Assemblies of God, Ghana has grown to 10,077 congregations and about 1.2 million members, its General Superintendent, Rev Stephen Yenusom Wengam, said as he was inducted for a second four-year term on Saturday, November 7.
Speaking at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, Rev Wengam said the church planted 2,077 new congregations during his first term. That took it from 8,000 churches to more than 10,000. Membership rose from 812,254 to roughly 1.2 million over the same period.
President John Dramani Mahama, a member of the church, attended with First Lady Lordina Mahama. Rev Dominic Yeo, Global Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, officiated.
No new agenda, a faster one
Rev Wengam said his second term would push the existing “Transformation Agenda” harder rather than start something different. “We do not intend to re-invent the wheel,” he told the gathering.
The agenda rests on six pillars: Reach, Rebuild, Restore, Reposition, Rebrand and Reforms. Under Reach, the church plans to intensify evangelism through its Every Village, Every Town a Church initiative. Rebuild covers pastors’ welfare and buildings. Restore aims to rekindle the kind of revival associated with the early church and the Azusa Street Revival.
He also said the church would expand its role in international missions and in the World Assemblies of God Fellowship’s MM33 goal of one million churches worldwide by 2033.
Temples and a Centenary City
According to Rev Wengam, 177 “legacy temples” have been built since 2024 for congregations that had been meeting under trees and in sheds. He said President and Mrs Mahama had funded 10 of them, and that he and his wife, Mrs Monica Wengam, had funded another 10 from his salary.
The church is also preparing to build a Centenary City, an international conference centre for about 6,000 people, ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2031. Rev Wengam said the designs were ready and a donated 137-acre site was being walled. He added that President Mahama had offered to lead fundraising, while making clear the government would not commit public funds.
A word to the nation
Rev Wengam also raised concerns about youth unemployment, insults in political debate and incidents of students attacking teachers. He called for a national moral campaign involving churches, religious bodies and parents.
Assemblies of God, Ghana was established by American missionaries at Yendi in 1931.
Sources: GhanaWeb, 9 November 2026; GhanaWeb, 5 November 2026.
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