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19 Years Of Waiting Ends In Joy As Elmina Couple Welcomes First Child

no name given · The Church of Pentecost – General Headquarters, Ghana · 2026-09-29 · Accra · Source

The faithfulness of God is also shown in delayed answers, and the congregation should celebrate births without pressuring or judging couples who are still waiting.

He emphasized that the value of a marriage or an individual should not be determined by the ability to have children, and he urged the church to create safe spaces in which couples can receive prayer, pastoral support, encouragement, and appropriate medical counseling without stigma.

The text reports on the birth of the first child of a couple from the Church of Pentecost in the Elmina District who have been married for 19 years. On this occasion, a thanksgiving service was held with the theme "God is faithful," attended by relatives, clergy, and congregation members. Pastor Maxwell Nti encouraged those present to remain steadfast in faith during difficult times and identified three characteristics of divine faithfulness: timelessness, unconditionality, and generational impact. He warned against using testimonies of births to put pressure on couples who are still waiting for a child. The pastor appealed for compassion and for creating safe spaces for prayer, pastoral support, and medical counseling without stigma. The District Leader, Apostle Lawrence Oduro-Nyarko, expressed his joy and dedicated the child to the honor of God. The text frames the birth as a testimony of endurance, faith, and hope and as a reminder to the congregation to both celebrate requested gifts and to show compassion to those who are still waiting.

What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?

Illness, death, and transience as the fundamental problem

Where does the evil reside?

in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual

What helps against it?

prayer, worship, meditation, repeated practice; solidarity, mutual help, belonging

What is human being according to this text?

described above all as one who is accepted and given to

Where is history heading?

a turning point, a coming, a new order is about to arrive

What does the text base its claim on?

on the holy scripture of its own tradition; on a present head, teacher, or office

To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?

to one's own fellow believers

Where is the text's criticism directed?

at one's own community and at oneself

• in schwierigen Zeiten standhaft im Glauben bleiben (inward)
• Paaren, die unter Kinderlosigkeit leiden, Mitgefühl und Unterstützung entgegenbringen (interpersonal)
• sichere Räume für Gebet, seelsorgerliche Unterstützung und medizinische Beratung ohne Stigma schaffen (social)

5. Mose 7,9 · 2. Timotheus 2,11–13

Basic stance

2 from -2 to 2

Insistence

2 of 3

Reach

3 of 5

Concreteness

2 of 3

Boundary

0 of 3

Time

past 2, present 2, future 1

Analysed with qwen3.8-27b, version v3. The same standards apply to every tradition, see Values.