The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has inaugurated 19 Presbytery Committees to support the church’s governance and advance its global ministry.

The inauguration of the committees forms part of ICGC’s efforts to strengthen institutional leadership and enhance the delivery of its ministries as the church continues its international expansion.

The inauguration ceremony was held at Christ Temple East in Teshie, Accra, on July 9, 2026, under the leadership of the General Overseer of ICGC, Rev. Dr Mensa Otabil, and the General Secretary, Rev. Morris Appiah.

This was contained in a statement copied to The Spectator in Accra on Monday.

 Rev. Counsellor Prince Offei, a columnist with the paper was also appointed as a member of the Presbytery Family Life Support Committee by the National Presbytery on June 29, 2026, with the committee’s work taking effect from July 9.

He joins a team comprising the chairman, Rev. Samuel Awuku Gyekye, Rev. Dr Fred Brako, Professor Irene Kretchy, Dr Sena Owusu-Gibson and Dr Albert Rockson.

The Family Life Support Committee was tasked with providing strategic direction and resources to strengthen marriages, families and individual well-being across ICGC assemblies worldwide.

Its mandate includes promoting marriage enrichment and premarital counselling, supporting families through crises, grief and trauma, strengthening parenting education and family discipleship, enhancing mental health and counselling services based on biblical principles, promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for reconciliation, and training pastors and lay counsellors.

The committee, the  statement said, forms part of the church’s broader governance structure, which also includes committees responsible for ordination and licensing, legal affairs, education, church order and doctrine, and disciplinary matters.

Rev. Counsellor Offei is a lecturer and faculty member of the Daniel Institute of Central University. He is also a mental health professional, ordained minister, certified Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioner, author, television personality, and marriage and family counsellor.

He is the founder and Executive Director of Counsellor Prince and Associates Consult (CPAC) and is known for his writings on relationships, family life and mental wellness, including contributions to The Spectator.

Present at the ceremony were senior presbyters which included Rev. Christopher Yaw Annor and Rev. Anthony Cudjoe.

By Spectator Reporter

The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has inaugurated 19 Presbytery Committees to support the church’s governance and advance its global ministry.

Nana Efua Esaaba, Headmistress of Agona Swedru Methodist Basic School, has appealed to old students, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), advocacy groups and citizens of Agonaman to support the school with metal doors and burglar-proof windows to protect its classrooms from intruders. 

She said the intervention would help prevent suspected wee smokers and other miscreants from breaking into the school and using the classrooms as hideouts and places of convenience. 

According to the Headmistress, the intruders had destroyed all the wooden classroom doors, removed window louvre blades and defecated in some of the classrooms. 

Nana Esaaba told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that when she assumed office in 2022, she was confronted with the unpleasant situation of finding human faeces on teachers’ tables. 

She said the situation had worsened over the years, adding that about a year after she took office, unknown persons cut electricity cables connected to high-tension poles near the school, plunging the school and its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre into darkness. 

The Headmistress said the suspects had also broken into her office and stolen government textbooks and other personal belongings, forcing her to permanently close one of the office windows to prevent further attacks. 

She noted that louvre blades installed at the school’s science laboratory, constructed by the Rotary Club, had also been removed by the miscreants. 

Nana Esaaba noted that the timely intervention of some passers-by about two weeks ago prevented suspected wee smokers from removing roofing sheets from one of the school buildings. 

She explained that reports on the incidents had been submitted to the Agona West Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) for onward transmission to the Central Regional Office and the GES Headquarters in Accra, but the school was yet to receive assistance. 

Furthermore, the Headmistress said in an effort to protect the school’s property, she and her management team had engaged the services of a private security guard at their own expense, but the problem persisted. 

She appealed to police patrol teams from the Agona West District and Divisional Commands to intensify day and night patrols around the school campus to deter criminal activities. 

Nana Esaaba also appealed to the Agona West Municipal Assembly to support efforts to secure the school environment. 

Moreover, she called for the provision of additional furniture for both teachers and pupils, citing an increase in the school’s population. –GNA