Eric Kwabena Nyamekye

Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye is a Ghanaian clergyman and the sixth Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, one of the largest churches in Ghana. He was elected in May 2018 and re-elected for a second five-year term in May 2023.

Early life and education

He was born at Asokore in the Ashanti Region to Stephen Antiedu Nyamekye and Agnes Owusu. He finished Tema Secondary School in 1983 and earned a certificate in general agriculture from Nyankpala Agricultural College in 1986. He later studied human resource management at the Institute of Commercial Management in the UK, took a postgraduate diploma in applied theology at the University of Manchester and earned an MA in religious studies from the University of Ghana.

Ministry

He worked for about three years at the Technology Consultancy Centre of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology before entering full-time ministry with The Church of Pentecost in 1991. His first station was Daboase in the Western Region (1991 to 1995). He moved to Agona Nsaba in the Central Region, where he was ordained a pastor in 1996, and in 1999 he went to South Africa as a missionary, staying until 2005.

Back in Ghana he was district pastor at East Legon from 2005 to 2008 and resident minister of the Atomic branch of the Pentecost International Worship Centre from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2015 he was head of the church's Tamale Area.

Chairman

At the church's General Council meeting in May 2018 he was elected Chairman, succeeding Apostle Opoku Onyinah, and he was re-elected in May 2023. His leadership has centred on the "Possessing the Nations" agenda, which urges members to carry Christian values into their workplaces and communities. He has also served as President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council and is Chancellor of Pentecost University.

Personal life

He is married to Mary Nyamekye.