The National Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Ghana, Pastor Dr Edward Kofi Tumsiah, has passionately urged church leaders to embrace the supernatural power of God in reaching the unreached with the Gospel across cultures.
Speaking at the opening service of the ongoing All Ministers’ Conference 2025 (A non-denominational conference for pastors) at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Pastor Dr Tumsiah cited Acts 26:16 and 22:21 and reminded ministers that the essence of their call is not for worldly possessions but for mission.
“We don’t become ministers and sit down at one place in our comfort zone. Move beyond your comfort zone, ministry is about going and departing far,” he said, stressing that believers must condition their minds to see the “far” as absolute and non-relative since that is the purpose of God’s call.
Pastor Dr Tumsiah revealed that nearly three billion people remain unreached with the Gospel and warned against what he termed “maintenance ministry,” where leaders focus only on preaching to those already saved. Instead, he called for boldness in reaching out to the ghettos, streets, and neglected communities.
“It will surprise you that 71.2% of people assumed to be Christians truly do not know God and His Christ. Sixteen thousand five hundred unique groups of people in the world have never heard about Jesus Christ, so growing the Church through power evangelism is important for Church growth,” he explained.
Referencing 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, he emphasised that the gifts of the Spirit are meant for growth and must be activated, saying, “A time for God to manifest the power of the Holy Ghost in its raw state in the Church is now.”
He further charged ministers to engage in cross-cultural evangelism with humility and adaptability, citing 1 Corinthians 9:19: “We must become all things to all men to by all means save some. We must go into culture and be humble enough as servants of Jesus Christ into different cultures so that we can save them.”
Quoting Matthew 8:18-20, Pastor Dr Tumsiah urged ministers to identify closely with the people they serve, as Christ did in His life.
“Speak the language of the people,” he said, adding, “Be translated like Jesus, because the Gospel is a translated Gospel.”
Drawing on the example of Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, who immersed himself in Chinese culture to present Christ effectively, Pastor Dr Tumsiah encouraged participants to study, assimilate, and penetrate cultures with the Gospel message.
Concluding his exhortation, he challenged the gathering to go with courage and spiritual power: “Destroying, dismantling, and devastating the kingdom of darkness to release captives, bringing in God’s supernatural power with Jesus as the captain because we are unstoppable.”
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