Our History

OUR HISTORY

In 1993, from the 29^th of April to the 2^nd of May, a church-planting evangelistic campaign crusade was held at the Adenta trotro station with Bro. George Justice Amissah of the Calvary Deliverance and Evangelistic Ministry (Cape Coast) was the main speaker. This was rounded off on the 2^nd of May, 1993 at the same venue with a church service officiated by Reverend Dr. A.K. Quarcoo, Reverend Capt. E.O Woolley and Reverend, Regina Adu. By this spiritual outreach, a seed had been sown; a church had been planted.

The crusade at Adenta was commissioned by the Leaders’ Meeting of the Madina Ebenezer Methodist Church and entrusted in the hands of an Evangelism Committee, which planned and organized the event successfully. Members of the committee included Bro. Emmanuel K. Owu (Chairman), Bro. Yaw Addae-Mensah (Secretary) and Bro. Robert Adjei-Twumasi (Member), Sisters Rosina Yeboah (Member), Eunice A. Addy (Member), Comfort Agyemang (Member). Other members were brothers Emmanuel Kwesi Ahinful, a circuit steward who had joined the Medina Ebenezer Society from Twifo Praso Circuit but residing in Adenta, and Evangelist Kofi Owusu-Ansah. At the Leaders’ Meeting held on the 8^th of May 1993, the team were tasked to oversee the growth and administration of the new preaching post. Brother Emmanuel K. Owu was the Caretaker and leader of the team and Bro. Y. Addae-Mensah was the secretary. Reverend Capt. E. O. Woolley was the first Minister to have the pastoral oversite. Brothers E. K. Owu, Y. Addae Mensah, Robert Adjei-Twumasi and Sister Rosina Yeboah became part of the original members of the new preaching post.

MAIDEN DIVINE SERVICE

On the 9^th of May 1993, Reverend Capt. E.O. Woolley officiated the first Sunday Service, which recorded an attendance of forty-seven (47) adults and ten (10) children. The adults included twenty-five (25) converts from the crusade and twenty-two (22) Methodists. Among the first members of the Church were the Ahinful, the Owusu-Ansah the Bohulu and the Adumuah families; Bro Shadrack A. Koomson; and Sisters Cecilia Osei Nkrumah, Juliana Marfo, Mary Obeng, Hannah Rosina Dankwa, Salomey Appiah, Janet Oklah, Nana Adjoa Amissah and Rebecca Appiah.

The service was held in one of the classrooms of the Roman Catholic Nursery School. The place had been secured as a place of worship for the new church by Reverend Capt E.O. Woolley, who on the 21^st of April 1993 had discussed the classroom with the Reverend Father Moulders of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Adenta who agreed after consultations with his church elders. This was a true sign of church unity.

Later in 1994, the Reverend Dr. Joseph K. Osei was assigned as the minister in charge. He and his able leaders reached out to the inhabitants of the Adenta Community with the gospel. The Community comprises the West and East Adenta, SSNIT Flats and Housing Down. It was during his first Easter with the church that Reverend. Dr. Osei proposed the name Resurrection for the church and the greeting which has survived till today –Yesu Tease; Otease ampa and Yesu Hi εka; Ehi εka l’εε lεn (Jesus is Alive: He is alive indeed).

Even as a small church, Adenta hosted a member of august visitors during its worship days in the classroom. Some of the dignitaries included no less a person than the President of the Methodist Conference, the Most Reverend. Prof. K. Dickson, who visited more than once. Others were the Superintendent Minister of the Accra Circuit, Reverend Nahum Mensah of blessed memory and Reverend AIlotey Papoe who was the General Superintendent of Accra District. They all visited several times.

On the 26^th of January 1997, the Church was inaugurated and given the status of a Society with a membership of four hundred and ten (410) made up of two hundred and fifty (250) adults and one hundred and sixty (160) children. This was a sure sign of steady numerical and spiritual growth.

The inauguration was conducted by the then Superintendent Minister of Accra Circuit, Reverend. Nahum Mensah. From its inception, Resurrection society had only two organizations namely; the Children’s Service formed in June, l993 and the Choir in April 1996. There were four Lay Preachers and twelve Leaders of Bible Classes, who were meeting in various homes. 1999, thirteen local preachers and class leaders were trained.

With the progressive growth in membership, the Catholics were obliged to give the Church access to an adjoining classroom and two others for the Children’s Service. Even with the extra provision of classrooms, it was still not enough to hold the church. Pitching two double-bay canopies outside could not also address the accommodation challenge. It then became necessary to look for other alternatives and a bigger place if available. The population of the Church at that time was (620) six hundred and twenty; three hundred and twenty (320) adults and three hundred (300) children. The Children’s Service occupied four classrooms and two classes sat outside under two canopies.

The fast growth in number can be attributed to many things including the fact that it was the only Methodist Church at Adenta. The Church as part of the Madina Section played its role with its rich human, spiritual and material resources, in ensuring that Madina was inaugurated as a Circuit in February 1999.

In November 1999, it became necessary for the church to move to the newly acquired plot at the Housing Down in Adenta where the foundation stone had been laid for a thousand and five hundred (1500) capacity church building. It was then decided by the congregation that the 1999 Annual Harvest be held on the new plot of land.

On the 5th of December, 1999, during the Harvest, the Bishop of Accra Diocese, Rt. Reverend Samuel K. Hodasi laid the foundation stone. By the grace of God, the Church had built the basement, which was serving as the place of worship and meetings. The architectural drawings of the Chapel were designed by Brother Nana Abu-Bonsra who was a member of the Resurrection Society. The Chapel building project went through a lot of difficulties, specifically with underground water spilling through its cocreated foundation, which delayed its completion. Fortunately, the problem was resolved with technical expertise from Brother Peter Asomadu who was also a member of the Resurrection Society.

In the year 2002, the membership of the church now stood at nine hundred and fifty (950) comprising four hundred and fifty (450) children and five hundred (500) adults. There were nineteen teachers in charge of the Children’s service and eight teachers for the Youth Service.

When it became necessary for the Reverend Dr J. K. Osei to go on sabbatical leave in the USA, the Church was placed under the charge of Reverend Dr. K. Ohene-Bekoe who was attached to the office of the Presiding Bishop. Reverend. Dr. K. Ohene-Bekoe introduced holistic healing services and new ways of doing things in the church. In his words, he wanted ‘Resurrection Methodist to be made of Christians in commitment, Methodist in flavour and holistic in ministry in its way of worshipping God.’

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOCIETY AND THEIR DATES OF INAUGURATION

ORGANISATION	DATE OF INAUGURATION	LEADER
Children’s Ministry	June 1993	Sis Alice Addai-Yeboah
Church Choir	April 1996	Bro Fiifi Caiquo
Christ’s Little Band	April 19 1997	Sis Abigail Gwira
Women’s Fellowship	May 11 1997	Sis Dina Quarm
Men’s Fellowship	Sept 28 1997	Bro Victor Koomson
Youth Fellowship	Jan 11 1998	Bro Ortis Acheampong
Singing Band	March 7 1999	Sis Henrietta Baiden
Boys’ & Girls’ Brigade	August 13 2000	Sis Esi Ata Adowa II
SUWMA	December 1 2001	Sis Dorothy Koomson

The church suffered a major setback in the rainy season of 2001 when the basement was flooded. Since then, the Church worked tirelessly to find solutions to the problem, to enable the continuation of its Chapel building project.

The Adenta Resurrection Methodist Church has had many challenges; spiritual, material, financial and moral. However, it has also chalked up many successes. For example, the length of time Adenta spent as a Section before becoming a Circuit was only one Conference year. This is amazingly rare in the Ghanaian Methodist scheme of things.

As an Evangelistic Movement, the Society further embarked on House-to-House evangelism in the rapidly developing Adenta Community referred to as West Adenta. This was embarked upon in June 2000 and yielded three converts. These converts were Sisters Grace Budu, Morteley Sybalda and Joana Baisie. To cater for the spiritual need of the new converts, Nana Baisie who was a staunch member at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Madina, gave the compound around his house to be used for the place of worship. The preaching post which has now grown and is now the Bethel West Adenta was initially nurtured under the leadership of Evangelist Kofi Owusu Ansah, Brother Emmanuel Kwesi Ahinful until it was put under the care of brother Joseph Ghanny now Very Rev. Joseph Ghanny as its substantive caretaker. The Resurrection Society also secured the Bethel Society, land on which the Bethel Society now occupy.

Resurrection Society, also through its evangelism zeal, led to the planting of the Katamanso Society and Fafraha Society, now Calvary Owusu-Ansah Society. It also offered spiritual and financial support and continues to do so in the planting and growing of most of the Societies in the

Adenta Circuit.

The Resurrection Society has already produced three Reverend Ministers in the persons of the Very Rev. Yaw Addae Yeboah, Very Rev. Joseph Ghanny and Rev. Osei Nyame, with the fourth one Bro. Dr. Christopher Quaioo is now seminarian. It has also produced two Evangelists in the persons of the late Evangelist Lucy Offei Quartey and Evangelist. Josiah Entsuah Mensah.

The Resurrection Society has also produced for the Adenta Circuit, four Circuit Stewards, in the persons of Brothers Yaw Addae Yeboah (now Very Rev. Yaw Addae Yeboah), Kwesi Kissi Appiah, Emmanuel Kwesi Ahinful, and Samuel Asare.

The Resurrection Society, from its establishment to the year 2023 has had a number of Society Stewards. Brothers Joseph Ettie Quarm and Emmanuel Kwesi Ahinful were it’s first Society Steward Administration and Finance respectively. Others who followed as Society Stewards over the years in a sequential order include brothers Yaw Addae Yeboah, Nii Noi Adumuah, Kwabena Nyantakyi, David Thompson, sister Hannah Ennin, brother Moses Gyamfi and sister Harriet Brew, with sister Helena Ofori Boakye and brother William Yankson as it’s current Stewards Finance and Administration respectively.