Ghana Updates May 2026

“But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18 -19)

MARRIAGE EQUIPPING SESSION

By the grace of God our marriage equipping session for singles happened to the glory of God. With lots of questions and lessons on the God’s intention for marriage and the Godly principles which are needed to help us honor the Lord in our marriages.

Time was spent to look at how true love actually comes from our genuine relationship with the Lord which can easily be seen in our relationship and how we treat each other in our daily lives.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

One thing that the Church has not been able to do very well is the intentional development of future leaders for ministry. It a call that cannot be ignored and we have to do it with all the passion and attention that it deserves. If the world has failed in the raising of true leaders, the Church cannot and must rise up to the occasion and develop leaders not just for the Church alone, but for both the Church and the world at large. Christ gave us examples to follow when it comes to diverse kinds of things that will help impact our world. Christ is our best bet from who tried and tested principles can be learnt and applied to our daily lives. However, we discovered that how Christ operates mostly is in sharp contrast to what the world upholds and teaches. For example, we saw that in the eyes of the world leaders are the ones who sit and are served but in the kingdom of Christ it is the leader who rather serves the lowly.

One of the participants said, “Now I see it clearly why sometimes leaders fail as what they are looking out for is the direct opposite of what Christ says we should be and do.”

Another participant also said, “We often miss it by trying to prove to others that we are in charge and are leaders, but what Christ modelled for us when practiced rightly makes leading very simple as compared to what we see.”

THE POWER OF THE HEART LANGUAGE AND MEDIA

We were just rounding up our Sunday service when a young man walked in sat at the back and as soon as the closing prayer and benediction was said he walked up to me and introduced himself. He then said “I have been following your preaching and short videos (reels). I have posted them on my wall and I began to ask myself some questions. If we have been told that people of the Dagomba tribe don’t become Christians how come that this preaching is so rich and clear and is by far the pure language than what we do hear daily. Again that message is not just for only Christian but everyone irrespective of your religion he added. I am on the other side of Christianity but I decided that today I will make my way to that church and to meet with you so that I can set up an interview with you.”

We had an interview on a later date that lasted for almost two hours that centred on diverse topics with the main one being the concept of God in Christianity. We left the interview with the hope that several lives will be impacted and that the main person who initiated it will encounter Christ Jesus with his friends and followers.

PRAYER NEEDS

• Praise God for a successful leadership training in Sierra Leone.
• Pray for the upcoming Church planters training in Cape Verde that Samson is scheduled to assist in facilitating.
• Pray Nanumba, Wala, Dagomba and Mamprusi ethnic groups in northern Ghana which mostly look very difficult to accept the gospel of Christ Jesus.
• Pray that as many who are denied the access to the gospel will encounter it through the media and other means.

Yours in His Vineyard

Samson Abukari – Country Director, Ghana