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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG) commissioned fifteen newly graduated Deaconesses at a special service held at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Madina, following their graduation from the Lutheran Theological Seminary Ghana (LTSG). The commissioning ceremony was filled with joy, song, and prayers as the Church formally sent out these women into their respective ministries. The theme of the day was drawn from Matthew 25:40—“Whatever you did for one of -
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG) joyfully celebrated the graduation of fifteen Deaconess candidates on 10th May 2025 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Kanda. The event marks a significant achievement in the Church’s commitment to equipping women for ministry. In his welcome address, Rev. John Shadrack Donkoh, President and Bishop of ELCG, traced the journey of the Deaconess programme from its bold beginning in 2018 through the foundational training -
GHANA – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana (ELCG) held its Delegates Conference in Bunkpurugu during the second weekend of March 2024, during which time the church elected Rev. Daniel Kofi Akoh to serve as its new President. The election of officers took place on March 9, with President Elect Akoh receiving 79 votes, compared to 36 for the nearest runner-up. Prior to his election, Rev. Akoh served the ELCG as -
A GROUND breaking ceremony has been performed for the construction of a GH¢12 million classroom facility for the All Saint Lutheran School located at Anyaa in Accra. The project would include a 24-unit classroom block, a library, offices, Home Economics laboratory, staff common hall, computer and Science laboratory and a sick bay The project, which is funded by Ecobank, would begin next month and be completed within a period of -
Sunday, July 1, was a historic day for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ghana (ELCG) as it installed the Rev. John Shadrack Donkoh as its new president. Donkoh attended Jonathan Ekong Memorial Lutheran Seminary in Nigeria. As a young pastor, he started congregations in western Ghana, then served as a missionary to Uganda and as the director of Lutheran Hour Ministries in Ghana. He recently completed three years of advanced -
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana has elected Reverend John Shadrack Donkoh as its new President. Rev Donkoh officially takes office on July 1st, 2018. For the past two years, a constitutional review committee has been working to prepare the grounds for a new system of leadership for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. On January 27 this year, the highest decision-making body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church met in Kumasi at a
