Stronger ties with the Church of Pentecost

The Ghana-based Church of Pentecost keeps excellent records and is seeing astonishing growth, reports Michelle Nunn after her recent visit to their General Council session.

Each year two delegates from Elim’s National Leadership Team attend the Church of Pentecost’s General Council Meeting held at the end of April in their Conference facility near Accra, Ghana. A few weeks later they reciprocate, sending members of their Executive Team to attend our Elim Leaders Conference.

This reflects a commitment between our two sister movements, whose ties have strengthened one another. This year Dominic De Souza and I had the privilege of attending.

Arriving late on Tuesday evening we were met with a torrential downfall and flooded roads, turning a 33km drive into a three-hour journey. Nevertheless, we arrived late to a very warm welcome and comfortable rooms at their COP’s 250-acre Pentecost Convention Centre which can accommodate 4,000 guests overnight and has many venues which seat varying congregations of up to 5,000 people.

During our stay we shared fellowship with the Executive Council members over meals and were made to feel exceptionally welcome.

There were three days of General Council meetings, and Dominic and I sat with the Executive Council on the stage, looking out upon the apostles, prophets, ministers and other representatives convening for the General Council. We were privileged to share greetings from the NLT and Elim Movement. Those attending were very interested in the news of increased water baptisms and church attendance in the UK, and excited at the thought of the ‘Quiet Revival’ taking place here.

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