Members of the Men’s Ministries of Assemblies of God,Ghana must review their activities to become more vibrant, effective tools for evangelism and church growth, the Greater Accra East Regional Superintendent, Reverend Andrews Awintia has stated.

He explained that before that can be achieved the Men's Ministries in the Greater Accra East Region for instance must first of all unite and bridge the gap between the men and pastors. 

Secondly, he said they must use the media-radio, television and social media to evangelise and win more souls for God's Kingdom in addition to embarking on house-to-house evangelism.

Reverend Awintia was speaking at a day's seminar for Men's Ministries of the church in the Region at the Cedar Mountain Chapel in East Legon on Saturday, February 22, 2025. It was themed “Bridging the gap between the men and pastors.”

Ninety-two men including District officers and pastors attended the Seminar.

The Regional Superintendent stressed that “a man is the pastor of his family, is the priest of his family, is the prophet of his family. So the moment there is a gap, then something certainly will not be working right. So we have to believe God is still awake, that our lives are not messed up, our families are not messed up and the church is not messed up.”

Unity

Reverend Awintia urged the Men's Ministries executives to “unite the men in the local churches, carry out programmes that will advance the progress and the growth of the church as part of evangelism.”

“Minister to the communities through evangelism, radio, television, and all that. That means the men's ministry must be the tool for evangelism. Using all the available tools.At the time we did this, social media was not as active as it is today. How can we be on television? How can we preach the gospel on radio?” he further asked.

Challenges 

Touching on challenges affecting the Men’s Ministries he mentioned lack of a good rapport between the men and pastors saying it was a necessary ingredient to make the Men’s Ministries formidable to support church growth.

Another challenge Reverend Awintia identified was economic issue and the seeming lack of commitment from some men. 

He explained that because some men claimed they pay the bills and provide for their families they are always busy with work to earn more money to sustain their families thereby making them unavailable for the growth of the Men's Ministries.

He emphasised that the Men's Ministries was created by the church's Constitution and that all church members who are men are required to help establish that wing and make itoperational and effective.

Findings

A Retired Management Consultant and a member of the Endtime Revival Centre of Assemblies of God, Adenta, Mr Joe Appeah, suggested that activities of Men's Ministries must be reviewed to make the wing of the church more attractive to the youth.

Mr Appeah observed that between 52 and 70 per cent of men in some of the churches do not take part in activities of Men's Ministries and urged the men to change the narrative.

He said he arrived at some findings after going on a fact finding mission to 12 regions where Assemblies of God had branches. 

Mr Appeah further revealed that his findings included the fact that in the churches where the lead pastors were active, the Men's Ministries were also vibrant and strong.

He said he also found out that to be viable the Men's Ministries executives must see their work as a calling while pastors must also see their involvement in the activities of the Men's Ministries as part of their Key Performance Indicators.

Mr Appeah indicated that some of the challenges affecting the Men's Ministries in the regions he visited included unreliable data base for planning purposes in the Men's Ministries; inactive or lukewarm attitude of members towards Men's Ministries activities; under utilised professional talents of men in the churches; lack of funds; perception; and overstayed board members.

Open forum

During an open forum, some of the participants identified incompetence of leadership of Men's Ministries in some of the churches as one of the challenges affecting the wing of the church. Other challenges they identified included busy nature of work, traffic situation in Accra and inadequate resources.