The 2019 Global Ministers’ Conference of The Church of Pentecost has begun at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC) at Gomoa Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region.
The maiden conference, which has in attendance all ministers of the Church from 100 nations across the world, numbering about 3,000, started on Tuesday, January 22, and will end on Sunday, January 27, 2019, under the theme, “I Will Build My Church” (Matthew 16:18; Titus 2:13-14), which is the 2019 theme of the Church.
Opening the conference on Tuesday morning, the Chairman of the Church, Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye, applauded the ministers for the exploits they are doing in bringing the world into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in their various duty stations around the globe in the face of the many challenges.
“The whole of our life is worship and we should live as such. There is no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular. Everything is worship and what is important is our interpretation and understanding of our worship,” he stated.
Speaking on the theme, “The Purpose of the Church”, Apostle Nyamekye stated that the Church has a dual purpose. “On the one hand, we are called out of the world to belong to God as priests. On the other hand, we are sent back into the world to witness and to serve as kings,” he said.
The Chairman, therefore, challenged Christians to seek to make worship a lifestyle since that would bear true testimony of God wherever they live to transform and impact the nations.
Apostle Nyamekye also challenged Christian leaders to move out from the comfort of the churches and go out to evangelize and win souls for the Church of God.
“Don’t hide in your church. Church is half time. Real time is on the field. As a pastor, go as a coach to equip the saints for the work of the nations. God does not think Church. God thinks nations,” the Chairman emphasised.
Apostle Nyamekye further called on the church to uphold high standards, inculcate true moral values that would determine the nations’ culture, saying, “We must be concerned! Our values and standards of the Kingdom of God should control the nations and permeate the whole fabric of our national culture.”
Dwelling on Jesus’ teachings about the Church in Matthew 5:13-16, Chairman Nyamekye said Christians are supposed to be different from the world and yet should not be socially segregated from the world. He, therefore, charged Christians to be agents of influence and transform the society.