Apostle Prof. Onyinah retires after 10 years as Pentecost Church Chair


Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, retires this year as the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost after serving 10 years as Chairman of the Church.

He will hand over to Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the area Head of Koforidua has been elected as the new Chairman of the Church of Pentecost (COP).

The 64-year-old Professor is the fifth Chairman of the Church. 

Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, who served as the church's maiden International Missions Director (IMD) from 1991 to 1996, succeeded Apostle Dr. Michael Ntumy, whose tenure of office as a chairman of the leading Pentecostal church in Ghana .

Apostle Nyamekye received an overwhelming endorsement by the Electoral College and the General Council of the church on Thursday at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC) at Gomoa Fetteh.

As part of the church’s process to elect a new chairman, the Electoral College gave Apostle Nyamekye 147 ‘Yes’ votes as against four 'No' votes out of the total 151. 

The General Council went ahead to confirm him with 994 "Yes" votes as against 14 "No" votes out of the total 1,058. One person abstained from voting.

Currently the area head of Koforidua in the Eastern Region, Apostle Nyamekye will replace Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah who is retiring on Saturday May 5, 2018.

Apostle Prof. Onyina is the last of the Apostles who walked with the founder of the church, Pastor James Mckeown. 

His 10-year tenure of office is said to have seen the greatest infrastructure and spiritual uplift of the church.

The Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC) at Gomoa Fetteh is one of his legacies for the church. 

Opoku Onyinah increased the international presence of the church from 73 nations in 2008 to 99 in 2018.

The church will on August 26, 2018 hold a retirement service at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC) at Gomoa Fetteh for Apostle Prof Onyinah who is retiring after 42-years of service.

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