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Leadership Vision:

The
Transformation Agenda

The Leadership Team of The Assemblies Of God, Ghana
envisions a transformative journey guided by the following principles:

Foundation Text

In the last days the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and people will stream to it. Many nations will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.' The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." - Micah 4:1-2

Our Mandate

  • Fulfill the Great Commission with Excellence and greater passion
  • Implement religiously the Transformation Agenda (make AG very very great)
  • Achieve the mission and vision of AG, Ghana
  • Ensure compliance with AG Constitution

Summary

REACH
REACH

Fully disciple every community and village in Ghana and beyond with Excellence and greater passion

REBUILD
REBUILD

Pastor's Welfare and massive human capital and infrastructural development

RESTORE
RESTORE

Pentecostal Fervor. Seek the Azusa & Early church revival, etc.

REFORM
REFORM

Administrative reforms & restructuring

REPOSITION
REPOSITION

As the leading Pentecostal-charismatic church)

REBRAND
REBRAND

Enhance our image to the utmost heights

CHURCH GROWTH (Pursue aggressive church plant and explosive numerical growth)

  • Launch the “Every Town and Every Village a Church' project and give minimal support towards the church plant i.e., free tracts, signage, architectural drawing, build Pavilions, Legacy Temple project promotion, etc.

  • Pursue explosive numerical growth through aggressive community evangelism(revive door - to - door evangelism)

  • Run annual Church Growth and Church Health Conference and other related events

  • Introduce a course on Church Growth at the Bible College(AGTS)

  • Establish strategic churches to win special categories of people(e.g.Middle - Class AGIC), French Community, Abled Differently people, targeted tribes, etc.

  • Plant more foreign churches

CHURCH HEALTH (Growing healthy and vibrant churches/Ministries, Departments and Agencies)

  • Transform our churches, ministries, agencies, and departments into healthy and vibrant local churches, ministries, agencies, and departments.

  • Establish a Ministry Centre of Excellence at the headquarters and regional offices.E.g.- Library Resource Center, Counseling for Ministers, etc.

  • Empower our churches to be healthy churches through Annual Church Growth and Church Health Conferences etc.

  • Build the capacity of Pastors to produce healthy churches

  • Effectively disciple new converts(re - look at our new converts class materials)

  • Equip our local churches to plant more churches

  • Consultation with Internal and External Stakeholders

Consultation with Internal and External Stakeholders
External Stakeholders (Courtesy Calls)

  • Embassies in Ghana-USA, ITALY, GERMANY, UK, ISRAEL, NETHERLANDS, EU, etc.

  • Heads of churches/denominations. g, CAC, COP, Apostolic Church, Perez, Victory Bible Church International, Lighthouse Chapel International, Fountain Gate Chapel, Life Chapel, ICGC, Royal House, Anglican, Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church, Chief Imam, Catholic Church, etc.

  • Financial institutions

  • Key Media houses

  • Political Parties-NDC, NPP, CPP, etc.

  • Security Agencies eg., Police (IGP), Prisons, Armed Forces.

  • Chiefs, eg. Otumfuo, Okyehene, North, Western, Volta -Tobge Afede, etc.

  • National House of Chiefs

  • Head of Lands Commission and Minister for Lands

  • President of the Republic and Vice-President.

  • Former Presidents (H. E. John A. Kuffuor, H. E. John D. Mahama)

  • Minister for Education

  • Chief Justice. Speaker of Parliament, Majority & Minority Leaders

  • Electoral Commission of Ghana

  • Prominent members of the Church

  • International visits to sister foreign A/G churches to deepen and start collaboration

  • Trinity Theological Seminary etc.

  • Para-Church Organizations -Christian Council, Catholic Secretariat, NACC, FGBMFI, AGLOW, GPCC, etc.

  • Heads of Key Universities-UG, UCC, KNUST, UDS, etc.

Internal Stakeholders (Hold Broad Consultative meetings with Internal stakeholders In the Church)

  • All ECs of A/G Ghana

  • Heads of Agencies

  • National and Regional Directors

  • Key AG members in politics & public service

  • Retired ministers on regional bases

  • Former EP members

  • Widows of deceased pastors on regional bases

  • Staff durbar for head office and agencies employees

  • Deacons across the country

  • AG members in the media

  • Meet GAR pastors

  • AG Renowned Gospel Musicians

  • AG Boards

  • AG Professionals

  • Special Homecoming for pastors and members who have left AG

  • AG Members who work in the various Embassies

  • Bible School Lecturers etc.

COURTESY CALLS BY 1ST LADY AND EXECUTIVES OF MWA

  • Present 1st and 2nd Ladies of Ghana

  • Former 1st Ladies of AG and 1st &2ndLadies of Ghana (Nana Konadu, Mrs Limann, Mrs Amissah Arthur, Mrs. Panka, Mrs. Asore)

  • Former CJ-Georgina wood

  • Minister for Women and Children

  • Executives of AGLOW etc.

  • Women Organizers of major Political Parties

  • Meet Ladies of AGCM

  • 1st Ladies of Heads of Churches

  • Visit Sick and weak Retirees and Pastor's Widows

  • Visit bereaved pastors and widows

  • Meet the leadership of WM

  • Women Caucus of Parliament

OTHERS

  • Establish a vibrant Public Affairs and Media outfit at the head office.

  • Inviting Strategic Special guests to General & Regional Council meetings-Eg. The President of the Republic, The Vice-President, Ambassadors, The Speaker of Parliament, etc.

REBUILD (Pastors' Welfare/ Human Resource and Massive Infrastructural Development)
Pastors' Welfare

  • Launch a Rural Pastors' Welfare and Missions Endowment Fund

  • Encourage relatively strong churches to adopt seemingly struggling ones/pastors (will give special recognition to churches who do that). Launch the “Love Your Neighbour Campaign

  • Encourage pastors to do personal investments for a prosperous future

  • Teach financial management and prepare for retirement at Bible Schools, Council meetings, etc.

  • Provide Support for the Vulnerable in the Ministry-e.g. retired ministers, pastors widows, and orphans (eg. free medical screening/ treatment, monthly Stipend support, encouraging and ensuring former churches support them, etc.

  • Agric Support for Rural Pastors who are into Farming (fertilizer, capacity building)

  • General Council to do investments for pastors' welfare

  • Promote pastor's welfare as EP members visit churches and at the Deacons Annual Conference

  • Ensure better working conditions and retirement packages for pastors

  • Encourage Business Owners in AG to put rural pastors on their payroll

Human Resource Development

  • Institutionalize Capacity building at all levels. Eg. District, Region, National, local church, Bible School, departmental levels, etc.)

  • Review the Bible School curriculum and add on to make our pastors/ministers relevant and more effective in the 21st century

  • Review entry requirements to attract quality Human capital

  • Give our pastors and wives exposure

  • Institutionalize Orientation courses for all elected

  • Establish an educational scholarship fund for rural pastors who desire to further their education but don't have the means

  • Resource the Bible Schools to churn out quality human capital

  • Seminars for categories of leaders. e.g, Associate Pastors, Pastors about to retire, Pastors under 40, Tent Ministers, Local Church officials, etc.

  • Institute Annual Awards for pastors deserving laity

  • Collaborate with foreign universities to offer heavily subsidized tertiary education for our pastors e.g., Accent College, etc

Infrastructural Development

  • Construction of the International Convention Centre (to commemorate the Centenary celebration) christened AG Centenary Village

  • Assisting Regions and Local Churches in various forms to put up decent regional offices and local church buildings to enable them to fulfill their mandate with excellence (eg. will offer free architectural drawings etc)

  • Launch/promote the nationwide construction of Legacy Temples named after sponsors/Go and build a temple in your village Campaign

  • Encourage major depts to build a temple in a village (M.M, W.M, Y.M, etc)

  • Build needed infrastructure for Bible Schools, AG hospitals, AGTV, AG Care, AGlHL

  • Build a new State of the art hospital

Revive AG Professional Network and make it fully functional to involve the laity in church administration
Relevance in National Development

  • Construction of the International Convention Centre (to commemorate the Centenary celebration) christened AG Centenary Village

  • Assisting Regions and Local Churches in various forms to put up decent regional offices and local church buildings to enable them to fulfill their mandate with excellence (eg. will offer free architectural drawings etc)

  • Launch/promote the nationwide construction of Legacy Temples named after sponsors/Go and build a temple in your village Campaign

  • Encourage major depts to build a temple in a village (M.M, W.M, Y.M, etc)

  • Build needed infrastructure for Bible Schools, AG hospitals, AGTV, AG Care, AGlHL

  • Build a new State of the art hospital

RESTORE (Pentecostal Fervor ie Azusa Street Revival and Early Church Revival Joel 2:15-32)
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING (PROMOTE AND PURSUE GREATER REVIVALJOEL 2:28-32

  • Institute Annual National Fasting and Prayer week

  • Special Prayer force for head office & office of the GS

  • Periodic EP Prayer retreats

  • Frequent Staff Prayer& Fasting/ Prayer Chain / Prayer Retreats

  • National Prayer Chain (Quarterly)

  • Promote intense prayer and fasting during departmental camp meetings and retreats

  • Establish Regional & District Prayer Altars for the regions and districts

  • Online Prayer Chain and on AGTV

  • Prayer Time with the GS in all regions

  • Promote lead through the Bible Yearly

  • Organize Intercessory Prayer sessions in our Bible Colleges (eg. prayer chain etc.)

  • Intense prayer sessions at Regional and General Council meetings

  • Annual Prayer Warriors Conference

HONOR OUR HEROES

  • Immortalize our Founders, past General Superintendents, and others by naming buildings and monuments after them.

  • Honour our heroes and deserving pastors/laity (Create a museum at the head office)

  • Dedicate a day at the General Council meeting to celebrate the memory of our departed ministers etc.

  • During Retirement services, categories of recognition awards will be presented depending on the position of the retiree, the number of years served, significant achievements, etc.

  • Award for pastors and churches during Temple dedication

  • Give our deceased national leaders special (state) funerals. E.g. EP members, etc.

REFORMS (Administrative and Structural reforms)
Institutionalize professionalism in church administration

  • Launch church admin guide and pastors manual (Effective church administration guide Code of Ethics, AG best practices, Policy guidelines, etc.)

  • Ensure and encourage the employment of professionals at all levels to run our national, regional, and local church offices

  • Launch a Strategic Development Plan to transform the organization

  • Digitize our entire operations

  • Publish all resolutions in a booklet

  • Introduce structural reforms necessary for growth and progress.

  • Repackage our departments and ministries to increase participation in their activities.

REPOSITION (As the Leading Pentecostal Church)
Show demonstrable leadership on all fronts

  • Invest heavily in Publicity and Public Relations

  • Provide leadership in the Christian Community

  • Become relevant in nation-building (as a major institution in providing solutions to Ghana's socio-economic needs)

REBRAND (Improve our image to the utmost height)

  • Promote the culture of excellence and innovation in all our dealings

  • Improve our image to the utmost heights in the public space