The Church Of Pentecost disburses educational sponsorships worth GH¢ 14,281,540.13 for members
Apostle Eric Nyamekye
The Church Of Pentecost has announced that in 2023, they disbursed educational sponsorships worth GH¢ 14,281,540.13 for their members. The church’s move is geared towards seeing its members develop holistically not excluding the education aspect in general.
The church gave the sponsorship not to only a class of its fellowship. The support was given to all members of all levels who need the sponsorship for growth.
The news of sponsoring members of the Church of Pentecost (COP) was disclosed by Apostle Eric Nyamekye, the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, during the opening session of the 18th Extraordinary Council Meeting held at the Pentecost Convention Center (PCC) in Gomoa Fetteh, near Kasoa in the Central Region.
Touching the source of funding for this great sponsorship, the Chairman, Apostle Nyamekye detailed that the amount disbursed for the sponsorship was raised from the various Districts, Areas, and Ministries in Ghana. He also added that the Church’s General Headquarters supported.
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The Chairman said out of the GH¢14,281,540.13, they spent GH¢ 472,538.38 on the headquarters’ sponsored ‘Pentecost Education Scholarship Scheme’ (PESS) for tertiary students outside Pentecost University.
Apostle Nyamekye indicated that as of the end of December 2023, ‘103 basic schools, two Senior High Schools, and two vocational training institutes with a total student population of 35,468 and a staff strength of 2,184 operated across the country under the auspices of PENTSOS.’
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He added that the Church also spent GHS 495,000 to improve the infrastructure of some selected schools, while 2,500 pupils benefitted from functional libraries set up in six (6) Pentecost Preparatory Schools (PPS): PPS Akim Kwabeng, PPS Akim Oda, PPS Agormanya, PPS Dunkwa On-Offin, PPS Assin Foso, and PPS Akosombo.
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
