{"id":5198,"date":"2018-07-31T03:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/07\/31\/the-accra-church-in-ghana-witness-five-baptisms\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:59:58","slug":"the-accra-church-in-ghana-witness-five-baptisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/the-accra-church-in-ghana-witness-five-baptisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra Church in Ghana Witnesses Five Baptisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n<center>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/campus_accra_baptisms.jpg?resize=815%2C645&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/campus_accra_baptisms.jpg 815w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/campus_accra_baptisms-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/campus_accra_baptisms-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\">\n<\/center>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n  <i> Shared from <a href=\"http:\/\/icocnigeria.org\/2018\/07\/13\/baptism-accra-church-in-ghana-witness-five-baptisms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOC Nigeria<\/a> &#8220;Don&rsquo;t you have a saying, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s still four months until harvest&rsquo;? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.&#8221; <\/i> &ndash; John 4:35 (NIV) God really did promise that the harvest is indeed plentiful and ripe for harvest! In less than one week here in Accra, Ghana our most wonderful God has blessed our church with a harvest as five wonderful souls have been added into our family! Lesly Tetteh Okasa Ashong, a campus student, Nii Lantey Jacob Ashong-Mettle Jr, Andy Ottoo, also in the campus ministry, Mr. Twum and Monalisa Akosa were all baptized and added into the Accra church this July to the glory of God. Our joy in the Accra church is indeed overflowing to see people getting reconciled back to God in baptism and we keep praying for more open hearts as we are all <i> &ldquo;laborers together with God&rdquo; <\/i> (1 Corinthians 3:9) in God&rsquo;s harvest.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God really did promise that the harvest is indeed plentiful and ripe for harvest! In less than one week here&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[51,61],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-5198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","tag-missions"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/accra_baptisms.jpg?fit=960%2C720&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1lQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30339,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/five-baptisms-in-accra-ghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":5198,"position":0},"title":"Five Baptisms in Accra, Ghana","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"May 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Five people have been added to our church in Accra, Ghana, so far this year.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Five-baptisms-in-Accra.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Five-baptisms-in-Accra.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Five-baptisms-in-Accra.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Five-baptisms-in-Accra.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Five-baptisms-in-Accra.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22352,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/accra-church-appoints-first-elders\/","url_meta":{"origin":5198,"position":1},"title":"Accra Church Appoints First Elders","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"December 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jimmy Parry and Sylvanus Azumah were appointed as elders in Accra by the ICOC Ghana in a colorful ceremony.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elders4-1.jpg?fit=1022%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elders4-1.jpg?fit=1022%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elders4-1.jpg?fit=1022%2C651&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elders4-1.jpg?fit=1022%2C651&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4821,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/singles-the-west-africa-singles-conference-2018-satisfied-is-god-enough\/","url_meta":{"origin":5198,"position":2},"title":"The West Africa Singles Conference 2018 \u2013 Satisfied: Is God Enough?","author":"dtadmin","date":"December 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The West African Singles Conference, themed SATISFIED: Is God Enough?, was hosted in Accra, Ghana on 23 \u2013 25 November 2018. 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