Sword & Trowel 2019: Issue 1


KUMASI & EJURA, GHANA News from Pastor Ben Mensah


couraging and our building at times is almost full. We frequently hear testimo- ny to the relevance of our primary and wider ministries. The Nzema town- ship and the surrounding suburbs in Kumasi are gradually appreciating our teaching in the midst of the charismatic chaos enveloping the entire country. Our ministry in the tertiary colleges


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has resulted in some students from the Kwadaso Agricultural College, as well as those from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technol- ogy, meeting with us. We have plans to reach out to further educational establishments. The development of a website would be helpful in general and particularly in our student minis- try.


Over 150 children continue to at- tend Sunday School, without providing transport for them, and the ministry has opened up new opportunities for outreach to parents and older siblings.


ttendance at Kumasi Reformed Baptist Church has been very en-


The owners of


the premises we currently occupy have eased the pres- sure on us to move out but we continue to give urgent attention to developing the building on our own land, as we have the means. We need to provide toilets, water sup- ply and electricity. We have decided to suspend our annual conference until we move to our site so that funds nor- mally spent on that can be used on the building.


Pilgrim Baptist Church, Ejura The church sees new visitors each


Sunday who come from a variety of backgrounds with questions about bib- lical Christianity. Workers and students from the nearby Ejura Agricultural College visit our services regularly. Ejura has been upgraded to a munici- pality and the population is increasing rapidly, bringing many opportunities for evangelism. We now have 120 pupils at


the Reformed Baptist School of Pilgrim Baptist Church. Early morning devotional les- sons benefi t the children and their teachers. The school bus, which also picks up church members, breaks down often and needs replacement.


Pastor Mensah studied at the LRBS from 1994-6 and is supported by the Tabernacle’s Overseas Ministry Fund. See page 22 for details.


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