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Bishop Sylvester Borkuma
A Young Bishop with Fifty Congregations
My name is Sylvester Borkumah. I was born on 18 September 1976 to Prophet Timothy Borkumah and Prophetess Emma Agbeli, natives of Agate, in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region of Ghana.
My father, Timothy Borkumah, founded an African Instituted Church called The Peaceful Healing Church before I was born. I began attending my father's church when a boy. After graduating from Senior Secondary (High) School in 1994, leaders of the church decided to enrol me at the Good News Theological College and Seminary. The purpose was to give me the opportunity to have a good theological education that would equip me to be an effective leader. I was appointed the Youth leader of the church when I was in my second year of training at the seminary.
While at the seminary I was elected the President of the Student Representative Council - a mouthpiece of the students. I was awarded with a diploma in Pastoral Studies when I graduated in July 2005. I was also a co-recipient of Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey's Award - an award to a graduating student whose long paper in African Christian Theology is adjudged the best.
My father died prior to my graduation from the seminary. The cost of living on campus became tough for me. Fortunately I was awarded the Dr. Samuel Jones Memorial Scholarship by the East-West Ministries (now East-West Interknit), which is based in the U.S.A. I could not have completed my studies on schedule had it not been the award of the scholarship.
I was appointed the bishop of the Peaceful Healing Church on 4 December 2005. The church has over 50 congregations in Ghana, Togo, and Benin. Membership of the church is over 3,000. Sixty pastors work under me.
Frankly, being a student at the Good News Theological College and Seminary has equipped me to lead the church. I thank God for His plan for my life and for His church, and for the seminary. I am also thankful to the East-West Interknit for helping me with the scholarship.
Saturday, 5 August 2006.
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