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Korankye Ankrah serves as the first vice president of the Ghana
Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), which was formed in 1969. He is the CEO of Powerline Media Ministries, a non-profit organization with radio and television in Ghana as well as internationally. In addition, he is the founder of
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in Accra", and that he had a "fleet of cars." He issued a statement, "I will not lie to you; say to the whole world that I say that by our position as men of God, we definitely attract blessings of which includes money, but for me it is the following and the people which is more important and the
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canteen in 1994 and to its own property in
November 2000. As at that time, the church membership had grown to about 5,000. After 10 years at Bank for Housing and Construction (Accra Ghana), Ankrah's wife joined Royalhouse Chapel International as a full-time minister in 1998, and was named Premier
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Excellence and Humility in Leadership from The Azusa Revival Directorate. In 2012, he was awarded with the Global Award for Apostolic/Pastoral Excellence by the Global Leadership Training Organisation, in recognition of his work to ensure integrity in leadership in the West African
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Korankye Ankrah has created initiatives to address the problems of those in need. Programs he has founded include
Outreach for Comfort, Rescue to the needy, Ministry to the Aged, Hospital and Prisons Outreaches and Scholarship Schemes for Bright but Needy Students.
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Lady of the organization. Today the church has about 30,000 members, with 120 local assemblies, 20 international missions, and departments including media ministries, church administration, a
Christian Leadership College, and a department of social services.
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Reverend Ankrah was born to J. O. Ankrah and
Victoria Ziddah on 23 February 1960, the 22nd of his polygamous father’s 24 children and the fifth of his mother’s seven children. His mother, a Presbyterian, had him baptized as Samuel in the
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