while being focused on witnessing and discipling souls for God’s kingdom.

He, therefore, urged Christians to “embrace a lifestyle of humility and submit to the constituted leadership the Lord has placed over us in the various places.”

The Kumbungu District Minister, Pastor Ephraim Kofi Ahiable, on behalf of the district, expressed their gratitude to the Lord and the love shown them by the Yeboah-Asuama family.

“This is the first ever church building in the district to have a ceiling and tiled floor. The entire church is challenged by the generosity of the Yeboah-Asuama family to serve the Lord sacrificially in expanding the frontiers of God’s kingdom,” he mentioned.

The district presented a citation to Deaconess Grace Lucy Yeboah-Asuama, which was received on her behalf by Deaconess Mrs. Anna Esinam Baah (Virtuous Ladies Coordinator, Tamale Area).

Present were leaders of the Kumbungu Local Council of Churches and representatives of the Chief of Zangbalun.

Also, in attendance were Mrs. Vivian Arhin (wife of the Tamale Area Head), Pastor B. A. M. Abogorago (Area Secretary), and a section of ministers and their wives from the Tamale Metro.

Report by Overseer Solomon Anderson, Busunu.

The Women’s Ministry Director of The Church of Pentecost, Mrs. Philomena Mireku, her deputy, Mrs. Vivian Ofosua Amfo, and Mrs. Comfort Quampah (a National Executive Committee member of the Women’s Ministry) have embarked on a three-day working visit to Nkwanta Area of the Church. 

They were received on arrival by the Area Head, Pastor Seth Dwamena Asante, and his wife, Margaret, at Kpassa on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

Also present to welcome them were a cross-section of the Area pastorate and the Area Executive Committee Members of the Women’s Ministry, headed by Deaconess Rebecca Binlinla.

As part of the visit, the team paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of Kpassa, Ubor Stephen Konja Tassan VI, who is an Elder of the church and a National Executive Committee Member of the Chieftaincy Ministry. 

To officially commence their working visit, Mrs. Philomena Mireku and her team fellowshipped with the Women’s Ministry in the Kpassa Zone on Wednesday evening. She shared with the women the strategic vision of the Women’s Ministry and urged them to work hard to ensure that it becomes a reality.

She also advised them to endeavour to always live at peace with everyone. 

The team also met with the women in the Nkwanta Zone, made up of seven districts, on the following day. The meeting recorded a massive attendance from all the districts. 

The women delegation also visited the St. Joseph Hospital at Nkwanta, where they made a cash donation of GH¢ 1,700.00 in support of a male patient in the Intensive Care Unit who was one of the victims of a gas explosion at Kpassa.

The women were accompanied by Pastor Seth Dwamena Asante and some ministers in the Area, including Pastor Ernest Wisdom Worlanyo of PIWC-Nkwanta, who led the team to pray for the patient.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the patient, the hospital staff led by the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Gokah, expressed their utmost appreciation to The Church of Pentecost for the kind gesture, saying: “The Church of Pentecost is the first to have made such a donation towards the treatment of the patient.”

Report by Pastor Albert Adu-Gyamfi 

The Women’s Ministry of the Yennyawoso District in New Tafo Area of The Church of Pentecost, has appreciated the praiseworthy effort of its outgone Executive Committee Members in a grand style.

Deaconesses Dorothy Bediako (Leader), Annie Tanoh (Assistant Leader), Janet Appau (Secretary), and Monica Boakye (Treasurer) were honoured at a special service held on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at the Central Assembly auditorium.

In acknowledgement of their great contribution towards the growth of the Women’s Ministry in the district, they were each presented a citation, a parcel, and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Speaking on the topic: “Opportunity,” Pastor Charles Oduro, the District Minister, who chaired the event, urged Christians to grab every opportunity that comes their way.

Some of the opportunities, according to him, made available to mankind by God are life and time; repentance and salvation; being good to people (Galatians 6:9-10); being a father and husband; being a mother and wife (Judges 5:7), and being a leader.

Supporting his sermon with scriptures from John 9:4 and Ecclesiastes 3:1ff, Pastor Oduro defined opportunity as a period when a particular situation makes it possible to do or achieve something. He, however, noted that opportunity will not always be there as it can be hindered by old age, sickness, death, distance, hardship, among others. He, therefore, advised the gathering to do something momentous at every given opportunity, saying, “There can be no better time to serve God than now because what you do today determines what you will be tomorrow.”

He also applauded the outgone executive members for availing themselves to be used mightily by God to advance the kingdom business. 

Present at the event were Mrs. Gladys Oduro (wife of the District Minister), Area Women’s Ministry Executive Members, Women’s Ministry Leaders of the various districts in the Area, among others.

Report by Yennyawoso District Media Team

The Women’s Ministry of the Cape Coast Area of The Church of Pentecost has donated some items worth GHS 11,100.00 to inmates of the Ankaful Prisons Annex at Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.

The Area Ministry Leader, Deaconess Mrs. Georgina Ashley, together with Pastor Ernest Ohene Adu (Abee District Minister) and Elder Daniel Quainoo (Cape Coast Area Deacon), led the Church delegation to present the items during a visit to the prison on Tuesday, June 28, 2022

The items include rice, gari, sugar, water, toiletries, parazone, liquid soaps, detergents, soaps, drinks, milk, sanitisers, tissue papers, palm oil, cloths, toothpaste and brushes.

Handing over the items, Deaconess Ashley indicated that the donation is in line with the church’s “Possessing the Nations” agenda, which aims at influencing all spheres of society, including the prisons service, with Kingdom principles and values. 

“As Christians, we need to emulate the example of Jesus by doing good to all persons within our society, rescuing the perishing and caring for the dying,” she stated.

She also advised Christians to be socially responsible and contribute to nation-building since the government cannot do it all. 

Superintendent Elisha Ntsiful, who received the items on behalf of the service, expressed profound gratitude to the Church for the kind gesture and continuous support of the prison service. He lauded them and urged them to keep supporting the inmates.

Present at the brief presentation ceremony was the Cape Coast Area Executive Committee members of the Women Ministry.

Report by Pastor Daniel Appiah (Frami District)

The Women’s Ministry of Akuse District in the Agormanya Area of The Church of Pentecost has visited the over 200 inmates of the Akuse Prisons in the Eastern Region.

A delegation of 56 women, led by the District Minister, Pastor Jacob Kwakye Frimpong, and his wife, Mrs Cynthia Kwakye Frimpong, as well as the District Women’s Ministry leadership, visited the facility on July 18, 2022.

In a brief address, Mrs Cynthia Kwakye Frimpong explained that the visit was in fulfillment of Jesus’ command to Christians to extend love and care to the vulnerable in society, including prison inmates (Matthew 25:26).

She added that the gesture was also in line with the church’s Vision 2023 of ‘Possessing the Nations’ which seeks to among other things extend ministry to neglected mission fields.

To the glory of God, four inmates accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal Saviour.

The items presented to the facility included church souvenirs such as calendars and desk diaries and 30 pieces of fufu bowls.

The women also prepared assorted foods such as fufu and light soup, banku and palm nut soup, konkonte and ground nut soup for the inmates.

The Officer-in-Charge of the prison, ASP Rufus Mensah, praised the church and the Women’s Ministry for its generosity and continued support to the inmates. He encouraged other organisations to emulate the kind gesture.

Report by Cynthia Kwakye Frimpong, Akuse.

The La Area Women’s Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, led by Deaconess Georgina Zekpa, has organised a three-day empowerment retreat for deaconesses and Women’s Ministry Leaders in the Area.

The event took place at the University of Ghana, Legon from 8^th to 10^th June 2022, on the theme: “Equipping Women as an Army to Possess the Nations.”

In a presentation with scripture reference to Ephesians 4:10-14, the La Area Head, Apostle John Osei Amaniampong, established that the reason for equipping an individual is for growth.

According to him, just as soldiers go through training to equip themselves for the task, so should Christians go through some form of training to equip them to carry out the Kingdom business.

Giving the various classifications of the Church, Apostle Amaniampong indicated that the church triumphant represents believers who have died in Christ. There is also the church militant which represents the current church, and the invisible church which represents unbelievers who would be saved someday.

He noted that there are fruits of the spirit which reveal the personality of Jesus Christ as well as the gifts of the Spirit which also reveal the power of Jesus Christ.

To help achieve the ‘Possessing the Nations’ agenda, Apostle Amaniampong asked believers to desire and live by the kingdom values, principles and discipline which, he said, are great weapons to overcome the forces of the enemy (2 Timothy 1: 15).

Mrs Esther Ayerakwa, the wife of Apostle Peter Ayerakwa (retired), speaking on the topic: “The Women’s Ministry Worker” based on Romans 12:8; 1 Timothy 4: 14-16; Deuteronomy 1: 6-8; Titus 2:3, charged Women’s Ministry leaders to break camp and advance in their sphere of service.

She advised them not to settle and be content with where they are and what they do, saying, “You should always look out for innovative ways to improve your leadership skills. No one is too old or too small to serve.”

She added that leadership is biblical. Therefore, it is not a post but a responsibility.

“Women’s Ministry leaders and deaconesses are supposed to serve with all diligence and patience,” she said, adding, “They are to be serviceable and not the other way round. Leaders are to be committed to their calling; they should see their calling or appointment as a privilege and divine calling because, among all the members, they were seen as able and fit for the calling.”

On her part, Deaconess Cynthia Siaw Agyapong from the Teshie-Nungua Area urged Women’s Ministry leaders to be submissive to their husbands and support them to succeed in their areas of operations.

The event was climaxed with an all-night service.

Some of the topics treated during the retreat included “Before I say I do,” “Humility to Support your Husband to Succeed,” “Drug Abuse,” and “My Success Story,” among others.

The speakers were Deaconess Dr Evelyn Boahene and Deaconess Mercy Araba Tobbin, among others.

Also in attendance were Mrs Mary Amaniampong (wife of La Area Head), a cross-session of pastors in the Area and wives, and Area Women’s Ministry Executives.

Report by Gina Akua Padi.