SCRIPTURE UNION (GHANA)

GENERAL DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS TO AGM AND LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, ABOKOBI, ACCRA 13-15 MARCH 2009.

Theme for the year 2009

1.0   Our ministry theme for the year 2009 is; “JESUS: THE WAY THE TRUTH AND

      THE LIFE” (John 14:6). This is one of the glorious “I am” sayings of the Lord Jesus.    

      The theme is taken from a text that answers a most important question ever asked by

       humanity. Indeed one of the most important questions in the entire New Testament:

       “How can we know the way to Heaven?”

      In this text, Jesus emphatically says, “no one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6), He is the only way to God. Jesus is one with the Father and by uniting our lives with Him, we are united to God, we get to God. Some say this way to God is narrow. This is true in the sense that “no one can go to God the Father except through Jesus”. But Jesus as the only way is wide enough to include “whosoever believes in Him”. “Jesus as the Way is our path to the Father. As the Truth, He is the reality of all God’s promises. As the Life, He joins His divine life to ours both now and forever, eternally”. Jesus says “because I live, you also will live” (John 14: 19).

1.1 Let me list the essentials of christianity that the passage of this year’s theme teaches us (John 14:1-18):

·         How can we know the way to God? (v5)

·         Show us the Father (v8)

·         You will do greater works (v12)

·         The privilege of Prayer (v13 & v14)

·         The importance of the Spirit Filled life; and to be clothed with power from

             on high (v15-18)

      The above 5 key points reveal what would characterise Jesus’ disciples and any true disciple of Christ. And indeed should characterise the products of the SU Ministry.

Our Context and the Need for today:

2.0 We are in very colourful times of Christian and church history in Ghana. The stakes are high. In the midst of abundant christian religious activities, we stand as a nation in great need of evangelical awakening that will spread the qualities and values of authentic evangelical christian witness among our communities (the school communities, the church communities and the town and village communities). What we believe and how we behave as Christians in this country is extremely important. There seem to be no greater need than the making of real, authentic disciples to carry out Jesus’ strategy of Hope for Humanity (the Great Commission); to show people the Way to Heaven; to do “Greater works”; to show  to the World how Jesus is like!!

Our Divine call to make disciples:

We must have plans to keep growing. This is very important. We must continually seek to grow as an organisation in Higher performance. But what is more important is to have plans to grow true disciples. Our efforts must not be aimed merely at organisational success (even though that is very important). We must have a comprehensive strategy to transform as many children, young people and men and women as possible into lifelong learners of Jesus Christ. True disciples of Jesus Christ. What it means to be like Christ, and to live like Christ as a regular consistent lifestyle. We must learn to be and “help ordinary people to learn how to think and act and be like Jesus in every possible respect, everyday of the week” (Glenn McDonald, 2007). This is crucial. This is Christ’s purpose for SU’s existence. We have a divine call on our lives to be and to make disciples.

2.1 When I become an authentic, real and true disciple of Jesus Christ, and my regular lifestyle can be described as Christ’s disciple lifestyle, how would I look like and how would the disciples I develop look like? Good question!! True Disciples are characterised by Six Marks of a True disciple and Six Relationships of “A Disciple who makes disciples”:

                                A Heart for Christ Alone

                                A mind Transformed by the Word

                                Arms of love

                                Knees for prayer

                                A voice to speak the Good News

                                A Spirit of servanthood and stewardship

      The Six Relationships questions of True disciples who make other disciples from the perspective of Apostle Paul. He saw himself and other believers as having a divine call to be Christ’s true disciples who raise other disciples (2 Tim. 2:2):

                                Who is your Lord?

                                Who are you?

                                Who is your Barnabas?

                                Who is your Timothy?

                                Where is your Antioch?

                                Where is your Macedonia?

    “These marks and relationship questions are the essential description of what it means to be like and to live like Christ. And we know that the most effective disciple making occurs in the impact of “life on life”. One life models, teaches and encourages another life to love, to follow, and to grow in knowing Christ Jesus Our Lord” (Glenn McDonald, 2007). To follow Christ’s example and command, disciple-making ministry is the only legitimate option to pursue. Being and making disciples must be the DNA of Scripture Union.

LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARD

3.0 A bible centered and Christ exalting disciple-making ministry of SU indeed must be holistic. (“word and deed”, i.e. “preaching for saving faith, teaching for growth and practical involvement in social service. Yet our primary calling in SU is to preach for saving faith and to teach for growth in godliness. (Col.1:28).

     I turn to dedicated Evangelical voices from the past and the present to guide our future.

    Let us hear the voice of Nigel Sylvester from the past (Feb 1966):

    “The aim of our SU groups should be. “Holiness of heart and life.” Our purpose is not to run a successful social club where members can make friends and enjoy themselves. It is not to help members to study the Bible so that they will pass their “Bible Knowledge exams. It is to help the members to come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Master, and through His power to live lives that are pure, honest, clean and helpful. “You have all the best boys in the school in the Scripture Union,” a senior housemaster once said to me. It should always be like that. This means that we keep our standards high. We will often be tempted to make the programme more ‘popular’ to attract more people. But if we succeed, and a large number of students join us who are not serious about following the Lord, what will happen? The SU will become a social club, and there will be no difference between its members and anyone else. The light will have stopped shining.

      This also means that we must trust in the Holy Spirit. However seriously we may want to live clean lives, we will fail if we are relying on ourselves. But Christ is ‘able to keep you from falling.’ ‘His power can make you what you ought to be.’ ”

3.1 Scott Moreau and Michael Pocock represent evangelical voices of modern mission trends:

      At the Lausanne Congress II on World Evangelism, the church’s mission in the world was described as partnership between Evangelism and Social responsibility with evangelism being primary (Moreau 2000). John Stott was one of the leaders present. In response to the question “What should ministry look like in a globalised world?”, the response was “first, we must look at humanity as homo spiritualis  rather than homo economicus … We must restore every facet of the biblical foundations. Christians must not permit missiology to be shaped by commercial world or money power or be lured by it”. (Michael Pocock, 2005).

      A scary contemporary trend especially in developing countries is for organisations like SU to drift towards social responsibility in the context of fragile national economies and limited resources for Para-church work. Philanthropists and International Agencies more readily fund social responsibility programmes and projects. Can we both serve God’s primary call and cast a primary vote for social responsibility grant money and consequently social responsibility ministry emphasis?

3.2 Prof. Andrew Walls observes that it is only Christian ministries of radical    

      commitment to the Lordship of Jesus Christ that are able to successfully pass on “our most holy faith” in missions and fulfil God’s purpose for humanity from one generation to another. We in our generation should not drop the baton. We must not drop the baton in raising “consecrated communities” to push forward Christ’s Great Commission agenda during our tenure of service.

3.3 To the glory of God the SU ministry has borne fruit in the past 40 to 50 years and significantly impacted the churches and society. Theological literature has recorded SU Ghana as having served as a church renewal agent. The SU History book too has documented this. Infact within the past 10 years, church leaders who in their student days came to faith in Christ and were formed in their christian faith through SU work were elected and installed Heads of their church denominations. They include; Most Rev. Dr. Robert Aboagye Mensah (Presiding Bishop Methodist Church), His Grace Archbishop Dr. Justice O. Akrofi (Archbishop of the Church of the Province West Africa Anglican Church, West Africa and Bishop of Accra ),Rev. Steve Asante (President of the Ghana Baptist Convention), Rt. Rev. Dr. Yaw Frimpong Manso (Moderator Presbyterian Church of Ghana), Bishop Dag Heward Mills (Presiding Bishop of Lighthouse Chapel International), Rt. Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Gbordzoe (Moderator Global Evangelical Church, formerly Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana), Apostle Dr. Opoku Onyinah (Chairman, The Church of Pentecost), Bishop Daniel Allotey(Anglican Church, Cape Coast Diocese), Bishop D. Yinka Sarfo (Anglican Church, Kumasi Diocese), Rev. Dr. Fred P. Deegbe (General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana), Apostle Ekow Badu Wood (General Secretary Ghana Pentecostal Council), and many thousands more of SU Ghana products in science, agriculture, education, medicine, law, industry and public service in this country and across the globe.

      The great challenge is what will the impact and influence of SU be in the next 40 to 50 years (2010-2050)!

Growing a Higher Performance SU-Organisation

4.0 It is commendable that we have developed a good level of strategic planning culture in SU Ghana. We have completed a Five year strategic plan (2002-2007) and are in the process of drawing a New Strategic Plan this year (2009). Our Annual Planning Consultation (APC) has come to stay. Our 2008 APC products, i.e. 2009 Plans of Action show greater quality planning output. However, an IGN Open University document has quizzed, “Strategic planning is as good as its implementation. Discuss”. We still have large room for improvement regarding implementing effectively and efficiently our well drawn Strategic plan and the Annual Action plans!! We must grow SU into a continuous Higher Performance organisation.

      Dr. Jim Collins is a world renowned Researcher on growing a “Good to Great organisation”, including organisations in the Non-Profit/Church Sector like the SU. “A great organisation is one that delivers superior performance and makes a distinctive impact over a long period of time” (Dr. Collins, 2005). I am sure you will all agree that how SU would deliver Higher Performance and make a distinctive impact must engage our serious thinking, discussion, and action at AGM and at every Council, National ExCo, National Committee, Regional and Staff Meetings. Also the drawing of a New Strategic Plan (NSP) this year will provide us a practical opportunity to do just that.

4.1 The Research findings of Dr. Collins and his team show that building a Higher

      Performance Christian Organisation proceeds in Four stages (each stage comprise two fundamental principles). The stages are as follows:

                4.1.1 Disciplined People (The Right people in the Right seats on the Council, in                                             the National/Regional Committees and on the Staff Team).

                4.1.2 Disciplined Thought (Informed, reflective, disciplined strategy decision                                       making).

                4.1.3 Disciplined Action (Personal & Organisational discipline; disciplined    

                     organisational culture).

                4.1.4 Disciplined Perseverance in pursuit of Excellence. (The organisation can

                     deliver exceptional results over a long period of time; beyond any single   

                     leader, strategy/plan/programs or threats).

 Let me add a fifth component of the Principle of Prayer Power.

                4.1.5 Disciplined reliance on private and corporate prayer power (Consistent

                     effectual, fervent prayer as a personal lifestyle and in organisational life).   

                     (Please see summary of Dr. Collins Paper on pages________ of AGM 2009

                      Report).

4.2 How have we done these? How should we do these? In order words:

How can SU better achieve her mission, what specific steps are required at the Head Office and Regional Committees towards growing a Higher Performance organisation?

In our SU work are we making disciples?

·         In what ways can SU serve the Christian churches and society in Ghana today as a relevant, faithful and fruit bearing evangelical renewal agent?

FIELD MINISTRY REPORTS

I present here a brief overview of our Field Ministry Reports (Refer to the full bound AGM 2009 Reports). Infact, we will spend the bulk of our time at AGM on presenting and discussing Field Ministry Reports (What is happening in the lives of children, young people and families in the Field!).

5.0 Schools Ministry

5.1 A very significant activity in the year was the official launch of the Christian Teachers Fellowship-Ghana (CTF Ghana) at the School of Business, University of Ghana, Legon on 6^th July, 2008. CTF Ghana is an initiative of the National Committee for Schools Ministry. CTF-G vision is to see “An inspired and motivated Inter-denominational Team of Effective Christian Teachers Transforming the School world and Impacting the Nation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. One key goal is that SU will recruit, train and equip Volunteer staff (SU Bible Clubs Advisors) from the CTF-G members!!

5.2 National Leadership Conference (NLC): Annual training of student leaders remains a high priority! A total of 1349 student leaders from 286 Senior High Schools attended NLC in August 2008 in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. There was an NLC track each day for HIV-AIDS Prevention Education and Life Skills teaching.

      Gloria Awurama Nartey of Mfantsiman Girl’s Senior High School testified “The teachings and the talks have really enlightened my understanding in the Word of God and deeply drawn me closer to the Father”

      “What I treasure most from NLC 2008 is the true discovery of the purpose of my existence” said Elorm Ayeke of Aburi Girls High School.

      Another camper summed the NLC experience saying “The Bible expositions have changed my understanding and helped me to know who a Christian really is”.

5.3 Evangelistic Outreaches were made in the year to children and young people in the

      JHS and SHS through Evangelistic Rallies, First Year (Freshmen in Senior High

      School) crusades and School Missions and Evangelistic Valentine Outreach

      programmes and Short-Term Missions. We had 32,268 students attending the

      Evangelistic rallies, and 3,445 made a first time commitment to commence a personal

      relationship with Jesus. The impact of the mission in Edinaman Senior High School

      increased the membership of the SU Group from 50 to an average attendance of 150

      in the year.

5.4 Partnership and Networking for ministry in Schools continued in 2008 with Faith

      Comes By Hearing (FCBH) Bible listening programmes and distribution of Book of

      Hope in the schools. We also collaborated with Book of Hope (ONE Hope) in their

      significant Research Project on “Attitudes and Behaviours of Youth”. The results of

      the Research findings will inform the design of SU youth programs. We helped Bible

      Society of Ghana in distributing Jubilee Edition of GNB to JHS students.

      Oikonomous Foundation has significantly partnered with SU in providing resources

      for our work and Life Skills presentations in Schools and Moslem communities in

      Northern Ghana.

6.0 Bible Ministries

6.1 Bible Reading Notes

In 2008, a total of 110,000 Reading Notes were produced comprising 60,000 Daily Guide and 50,000 Daily Power. As at 10^th March, 2009, a total of GHC 108,691.80 had been recouped from the Sales; there are outstanding balances.

The Marketing of 2008 BRN was confronted with challenges including the late arrival and competition: In 2008, the Bible Reading Notes arrived as late as 18^th January, 2008 by which time a lot of users had switched to other Devotionals. The introduction of other devotionals unto the market has also been a challenge.

The State of 2009 BRN: 60,000 Daily Guide and 50,000 Daily Power were produced. Thankfully, the 2009 editions arrived as early as November 25^th , 2008.

6.2 We have used various forum to promote Bible engagement including Bible Clubs

      context, Bible Quiz Competition on National Television, Bible Quiz at Evangelistic

      Rallies and Bible use at camps. We have drawn attention to Theovision Bible verses

      on SMS text accessible on mobile phones, etc.

      About 40% of Ghana’s population is non-literate but God’s call on us is to reach all

      with its word. We have, therefore, partnered with FCBH, Book of Hope’s God Man

      DVD, and Theovision non-print media products to promote Bible engagement. We

      network with Forum of Bible Agencies (FOBA-Ghana) in our Bible Ministries work.

6.3 All Field/Senior Staff have gone through the Series of National Bible Expository

      Seminars led by the John Stott Ministries Resource Persons.

6.4 We acknowledge the hard work of Rev. Prof. E. Martey and his Bible Ministries

      Committee and the support of the Type Company.

7.0 Camps Ministry and Conferences

We are glad to have Prof. Kobina Nkyekyer, FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecologist, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital/ University of Ghana Medical School as the new Chairman of the National Camps and Conferences Committee (NCCC). The reconstituted NCCC was commissioned by Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey on Nov 27, 2008, in Accra.

In 2008, a total of 43 camps were organised across the country. There were varieties of camps. In all 9943 attended the camps and conferences for children, young people and adults.

8.0 Community Fellowships and Prayer Warriors Ministry (CFPWM)

8.1 Teen War 2008 Report 

 This attracted 650 participants. 20 people made first time decision for Jesus Christ and 83 others rededicated their lives to Christ. Teenagers were taken through Spiritual Warfare Counselling and healing and deliverance where necessary. This programme is also SU’s response to rising occultic practices in the schools.

8.2 WAR 2008 Report

There were 2700 participants at this 4-days Adults prayer and fasting camp (835 men and 1865 women), from all 10 regions from August 28 – September 1, 2008 at Sekyeredumasi (Seko) Ashanti. There was solid Bible teaching on the theme: Jesus: the Good Shepherd, the Greatest Leader by Rev. Opuni Frimpong (KNUST) and several personal and corporate prayer sessions. Participants “waited on the Lord”. Hundreds of participants were prayed for during the miracle and healing services on various issues ranging from barrenness to unemployment. Some were set free from the spirit of witchcraft. Perhaps the testimony of Abena sums up the significant spiritual breakthroughs experienced by many participants:

“I have been a slave to the spirit of witchcraft and also married to river Afram. I knew it was wickedness but I couldn’t stop or help myself. I killed my husband after a little conflict, I killed one of my  uncles who was very kind and helpful to me and wanted to paralyse my own daughter but a Christian friend prayed against it.”  She was freed from this spiritual bondage.

About 120 confessed Jesus as Saviour and Lord for the first time. Delegates from Burkina Faso, USA, and UK also attended.

8.3 An invitation to wait on Christ in Prayer (Practical Prayer Warriors)

An essential mandate in the TOR of the CFPWM National Committee is to teach, train and mobilise to pray. The Lord Jesus tells His three close friend disciples “Could you not watch with me (in prayer) for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation” Matthew 26:40-41.

This has been considered by practical theology practitioners as an invitation to us believers to spend at least one-hour with Jesus in prayer everyday. John Wesley prayed two hours a day. Martin Luther’s best three hours (waking hours) was given to prayer. This showed in the fruit and impact of their ministries. Archbishop Sheen testifies that for almost sixty (60) years, he has never missed a day in giving God a gift of at least one hour in prayer. Dick Eastman says, “I determined to personally accept Christ’s call to “watch” with Him daily for one hour”.

What will be your personal decision on this matter?

I urge that we all seek to be real authentic practical prayer warriors in AD 2009.

9.0 2008 Short Term Mission Teams

9.1 From July 17-29 a team of short term missionaries from Bay Area Community Church (BACC) Annapolis, MD, USA led by Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah worked with SU in Evangelistic Outreach to 9 schools in three Regions and held an evangelistic rally for Junior High School Students in Cape Coast on Saturday July 26^. The team comprised; Karri (Pudy) Ellen, Roni Ann, Carolyn Friedland, Jeremy Buyer, Ben Heemstra. Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah, on behalf of the Bay Area Community Church Short Term Mission Team presented a PA system to the Saltpond High School and another to the SU (Ghana) Head Office.

9.2   A team of 8 short term missionaries from Christ Church Clifton, Bristol, UK gave the conference main addresses, led the small group bible studies, other training sessions and organised some of the daily games and hobby sessions at the mid-sector NLC. Over 60 campers responded to the evangelistic appeal for a first time personal commitment and relationship with Lord Jesus and were daily taken through follow up counselling by the mission team members. The Christ Church Clifton, Bristol, UK missionaries were Keith Hodgson, Adam Beaumont, Mike Rees, Cathy Broody, Nichole Uchendu, Sara Wadsworth, Rosalind French.

9.3   A Short term missionary Rev. Eldon Thompson of Centre of Evangelism and World Mission, Ontario, Canada, was the main speaker for the Northern Sector National Leaders Camp / Conference. 47 campers committed their lives fully to the Lord Jesus Christ for the first time.

10.0 SU International Relations

10.1 West Africa’s Sub. Regional Council Meeting.  This took place in Lome, Togo from 

        June 20 to June 22,  2008.

10.2 Togo: Children &Youth Camp 2008

      This was held from 2^nd – 9^th August 2008 at Mt. of Transfiguration, Agbadzanake –

      Togo. This attracted a total of 91 campers. SU Ghana sponsored the camp to the tune

      of $2800.

10.3 SU West Africa Staff & Volunteers Formacion / Training Conference Lome ,

       Togo. 05 / 09 September 2008. 

The conference brought together about 20 participants from 4 SU West1 countries and Canada. These were SU Staff and volunteers from Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana.

Rev. Eldon Thompson, from Canada, blessed the participants with theologically balanced bible expositions every morning. Mr Kiki Assogba of (Benin) handled three presentations on SU Africa Vision and Mission, Criteria for a healthy SU Movement, a brief report on SU African Regional matters and the closing day Bible Exposition. Mr. Edem Ndo from Ghana did a number of presentations on Project proposal writing. Several “Project Proposal Writing” and “Leadership” sessions were taught by Mr. Jude Hama General Director SU Ghana. He taught participants on Leadership Principles practices, good and “professional” Project proposal writing and Fund mobilisation.

10.4 SU Ghana staff were in Burkina Faso from 12^th - 17^th September, 2008 to help grow            Bible Clubs in Burkina Faso schools. The team facilitated a one day seminar in Ouagadougou and ran a 3 day Training for Christian Teachers in Bobo Dioulasso, the second largest city in the country and 400 km west of the capital, Ouagadougou.

      This outreach programme to Burkina Faso was a follow up to an earlier work in September 2007 aimed at helping to pioneer the formation of Bible Clubs in the Schools in Burkina Faso.     

40 Christian Teachers attended a one Day Training Seminar held in Ouagadougou on the 13^th September, 2008. Reports presented during the Review Session by these Christian teachers who had attended the 2007 seminar were very encouraging.  A total of 18 pioneering Bible Clubs have so far been formed in Ouagadougou. The statistics presented indicated that Temple Wendsongda School Bible Club has a membership of 30, Koubri College has 60, and Lumbila, a boarding school has a membership of 200! 

Kabore Jacques and Bakouari Herve, Bible Club Advisors for Gounghin Sud Protestant School testified “sessions begin from 10-11am every Thursday. Bible studies are well attended. We have an average of 40 pupils attending the Bible Club meetings and they are very motivated. We need New Testaments for their use during the group bible studies?

Samuel Ouedraogo from Bokin-Koudgon reported “I have an average attendance of five (5) in my Bible Club. My school has a Moslem population of 98%. Please pray for our Club”.

A total of 23 Christian Teachers, School Heads and SU Committee members attended the Bobo Dioulasso Seminar. Participants at this non-residential seminar came mostly from primary schools. It was encouraging to notice that some participants to the Bobo seminar had come from Douri, in the far north and also from Pagara on the far eastern border of Burkina Faso. The outcomes of the Bobo seminar will therefore strategically bring SU presence and establish Bible Clubs in key cities in all the four geographic cardinal points in the country.

The SU Ghana staff team comprised Mr. Jude Hama (General Director), Mr. Kwame Adu (National Coordinator for Community Fellowships and Prayer Warriors Ministry), Nana Yaw Offei Awuku (National Coordinator for Schools Ministry) and David Edem Ndo (Regional Coordinator for SU Northern Region). 

We praise the LORD for this great opportunity and the future potential for  ministry growth in Burkina Faso and ask for your special prayer support for the fruitfulness of this initiative to God’s Glory.

11.0 Human Resource

11.1 That a team of seven national service persons have been recruited for the 2008 /

         2009 service year; and a one – week orientation was planned for them before

         deployment to their duty posts. They are: Benjamin Kofi Asante, Kenneth Siaw,   

         Edwin Dzor, Linda Gyasi Nsiah, Stephen Nyarko, Daniel Boateng Kusi and

Naana Anowa Abakah.

11.2 A total of 18 Senior/Field Staff and 17 support staff were at post and about 3,500    

        Volunteer workers/Staff. These were led by a Senior Management Team comprising

        Mr. Jude Hama (General Director/CEO), Mr. Daniel Yaw Abaidoo (Director of

        Administration), Mr. Kwame Adu (National Coordinator, Community Fellowships

        and Prayer Warrior Ministries) and Nana Yaw Offei-Awuku (National Coordinator,

        Schools and Camps Ministry).

12. Finances

In 2008 we ran a total income and expenditure of GH¢896,413 and GH¢850,581 respectively. And for 2009, we estimate a total income of GH¢1,670,457 and expenditure of GH¢1,664,399.

Conclusion

Our 2009 National theme verse is one of the most basic and most important passages in the whole of the Bible. It answers the question; “How can we know the way to God?” Only through Jesus. “Jesus is the only way because He is both God and man. By uniting our lives with His, we are united with God”. We must herald this Good News. We have a divine call on us to Be and to make disciples. We must be and make disciples. We must be good stewards by growing a high performance SU organization

Prof. Emmanuel Frempong, Council Chairman, and his team of National Executive Committee Members and key Committee VWs have offered tremendous service, professional counsel and support to crusade the gospel cause among children and young people across the country and beyond. “You know that your labour in the Lord will not be in vain”. God bless you.

In our work, we have desired to depend entirely on the Holy Spirit. He is the Chief Missioner. The work of Missions is His. He only beckons us to work alongside Him. Oswald J. Smith has noted, “God can do more in five minutes when the Holy Spirit is poured out than we can accomplish in a lifetime apart from such a divine intervention”. And so we hunger and look for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit leading to transformed lives that will spread the glory of Christ from here (SU Ghana) to the ends of the earth.

Soli Deo Gloria.

Jude Hama                                                                                                                           

General Director/CEO                                                                                 14^th March 2009