The founder and Leader of the Cedar Mountain Chapel, East Legon, a popular branch of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev Stephen Wengam won a landslide victory to become the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Ghana for the next four years.
Rev. Stephen Yenusom Wengam was born to the late Matthew K. Wengam and Mrs Deborah Wengam on 19th September 1972 at Tema Community Four in Accra Tema.
His family hails from Paknatik in the Bunkpurugu Yoyoo District in the now North East Region of Ghana as a sibling to four other children three of whom passed away before Stephen turned six years of age.
He attended the Teshie Estate Preparatory School where he was acting school prefect a year before Upper Six, effectively providing leadership over his seniors.
He proceeded to the Tema Senior High School (TEMASCO), where his leadership qualities once again showed when he was elected as the School Prefect and the Scripture Union (S.U.) President.
He went to the University of Ghana Business School from there.
In his first year at the University of Ghana (U.G.), where he studied B. Sc. Administration specialising in Marketing, he was appointed National President of the Assemblies of God Campus Ministry.
He became a Radio Pastor for Radio Universe and a talk show host on Bible exposition. He continues to pursue his radio passion as he currently serves as the Resident Pastor for Accra-based Citi FM, hosting a daily early morning devotional programme on weekdays.
After University, Wengam would served as the Assemblies of God Youth Director for Greater Accra for more than 10 years and was later Associate Pastor at the Glory Assemblies of God and Osu Ringway Assemblies of God.
He was later appointed as the Director of Administration at the headquarters of the Assemblies of God for eight years, spanning the leaderships of three different General Superintendents where he advised and pioneered reforms that serve the church to date.
They started Assemblies of God Professional Network, Prime Insurance Company and introduced capacity-building initiatives and was part of the committee that drafted the current Assemblies of God constitution.
He served the nation as the Member of the Ghana Prisons Board and later became its Chairman and he led initiatives to improve prison conditions and provide training for officers with US Embassy support.
It was his leadership that introduced Distance Learning for Prisoners to qualify and acquire University of Ghana degrees and Diplomas.
Yenusom Wengam is married to Monica, and the couple celebrated their 21st marriage anniversary this year.
Rev Dr Wengam, 50, takes over from Rev Professor Yaw Frimpong-Manso who has been General Superintendent for 12 years.
VICTORY SPEECH
In his victory speech, Rev Dr Wengam said his immediate step is to “unite Assemblies of God, Ghana for true spiritual revival and greatness ”
He also promised “visionary and progressive leadership of integrity, shift, speed, open heavens, and fulfillment of the Great Commission.”
Rev Dr Wengam recalled that Assemblies of God, Ghana used to be the leading Pentecostal Church in Ghana. It was the first to establish a Bible School, a Radio Ministry, use social action activities to win souls, and transform communities. It was also the first church of Assemblies of God worldwide to produce a President and a Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana.
Rev Wengam declared: “ we will regain our position to become the leading Pentecostal Church.” Ours is a church destined for greatness and greatness is our portion. Remember, we are products of the Azusa Street Revival.”
Rev Dr Wengam said the journey to the highest office of Assemblies of God, Ghana has been “rough and tough as I endured odds, resistance, false accusations and misrepresentations.”
He expressed profound appreciation to God for raising him for that assignment, adding that “it’s victory for the ordinary local pastor who may never become District Pastor, Regional Superintendent or Executive Presbytery Member but who now has hope that indeed God still raises Davids from obscurity to prominence. The lesson to all is that we should not put the law above grace.”
