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Story: Emmanuel Modey, Hohoe

THE Hohoe Dayi branch of the Assemblies of God Church has held a special service to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of its Senior Pastor, Apostle Ernest Narki Adulai, at the Revival Assemblies of God Church, Hohoe.
The church, which he nurtured from 1982 to date, started with seven members, but now has more than 1,000 members, with branches in eight other towns.
According to the history of the church, Apostle Adulai was posted to Hohoe at the heat of the revolution in 1982 to open the third branch of the church at Hohoe.
By dint of hard work, membership of the church increased over the years, whilst pastors trained by him opened other branches and other charismatic churches.
Apostle Adulai attended the Assemblies of God Ghana Bible Institute at Saltpond in the Central Region from 1979 - 1981.
He rose through the ranks to become the Volta Regional Superintendent of the church and Supervising Pastor of the Revival Assemblies of God.
Speaking in an interview, Apostle Adulai commended all parties which had successfully gone through their primaries for the peaceful way they did it.
He said with the large number of contestants, there was some tension in the air, “but God willing, everything went on and a flag bearer was elected”, he said.
Apostle Adulai therefore advised all politicians that now that the real battle was about to begin, they should engage in a peaceful campaign, devoid of any acrimony.
“You should remember that Ghana is a peaceful country, and so your actions and words should not precipitate chaos in the country,” he advised.
While commending the government for its National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) and other such programmes meant to keep the youth at home, he also called on the government to open up the areas with infrastructure so that the rural-urban migration would be minimised.
Preaching the sermon, the General Superintendent of the church, Rev. W.W. Dontoh, said Apostle Adulai had lived 50 years of fruitfulness.
He, therefore, congratulated him and said that through him the church of the Lord was expanding in the area.