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17th Extraordinary Council Meetings of The Church of Pentecost Underway

17th Extraordinary Council Meetings of The Church of Pentecost Underway

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The 17th Session of the Extraordinary Council Meetings of The Church of Pentecost has kick-started at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana, with an impressive opening ceremony held today and addressed by the Chairman of the Church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye. The 3-day meeting which is under the theme, “Equipping The Church As An Army To Possess The Nations” (Hebrews 13:20-21; Ephesians 4:11-12; 6:10-11), will end on Friday, May 6, 2022. As part of the opening ceremony, the Chairman presented the State-of-the-Church Address, where he highlighted some of the major happenings in the church in the year 2021. The meeting is being attended by over 500 Councillors, with 144 missionaries and nine (9) observers drawn from the 135 n...
The Church of Pentecost Spent GH₵ 2.9 Million On Members’ Healthcare

The Church of Pentecost Spent GH₵ 2.9 Million On Members’ Healthcare

Ghana News, Pentecost News
Members of The Church of Pentecost (CoP) in Ghana in 2021 benefitted from health care support of the church at an accrued amount of GH₵ 2,951,453.04. This includes medical bills of some needy members of the church who struggled with basic medical care, while others with special medical conditions that needed immediate response and provision were not left out. Delivering the State-of-the-Church Address during the Opening Session of the 17th Extraordinary Council Meetings on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa, the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, stressed that to advance health care provision in deprived Ghanaian communities, the church constructed two (2) new health facilities, namely Kultamisi Pen...
Pentecost Members Benefit From Over GH¢7 Million Educational Support

Pentecost Members Benefit From Over GH¢7 Million Educational Support

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The Church of Pentecost in 2021 spent a total amount of seven million, twenty-seven thousand and seventy-six Ghana Cedis, eighty-five pesewas (GH¢7,027,076.85) in sponsoring the education of its members in Ghana. This was disclosed by the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, in his State-of-the-Church Address delivered at the Opening Session of the 17th Session of the Extraordinary Council Meeting of the church on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa-Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region. The gesture by The Church of Pentecost goes a long way to give hope to parents and the beneficiary students who hitherto had no hope of pursuing education at the tertiary level.  According to the Chairman, the church gave full...
The Church of Pentecost Membership Hits Over 3.3 Million

The Church of Pentecost Membership Hits Over 3.3 Million

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The total membership of The Church of Pentecost in Ghana has hit three million, three hundred and thirty-three thousand, six hundred and fifty-four (3,333,654) of December 2021. The figure constitutes 10.8% of the total Ghanaian population of thirty million, eight hundred and thirty-two thousand and nineteen (30,832,019) as indicated in the 2021 Population and Housing Census Report by the Ghana Statistical Service. The Church of Pentecost alone constitutes approximately 15.2% of the total Christian population in Ghana, and 34.3% of the Pentecostal and Charismatic community in Ghana. This was disclosed by the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, during the opening session of the 17th Extraordinary Council Meetings held today at Gomoa-Fetteh, Kasoa in the...
Sonnie Badu’s new tattoo sparks debate on Christian principles

Sonnie Badu’s new tattoo sparks debate on Christian principles

Ghana News
Social media users are divided on whether or not getting a tattoo is a good thing or a sin in the eyes of God. This debate started after they spotted a tattoo on the arm of gospel singer Sonnie Badu. In a now-deleted post on Instagram, Sonnie Badu shared a picture of himself ministering in Ivory Cost in a white shirt that showed off the tattoo. “From Ghana, Nigeria, Atlanta, and Canada this project has all my BaduNation citizen’s coming… IvoryCoast Abidjan – you are about to experience the BADUfamily… They were carefully selected and are extremely skilled in their craft.,” he captioned the post. The picture, however, did not get the attention Sonnie Badu expected. Some people in the comment section believed that it was ungodly for the singer to get a tattoo. “Do you know God...
Marriage Is Hard Work! – Mrs Kumi-Larbi

Marriage Is Hard Work! – Mrs Kumi-Larbi

Ghana News, Pentecost News
Mrs. Rose Dansoa Kumi-Larbi, wife of the General Secretary of The Church of Pentecost, has advised Christian couples to strive to build good and healthy marriages, emphasising that marriage is hard work!  “A healthy marriage requires diligent work to build. A good marriage, is, therefore, not something you find; it is something you make and continue making,” she said when she exhorted members of the Shalom Worship Centre during a graduation ceremony for graduands of the church’s Post-Marital School yesterday. Delivering a sermon titled: “Jesus Christ and His Church; A Model for A Good Marriage” with Ephesians 5:21-33 and Philippians 2:1-8 as scripture references, Mrs. Kumi-Larbi said that a healthy marriage is very beneficial to both parties in the marital union. She said tha...
Youth Charged To Be Purity-Minded

Youth Charged To Be Purity-Minded

Ghana News, Pentecost News
Elder Prof. Eric Appau Asante, Deputy Director of the Youth Ministry of The Church of Pentecost, has charged the youth of the church to be purity-minded and active for the kingdom of God. The Deputy Youth Director was speaking at the West African Examination Council (WAEC) Hall in Tamale, during a meeting with the Tamale Area Youth Ministry of the church as part of the Youth Ministry National Executive Committee (NEC) Members’ recent tour of the Northern Region. Delivering a sermon on the topic, “Be Holistically Active; God Is Interested In Your Holistic Wellbeing,” Elder Prof. Asante said that God is interested in the holiness and availability of the youth of the church. According to him, being holistic involves paying delicate attention and being interested in every facet of one...
SHS Placement: Parents Commend Education Minister, Ask For Reporting Date Extension

SHS Placement: Parents Commend Education Minister, Ask For Reporting Date Extension

Ghana News
Some parents and stakeholders in the country’s educational sector have lauded the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, for the peaceful and event-free school placement exercise this year. While commending the Minister for the smooth exercise, they have, however, appealed for an extension in the reopening date for fresh students of senior high schools (SHSs). Following the successful placement of BECE 20221 candidates by the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), all successful SHS One students are expected to report to their respective SHSs or technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools today, Monday, April 4, 2022, to begin their academic year. However, some parents are appealing for the rescheduling of the opening date to enable th...
Ghana’s Dancing Pallbearers sell meme NFT for $1 million, 2 years after going viral

Ghana’s Dancing Pallbearers sell meme NFT for $1 million, 2 years after going viral

Africa News, Ghana News, International
One of the most unique phenomena that marked 2020, apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, was a rather morbid trend. Taking over social media timelines was the group of young men trying to turn funerals into rather hearty transitions. They are pallbearers from Ghana who won the hearts of the world with their stylish movement while conveying caskets of bodies to their final destinations during final funeral rites. Videos went viral depicting the team demonstrating their casket-carrying skills by orchestrating a choreographed routine, lifting it and lowering it, and even sitting on the floor if need be. https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1250728712628244481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1250728712628244481%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%...
Pricing, Advertising, Payments In Foreign Currency Illegal Without Authorization – BoG

Pricing, Advertising, Payments In Foreign Currency Illegal Without Authorization – BoG

Ghana News
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reminded the public that companies, institutions and individuals are prohibited from engaging in the foreign exchange business, pricing, advertising, receipting or making payments for goods and services without authorization. The BoG in a public notice dated April 5, 2022, said this is in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Act, 2006 (Act 723), which states that companies, institutions and individuals are prohibited from: i. engaging in foreign exchange business without a licence issued by Bank of Ghana; or ii. pricing, advertising, receipting or making payments for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana, without written authorization from the Bank of Ghana. Violations The bank said such violations were punishable on summary conviction, ...

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