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The Obuasi Area Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost has organised a maiden Teens Conference in three zonal centres, namely Asokwa, Edubiase and Bidieso.

Some topics treated at the conference which took place recently were “The Holy Spirit and you,” “Contemporary issues relating to the youth,” and “Predisposing causes of premarital sex.”

Pastor Samuel Annor Addo, the Area Youth Pastor, speaking at the Bidieso zone stated that teenagers have peculiar issues that should be considered separately, hence the conference.

He encouraged the leaders to ensure that the weekly teens meeting is done as planned.

Two hundred and eighty-three (283) teens attended the conference. The teachings were backed with prayer sessions that saw Twenty-two (22) of them receiving the Holy Spirit baptism.

The teenagers were very excited about the new trend of attention given to them.

Report by Ebenezer Asare. 

The Youth Director of The Church of Pentecost, Pastor Ebenezer Hagan, on Monday, February 14, 2022 [Valentine’s Day] dined with the youth of the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) – Sakumono, in the Teshie-Nungua Area.

The initiative dubbed, “La Cena de Amor,” a French translation of “The Love Dinner,” was part of the activities of the Youth Ministry, Women’s Ministry and the Pentecost Men’s Ministry (PEMEM) to teach the youth about love.

Participants were treated to Red Carpet Interviews, Love games, Love Talk, Poetry, Couple Interviews, and Music and Drama.

It was joined by Mrs. Priscilla Hagan (Wife of the Youth Director), Pastor Ebenezer and Mrs. Grace Agyapong (Teshie-Nungua Area Youth Leader), and Pastor Anthony and Mrs. Eunice Owusu Sekyere Kwarteng (Resident Minister of PIWC- Sakumono).

Elder Paul Nehemiah, the District Youth Leader, commended the National Youth Directorate, for such an innovative programme held for the youth.

According to him, such events afford the youth and young couples within the district to fellowship together, interact, and learn from each other.

In a short exhortation on the topic: “Go but Don’t Go,” Pastor Hagan admonished the youth to watch their ways and take precautions as they enjoy the benefits of youthful exuberance. He urged them to strive to work hard to see the contrast in the darkness and light of the world.

“Banish anxiety and serve the Lord wholeheartedly,” he stated, adding, “Go all the way to make your youthful days count, get the best of things, and bring the new things to the church, and enjoy the blessings you are being given as a youth.”

He iterated that judgement awaits everyone. Therefore, they should be cautious in all their activities.

“Always remember your God and honour Him; we cannot go as the world goes,” he charged.

The District Women’s Ministry Leader for PIWC-Sakumono, Deaconess Isabella Orhin, also stressed the need for the youth to dress decently, work hard in keeping their marriages, eschew divorce, and manage pre-marital relationships in all righteousness and holiness.

Representing the Pentecost Men’s Ministry (PEMEM), Hon. Elder Samuel Ofosu Ampofo advised the youth to take advantage of the many opportunities in God and serve Him in diligence, saying, “In our days, such opportunities were not available. Don’t take advantage of the relaxed system to misbehave, but rather use it to do exploits for the kingdom.”

To crown it all, some persons were acknowledged and honoured in the areas of the Youth Member of the Year, Best Dressed Couple, Best Dressed Male, and Best Dressed Female for the night.

Report by Isabella Gyau Orhin.

The year 2022 has begun on a good note for youth of The Church of Pentecost as they converge at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi and the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh, near Kasoa to be equipped and empowered to be unleashed to possess their spheres of life for Christ Jesus.

This year’s PENSA Ghana Conference dubbed ‘Holistic Empowerment Conference’ under the theme: “Equipping the Church As An Army to Possess the Nations,” is taking place simultaneously at the two centres from January 3-6, 2022.

Opening the conference on Monday night, the Patron of the Youth Ministry, Apostle Samuel Osei Asante, on behalf of the Chairman of the Church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, welcomed the hundreds of young men and women mainly students, alumni, PENSA Travelling Secretaries, Resident PENSA Campus Pastors, among others, to the conference.

Giving a historical antecedent of how PENSA conferences began in the early 1980s, Apostle Asante, who also doubles as the Koforidua Area Head and Executive Council Member of the church, said the conferences have come with great blessings to the church and also impacted and built up all those who have taken part in it over the years.

He, therefore, asked participants not to take it for granted but psych and open themselves up so that the Lord would speak to them, saying, “We are not attending for attending sake; we want the glory of God to come upon us.”

Reading from Haggai 2:7-9, he said that God has something great to do in The Church of Pentecost, and it is the youth that God will use to do it.

In his welcome address, the Youth Director, Pastor Ebenezer Hagan, expressed his deepest appreciation to the leadership of the church for their continuous support for the activities of PENSA and the annual conferences.

Touching on the theme for the conference which happens to be the church’s main theme for the year, he said that emphasis is placed on how members can be built to be all-round, all-powerful, and fully equipped soldiers of God with all the machinery that is needed in their mandate of taking over nations for the Lord Jesus Christ.

“The Youth Ministry and PENSA Ghana is also emphasising on a holistic development and the simple case is that, as long as we have not gone to heaven, the Lord needs us here on earth, and so we must be holistically developed.

“We must be young people who do not only know how to pray and cast out demons, but young people who have their financial lives, social lives, intellectual lives and all other areas of their lives intact and well developed so that they can be attractive in all spheres of life.

“The mandate is for us to take over nations. As we prepare to take over nations, the Lord will build us into all-round young people who are truly qualified to fit into every sphere of society to demonstrate the Kingdom life and its principles.

“Another focus of this conference is to release a full militancy against the deception of the devil such as the LGBTQI+ agenda. This conference will help us to be equipped to go out there as an army to fight against this deception that the devil wants to bring into the nation,” the Youth Director stated.

Delivering the sermon from the KNUST centre, Apostle Yaw Adjei-Kwarteng (Bompata Area Head and Executive Council Member) quoted his main scriptures from Hebrews 13:20-21; 1 Corinthians 9:7a, and said that as soldiers of God, Christians need to be hard and tough in order to win the battle against the deceptions of the devil.

According to him, the Christian’s fight is a fight of faith. “We seek to conquer minds and hearts for God to make men serve His purposes and walk in His way. Our fight is a good fight because we don’t take firearms and go on rampage on nations, but we take captive of imaginations, strongholds and any argument that attempt to exalt itself against God.”

He added: “We are fighting to eliminate sin. Sin and evil are the viruses that we are trying to remove by the gospel we preach. We are equipping the church as an army to raid our world of the virus of sin and evil.” 

Speakers for the conference include Apostle Eric Nyamekye (Chairman), Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi (General Secretary), Apostle Dr Dela Quampah (Ho Area Head), Apostle Martin Seth Appiah (Madina Area Head), Apostle Prof Agyapong Kodua (Vice Chancellor of Pentecost University), and Deaconess Eunice Johnson.

Others are Coach Kwasi Appiah, Bernard Avle (Broadcast Journalist), Elder Dr Patrick Adonoo (PENSA International Coordinator), among others.

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Pastor Jonathan Ebo Quaye, the Resident Minister for the Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA) branch of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has met members of The Church of Pentecost who form part of the university’s teaching and non-teaching staff.

The purpose of the meeting was to throw more light on the newly-introduced “Resident Campus Pastor” concept and discuss possible strategies to enable them “possess” the KNUST campus for Christ.

The event, dubbed the Maiden Consultative Meeting, was held at the Dean of Students’ Conference Room on Friday, November 23, 2021. In all, 48 teaching and non-teaching staff from various departments in KNUST took part in the event. Among them was the Senior Assistant Registrar (Students Affairs), Mrs. Theodora Oduro, who served as the moderator for the meeting.

The first session of the meeting commenced with a speech by the Children’s Ministry Director and a former KNUST Vice-Chancellor, Pastor Professor William Otoo Ellis. He gave an overview of the Resident Campus Pastor concept by explaining what it entailed the relationship that should exist between the Campus Pastor and the university community.  

Pastor Quaye, in turn, unveiled his five-year strategic vision for PENSA-KNUST (Vision 2026) to the participants. As part of extending pastoral care to the church fold, he identified counselling services and periodic visitations as key to effective pastoral care. This, he intimated, would not be limited to only members in PENSA, but also students on campus who may need diverse kinds of assistance or help in that regard. 

Pastor Quaye also urged the participants to become academic and spiritual mentors to the students to compliment the discipleship and mentoring efforts of the Campus Pastor. He further stated that, as part of his duties, he would offer ready assistance to the Chaplaincy office as far as chaplaincy duties in the university community are concerned.

As the next line of action, the participants explored ideas and suggested operational strategies that could be adopted in order to possess the entire campus for Christ. 

Pastor Ebo Quaye, in his concluding remarks, reiterated the need for all to support in ensuring that PENSA KNUST Vision 2026 is realised.

Having grasped the Resident Campus Pastor concept and the PENSA KNUST Vision 2026, the participants expressed their willingness to support the cause of possessing the KNUST campus for Christ.

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The University of Ghana (UG) branch of the Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA) organised a colourful ceremony last Sunday at the Mensah Sarbah Hall to officially launch the 2022 edition of the PENSA Ghana Conference (PGC’22).

The launch ceremony for the much-anticipated annual youth-empowerment event was concurrently held by the various PENSA branches (physically and remotely) nationwide.

In his opening address, the PGC’22 Coordinator, Elder Isaac Brobbey Boadu, commended the leadership of The Church of Pentecost for creating a space on the Church’s annual calendar to mobilise and equip the youth of the Church for great exploits.

He said that the conference, which would run on the theme: “Equipping the Church as an Army to Possess the Nations,” would take place from January 3 to 6 next year, with Apostle Yaw Adjei-Kwarteng (Bompata Area Head and Executive Council Member) as the main speaker.

Other speakers for the event include Apostle Eric Nyamekye (Chairman of the Church), Apostle Alex Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi (General Secretary), Apostle Samuel Osei Asante (Youth Ministry Patron), Apostle Dr. Dela Quampah (Ho Area Head and Executive Council Member), Apostle Prof. Agyapong Koduah (Vice-Chancellor of Pentecost University), Pastor Ebenezer Hagan (Youth Ministry Director), Overseer Prof. Joseph Osafo (Head of National Counselling Team), and Mama Eunice Johnson (Musician). 

Elder Boadu further revealed that the conference would be held concurrently at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh, and the KNUST to ensure a more effective organisation and control of the teeming participants considering the COVID-19 situation.

“This innovation would also help alleviate certain inconveniences such as travel expenses,” he added.

Elder Boadu encouraged young members of the Church and non-members to take advantage of this life-transforming opportunity by patronising the event.

Pastor Kwadwo Obeng, the Resident Campus Minister for UG-PENSA, who was also present at the event, led the congregants to pray into the PGC’22.

The event rate for the 2022 PENSA Ghana Conference is GHC 150.00 for tertiary students and GHC 200.00 for alumni. Interested persons should click on this link: bit.ly/3x5Nq7D to register.

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The Women and Youth Ministries of the Asutuare District of The Church of Pentecost have donated nose masks and bags of sachet water to the Basic Education Centre Examination (BECE) candidates at the Osutech Exams Centre.

The items were given to the students at a short presentation ceremony at the centre on Monday.

Presenting the items on behalf of the Church, the District Secretary, Elder Ezekiel Abban Teye, explained that donation to BECE candidates is an annual initiative of the Youth Ministry of the district; however, this year’s donation was organised in partnership with the Women’s Ministry and the Schools Outreach Ministry (SOM).

He encouraged the candidates not to entertain fear and panic, but to face the examination with confidence and to trust the Lord to see them through successfully.

“We wish you success in the exams and prosperity in life,” he added.

He took the opportunity to invite the candidates to a special event being organised by the district for all final year students, dubbed the “BECE Night.” The event, he said, is scheduled to take place on Friday at the church auditorium of the Asutsuare Central Assembly. 

According to him, the event is being organised to grant the candidates the opportunity to thank God for successfully seeing them through their basic education. As part of the event, the candidates would be oriented about leading godly and purpose-driven lives as they begin life after school, he further indicated.

The Shai Osudoku District Director of Education, Mrs. Harriet Lomotey, who received the items on behalf of the centre, thanked the church for the kind gesture and advised the candidates to be of good behaviour throughout the exam period in order not to bring their schools into disrepute.

The candidates also demonstrated their appreciation to the church with a rousing hand of applause. 

In attendance were Elder James Tetteh Tawiah (Agormanya Area Youth Ministry Secretary/ District Youth Ministry Leader), Elder Richard Anim (District Youth Ministry Secretary), Elder Foster Blankson (Assistant Youth Ministry Leader), Deaconess Esther Amanor (Assistant Women’s Ministry Leader), Deaconess Beatrice Noi, Deaconess Joyce Martey and other members of the District Women’s Ministry Executive Committee.

Report by Agormanya Area Media Team

The Schools Outreach Ministry (SOM) of the Mepe District in the Sogakope Area of The Church of Pentecost has organised a mock examination for final-year students in the district preparing to sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) this year.

According to the District Minister, Overseer Frederick Dzamesi, academic performances recorded in the district in the past have not been the best, hence the initiative of the SOM to help the students prepare adequately for the upcoming examination. 

He said that the exercise would help the students assess themselves and also build their confidence ahead of the final exam.

The mock examination covered the four core subjects: English, Mathematics, Integrated Science, and Social Studies. 

A total of 54 students in the district took part in the examination.

The leadership of the Church is hopeful that the intervention would help students pass this year’s exam with flying colours.

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The Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost in Offinso Area has organised a day’s seminar for young people who sat for the 2021 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASCE).

During this seminar, the Area Youth leadership unveiled plans to keep the Senior High School (SHS) leavers engaged as they wait for the outcome of the examination.

Delivering the keynote address, the Area Youth Leader, Pastor Joseph Owusu-Boateng, congratulated the SHS leavers on their successful completion of the academic programme.

Using Ecclesiastes 3: 1-9 as anchor text, he stated that change and transition are constant factors in life that present opportunities and challenges to everyone. He identified change in association, different spiritual environments, exposure to a wide range of lifestyle choices, and significant change in roles as possible challenges they would face while waiting for their results.

He added that if this transition is not managed well, one may experience identity crises, loss of drive for future academic pursuits, anxiety and pressure to conform to worldly influence.  To avert these pitfalls, he encouraged the SHS leavers to remain in Christ, partake in activities of the local church and set boundaries for themselves while they wait for their results.

The District Minister of Offinso Newtown District, Pastor Ernest Agyei, on his part, encouraged the school leavers to sink deep roots in their spiritual life by using this season to engage in spiritual disciplines such as Bible reading and meditation, fasting and prayer, and solitude.

A third-year student of the University of Cape Coast, Dennis Appiah Akenten, shared personal experience of how he managed this season. He advised the SHS leavers to avail themselves to carry out voluntary services such as teaching in basic schools, organising reading clinics, and taking leadership positions in the local church where necessary.

In his closing remarks, the Area Youth Secretary, Elder Gideon Appiagyei, unveiled the ministry’s programme for the school leavers. These include mentorship, learning basic computing skills, beading, bi-monthly prayer and counselling meetings, and excursions.

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