The National Youth President of African Faith Tabernacle Church, Chief Pastor Ebenezer Nkansah Twum Barimah, has said it vehemently that the church is not a family property and that would not kowtow to any attempt o impose a new leader on the church.
According to him, the church has chosen a leader in the person of Chief Pastor Stephen Frimpong, which must be respected by all factions, adding the family has no right to choose a leader for the church.
He continued that, “the church does not belong to the family. It is an independent religious organization. So why should family take over the church? Why should we the national trustees and elders be blocked from the Temple and mission house?”
He said this when the Atiwa East District Security Council (DISEC) shut down the Headquarters of the church in Akyem Anyinam over security concerns during their National delegates conference over the weekend.
Two factions in the church (National trustees, and family of the late Leader Superior Prophet David Nkansah), are litigating the selection of a new leader of the church a year after his death.
The leader of the African Faith Tabernacle Church Superior Prophet David Kwaku Nkansah died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday, 16th February 2022.
After his demise, the family claimed the late Prophet David Nkansah II nominated his 17-year-old cousin to be ordained as the next leader of the church before his demise.
However, Elders, Trustees, and Executives of the church have denied the claim as the purported successor is too young to lead the church which has branches nationwide.
He insisted that, the church has chosen Chief Pastor Stephen Frimpong Nkansah, who was the linguist to the late Prophet David Nkansah to be the next leader.
The Elders, Trustees, and Executives subsequently issued a statement on April 13, 2022, that, “In the wake, of the demise of the late Superior Prophet David Nkansah II, the National Trustees, National Officers and the Regional Representatives of African Faith Tabernacle Church are pleased to announce the appointment of Chief Pastor Stephen Frimpong Nkansah as the acting leader of the Church, with effect from 7th April 2022”.
The statement described Chief Pastor Stephen Frimpong Nkansah as a competent leader who has broad and quite unique experience from both church leadership and doctrines.
African Faith Tabernacle Church is a renowned Ghanaian indigenous spiritual church founded in the year 1919 by the late prophet Kwame Nkansah.
The Headquarters of the Church is located in Anyinam in the Eastern Region. The church has over 1000 branches in Ghana, some West African countries, and Europe.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Evans Boateng
