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The church has its origins in a British mission of Rev. James McKeown in Ghana in 1937. [1] In 1953, The Church was founded as Gold Coast Apostolistic Church. Upon the country's attainment of independence in 1957, the name changed to the Ghana Apostolic Church.
He was the first Pentecostal missionary to come to Ghana from the United Kingdom and was instrumental in the establishment of The Apostolic Church - Ghana. In the 1950s he founded the Church of Pentecost, [1] the church with the biggest denomination in Ghana and which has branches all over the world. He is considered a "pioneer of Ghanaian ...
Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye is a Ghanaian Pentecostal televangelist, an apostle and the 6th Chairman of The Church of Pentecost (COP), Nationwide , the largest Pentecostal denomination in West Africa. He is the President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council( GPCC) and the Chancellor of the Pentecost University.
Chancellor, Pentecost University College (2003–2008) Member, Ghana AIDS Commission (2003–2008) National Award Laureate, Order of the Volta, Companion (Civil Division) (2006) Minister of The Church of Pentecost since 1984 [1] Missionary of The Church of Pentecost to Liberia, Ivory Coast, France/Switzerland (1988–1998) [1]
Joseph Egyir-Paintsil (1928-1981) was a Ghanaian Evangelist, an Apostle and the first General Secretary of The Church of Pentecost (COP). [1] He was the eighth son born of Opanyin Kojo Paintsir and Maame Adjoa Kwansima, a native of Abura-Dunkwa in the Central Region (Ghana). [2]
Apostle Professor Kwadwo Nimfour Opoku Onyinah (born July 22, 1954) is a Ghanaian theologian, a televangelist, a composer and the fifth chairman of The Church of Pentecost from 2008 to 2018. [1] He founded the Pentecost International Worship Centre, a ministry of The Church of Pentecost in 1993.
The Apostolic Church - Ghana is a denomination emanating from the Pentecostal movement which started from the 1904–1905 Welsh revival. It practices self-governing and claims to own local churches in every district in Ghana and foreign mission fields with its headquarters in Accra , Ghana. [ 1 ]
The Pentecost University is a private university located at Sowutuom in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was founded by The Church of Pentecost (COP) and evolved from The Pentecost Bible College which initially trained only Lay Leaders and full-time Ministers for the COP. On May 22, 2003, J. A. Kufuor, the former President of Ghana ...