Motto: "That You Love One Another" — John 13:34
A Missional Church · Missional Theme: Therefore, Go and Make Disciples of All Nations… Matthew 28:18-20
The Trinitarian Church is a living missional church on the mandate of the Great Commission Command for the salvation of mankind — proclaiming the Gospel in rural, poor and needy communities across Ghana and beyond.
Vision
The Trinitarian Church (TCG) is established to live out the purpose of the Church of Christ and Christianity as Partners in God's Mission to bring the lost back to God through Christlife (Born Again).
Mission
The Trinitarian Church is a living missional church on the mandate of the God's Church on the Great Commission Command for the salvation of mankind.
Goal
To have souls prepared as Christians (Born Again), living in Christ-life, for eternal life by the arrival of Christ.
To Present Christianity in a new conversation on a new narrative as continuity of God from the Old to meet the cultural and spiritual needs of people in the Kingdom of God.
To complement the efforts of missional Churches and Christian theologians who are working on the awareness towards the understanding of Christians that the Church of Christ is called as partners in the mission of God to be a going missional Church and not a sitting Church.
Members greet one another by blessing: GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU. The response is AMEN. This greeting is done at all times — morning, afternoon, evening, dawn. Similar greetings shall be accepted in all available local languages.
Abotoase (CK Village), Oti Region — the founding assembly of the Trinitarian Church of Ghana, established on 1st January 2020 with 17 members evangelized from the village.
Oyibi, Accra — home to the mission office at Good News Seminary, where the church was incorporated and certified on 31st December 2019.
Agbetsikpo, Volta Region — part of TCG's dedicated focus on rural community evangelism and church planting in communities most in need of the Gospel.
The Trinitarian Church of Ghana was founded and is led by ministers committed to missional Christianity and rural community transformation.
The history, strategy, and heart of a missional church dedicated to proclaiming the Gospel in rural, poor and needy communities.
The Trinitarian Church started with an evangelical mission ministry, Trinity Reforms Ministry (TRM) on 9th August 2016 with Pastor Francis Yaw Akron Mensah, Rev Edgar K Ameyibor, Evangelist Kwame Kumi-Ayesu and Evangelist Ebenezer Kwadwo Osei at KAS Valley, Oyibi in Accra, Ghana. It is a ministry dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel in the rural, poor and needy communities in societies and has been planting churches for the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ with social intervention projects.
Trinitarian Church of Ghana (TCG) was incorporated and certified to commence work at its mission office, Good News Seminary, at Oyibi in Accra on 31st December, 2019. The first Executive Council and founding members are: Rev Francis Yaw Akron Mensah, Rev Edgar K Ameyibor and Evangelist Kwame Kumi-Ayesu as the secretary.
Trinitarian Church of Ghana (TCG) was founded on 1st January, 2020 at Abotoase (CK village), Volta Region (now Oti Region) with 17 members evangelized from the village.
TRM in its first four (4) years in Ministry served the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) in missions and evangelism and shall continue in this same role and responsibility as the mission vehicle (Ministry) of The TCG.
Currently, TCG has three (3) church assemblies, namely (1) Trinity Assembly, Abotoase, Oti Region (2) Shalom Assembly, Oyibi-Accra and (3) Trinity Assembly, Agbetsikpo, Volta Region. TCG primarily concentrates its missions on rural communities in recognition of the rapid urbanization taking place in Ghana that seems to have affected church growth in rural areas and allowed the intrusion and dissemination of anti-Christ doctrines into rural communities in Ghana.
TCG presents Christianity, the life of Christ, (the Gospel) in a new conversation on a new narrative as continuity of God (worship) from the Old to meet the Cultural and Spiritual needs of people in the Kingdom of God.
We present Christianity as an answer to culturally related questions; meeting the spiritual, social, political and economic concerns and the languages of the receivers of the gospel. For effective Christian Church Missional Response, the Trinitarian church engages these culturally rooted questions in presenting the Gospel (Christianity) with conviction that it is concerned wholly with the same compartment of life and related to traditional religious piety.
In order that the Gospel and Culture can live among peoples especially the Church showing no intolerable differences the presents Christ in the conviction that the Gospel cannot oppose Culture; neither can culture oppose the Gospel.
Two Ministry Arms
Kerygmatic Ministry
Mission Ministers constantly in the field performing Mission and Evangelism duties for the church — preaching and winning souls.
Didactic Ministry
Congregation Ministers stationed in the chapel performing Shepherding and Teaching duties — teaching, guiding, strengthening, directing and protecting the won souls.
The theological foundations, practices and spiritual disciplines of the Trinitarian Church of Ghana.
The Trinitarian Church teaches Christian doctrine stressing the belief in the Trinity with a total faith in the Triune God (God, The Holy Trinity), One Holy God eternally existing in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in ministry to humanity. Christ's revelation of God is the revelation of an only begotten from the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit through whom this truth comes to mankind. Hence, The Trinitarian Church has its philosophy of Mission Ministry focused on this nature of God.
The church's strong faith in God and in the power of the Holy Spirit is the backing armour for the fight against demons and the source power for the healing and deliverance ministries of the church. The church believes in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (the Triune God) as foundational to the mission ministry. However, the Holy Spirit has primacy in the faith of the church. The Trinitarian as Reformed Classical Pentecostal Church believes in The Holy Spirit, is Missional and Evangelical in all-natural character of the Church of The Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible is the sacred book as an object from God to the church. The Bible forms the central position in the liturgy of the church.
The Trinitarian Church as a Reformed Pentecostal is carrying the apostolic tradition. As a typical Trinitarian, TCG believes in puritanical ethics and refusal of practicing magic and witchcraft. Trinity as Christian belief in God provides the platform to reasoning for the divergent pluralistic spiritualties encountered in the world of religions. The teachings of TCG rightly posits that the worship of God as Trinity does not arise from a speculative philosophy about God's relation with the world, but from the heart of the gospel narrative itself. In Christian tradition, TCG teaches that Jesus is the unifying point of reference for all the creative acts of God.
Theme: POWER IN HIS PRESENCE — At the beginning of each year The General Council declares prayer and fasting. The Trinitarian Performs Three Sessions of Annual Fasting and Prayers giving an entire yearly 3 sessions of 42 Days.
1st Session
January · 7 Days
Thanksgiving for God's Clearance into a New Year; prayer for breakthrough in the year entered and beyond.
2nd Session
July · 21 Days
Thanksgiving for half year through, review of relationship with God and petition God's presence and power to go through to the end of the year.
3rd Session
December · 14 Days
Thanksgiving for end of year and petition for entry clearance into next year.
The Bible has a great deal to say about both fasting and praying, including commands to fast and pray. The Bible also gives us examples of people who fasted and prayed, using different types of fasts for different reasons, all of which are very positive results. Jesus fasted and prayed. Jesus' disciples fasted and prayed after the Resurrection. Many of the Old Testament heroes and heroines of the faith fasted and prayed. The followers of John the Baptist fasted and prayed. Many people in the early church fasted and prayed. What the Scripture has taught us directly and by the examples of the saints is surely something we are to do.
That breakthrough might be in the realm of the spirit. It may be in the realm of our emotions or personal habits. It may be in the realm of a very practical area of life, such as a relationship or finances or fruit of the womb. The belief of The Trinitarian Church is if one has any need in one's life, the person needs a breakthrough from God to meet that need! Fasting and prayer break the yoke of bondage and bring about a release of God's presence, power, and provision.
Trinitarian Church believes it is God who grants grace to people to live into every new day. Hence the Last Night Service for entry into New Month is to seek His grace into every month. This is a corporate prayer between the last 3 hours on every last Night into the next New Month. 31st January into 1st February, 28th/29th February into 1st March… 31st December into 1st January. The 31st December is, however, a Last Watch Night Service into the New Year — The Triumphant Entry Watch Night. It is a Supernatural Power Breakthrough Night of Every Month that ushers a New Month for the visitation of the Shekinah Glory.
The Trinitarian Church is a reformed Classical Pentecostal Church with Trinitarian liturgy. TCG has the features of Pentecostalism blending Methodism, Presbyterianism and Apostolic. The liturgical service is made up of many songs of local hymns, choral, praises and adoration, clapping, drumming, dancing, thanksgiving, Bible studies, reading of scriptures, testimonies, prophecies and healing services.
TCG worship services are: Sunday Services (9am-11:30am), Prayer Services on Thursdays (7pm-9pm) and Teaching Services on Tuesdays (7pm-9pm). TCG worship services are interspaced with Amen, Praise the Lord, and Hallelujah. Teaching of the Word of God about the Power of the Cross, The Gospel, Jesus Christ Himself, for the salvation of our members is above all things at the TCG.
Sunday, the Day of the Lord is the main day of worship that all congregants gather at the various Assemblies of various branches fellowship with each other and God in the name of Jesus Christ led by the Holy Spirit. However, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays are others days of worship including, teaching, healing and deliverance.
The Trinitarian Church like other denominations ministers the Lord's Supper as ordained by the Lord Jesus Christ and celebrated by all Bible believing church. The Trinitarian Church believes that the Lord's Supper is an ordinance of the Lord in which gathered believers eat bread, signifying Christ's body given for His people, and drink of the cup of the Lord, signifying the New Covenant in Christ's blood. We do this in remembrance of the Lord, and thus proclaim His death until He comes. Those who eat and drink in a worthy manner partake of Christ's body and blood, not physically, but spiritually, in that, by faith, they are nourished with the benefits He obtained through His death, and thus grow in grace.
TCG observes the Lord's Supper 12 times a year (Monthly) with quarterly service preceded by a love feast on the Saturday before the Sunday. Any local non-alcoholic drink & bread may be used for the Communion.
The Trinitarian Church baptizes members initiating them as believers of Christ's Church. As a true Trinitarian, the Church baptizes members in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Trinitarian Church baptizes anyone of all ages on the basis of Genesis 17:10-14, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 16:15.
The consideration of The Trinitarian Church is that the whole concept of initiating chosen or God's selected people into God's family started with God's covenant with Abraham. In Acts 2:38-39, Acts 16:15 this household concept of initiation (baptism) is well demonstrated. Everyone in the family/house including children (infants) is equally part of the faith blessing; our emphasis is being a member of God's family.
Members greet one another by blessing: GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU. The response is AMEN. This greeting is done at all times (morning, afternoon, evening, dawn). However, one can equally respond by returning same, "GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU TOO." Similar greetings shall be accepted in all available local languages.
The strategic ministry arms of the Trinitarian Church — Missional, Teaching, Para-Church, and Growth & Development.
This ministry, headed by the Head Apostle, is responsible for Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) of the Church missional life — the Kerygmatic Ministries of the Trinitarian Assemblies.
TCG is partner in God's redemptive mission purpose from the work He did in the Garden of Eden at the fall of man. Through historical unfolding events of salvation with the prophets and the Israelites, the mission finally crystallized in the bigger picture of Grace of gift in Jesus Christ.
TCG moves the motion: "It is time that Christianity engages a new conversation of God's mission with a new narrative to tell the true story of Christianity as Partnership with God in His own mission started as a continuation of God from the old known about God thereby making Christianity an answer to culturally rooted questions of peoples in the New faith."
Three distinctive on which TCG places special emphasis:
(1) That local believers engage in reaching their own Jerusalem
(2) That suffering is part and parcel of the Gospel
(3) That the Gospel's mission and therefore, our mission is holistic
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." — Acts 1:8
Poverty is a major problem in most communities. At The Trinitarian Church, outreach ultimately means providing services or ministry to the poor. There is a synergistic relationship between outreach and a church. Identifying and supporting the poor and the needy in the rural communities is the concern of Trinitarian Church. "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." — 1 John 3:18
Christian community development responds to the needs our communities face in a holistic way. "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city…because if it prospers, you too will prosper." — Jeremiah 29:7. TCG addresses violence, unemployment and poor education through Transformational Development.
Ministries cannot be sustained or reproduced if leaders are not developed, so TCG develops leaders for outreach through training — a process called discipleship. "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others." — II Timothy 2:2
These are strategic apostolic weekday teaching services for church members at all locals. Discipleship with Bible Study, Prayer Groups and Shepherding form part the spiritual development strategy.
All congregations shall have evangelical ministry groups including: Shepherding, Discipleship, Bible Study, Prayer Warrior, Fundraising Fellowship, Outreach and Hospitality, Choir, Music, Ushering, PR/Media Communication, Men's Fellowship, Women Fellowship, Youth groups and Children service Departments for activity-based programmes.
Non-Denominational Traveling Teaching Service Ministry on weekdays shall be held nationwide at designated churches. The teaching services will focus on Gospel and Culture, Christlike Life, Salvation, Mission and Evangelism, Historical Life of the Church, Doctrines Religion and Interfaith.
Side attractions of this ministry shall include: Non-Denominational Regional Choral Festivals/Concerts drawing Church Choir groups, Choral Groups, Singing Bands, Brass Bands Patriotic Song, Acapella, Christian Based Cultural groups and among others into participation.
Ministry Groups
On her mission philosophy, Trinitarian Church (TCG) strategically plants churches (Assemblies) to spread out as a missional church domestically and internationally from within Ghana (the start point), to particularly African nations through a para-church ministry, Trinity Reforms Ministry. Licensing of trained ministers, home and abroad shall be deployed. Rural communities are the concentration of the mission activities of the Church.
Trinity Reforms Ministry –TRM has been purposely established for strategic mission partnership in The Trinitarian Church for a successful missional church functioning. This is a Geographical Mission and Church Planting by TRM.
In the first 25 working years, the Church shall endeavour to have at least an assembly in Europe, North and South America, UAE, Asia, Australia, East Africa, Central Africa and two West African Countries with Ghana.
Personal Evangelism
TCG deploys personal evangelism as one of the effective ways of reaching people for the Kingdom of God — following Christ's own style of "one to one" encounters as with Zacchaeus and the Samaritan woman.
No Dawn Broadcasting
In promoting and fulfilling the value of love and concern for healthy neighbourliness (John 13:34), Trinitarian Church does not subscribe to dawn broadcast evangelism. The Church does not engage in evangelism activities that create noise pollution or environmental nuisance.
Holistic Mission
Christ's mission was a holistic ministry, attending to the spiritual needs, as well as the material and physical needs of men. Man is also a soul with a mouth that needs to be fed, and a body that needs to be clothed. These make Transformational Development a core mandate of TCG.
Trinity Pre-School · Trinity Primary School · Trinity Junior High School
Trinitarian Senior High School
Trinitarian Seminary of Mission and Theology · Theology and Economics Center (CETEC) at Ghana Christian University College, affiliated to Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culture (ACI).
Trinity Printing and Publications (Trinity Press) · Trinity Farms · Trinity Hospitality Services · Trinity Health and Medical Services · Trinity Water and Foods
Trinitarian Career Development: Catering Services · Clothing and Textiles (Beddings, Headgears, Local dresses, Curtains, Handkerchiefs) · Media and Audio-Visuals · Jewellery (Beads, Hats, Bangles, Necklace, Ear Rings etc) · Soaps/Toiletries
The Trinitarian shall establish a media house that will comprise of Television and Radio Stations. The media house shall start with a city Radio/FM station in a convenient community to ensure corporate publicity cost effectiveness.
A Christian Mission Think Tank designed to lead Africa to engage theology with culturally-rooted questions that border on spiritual, social, politics and economics — introducing Theoconomy in the academia for new career professionals (theoconomists) in new order global economics.
The theological, missional and evangelistic philosophy that shapes everything we do.
Strategically the name, Trinitarian Church of Ghana without further explanation speaks for itself in its self-image and character to everyone on the activities of the church. The name reflects a Christian Church adherent of Trinitarianism. The Trinitarian Church, therefore, teaches Christian doctrine stressing belief in the Trinity with a total faith in the Triune God (One Holy God eternally existing in three persons), the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit as the foundation to Mission Ministry to humankind.
The Philosophy of mission of the Trinitarian Church, strongly acknowledges God Himself as the first Missionary and Evangelist. TCG is Partnering in God's Mission, the Missio Dei bringing the lost Back to God through Christlife (Born Again) in His redemptive mission purposed for the salvation of His creation.
The conviction of TTC is that salvation by Jesus Christ, the Gospel, is meaningless to the African until Christ is presented in Africa for a total liberation power of Jesus in a holistic mission that answers the culturally rooted social, economic, political and spiritual questions in the traditional community.
The Evangelism Philosophy of the Trinitarian Church is a concentration on rural community missions. TCG does not subscribe to dawn broadcast evangelism; it engages in dusk-evening broadcast instead of dawn broadcast in order to reduce the amount of noise pollution or environmental noise nuisance that affect people TCG seeks to win.
The philosophy of The Trinitarian Church is biblical believing that because of mission there is church and not because of church there is mission.
"Because of mission there is church — not because of church there is mission."
Philosophy of The Trinitarian Church
(1) Christianity as a continuation of God from the Old
(2) Christianity as an answer to Culturally-Rooted Questions addressing issues in the context of peoples
(3) Christianity as a call on Christians, the Church (the sent) as apostles, partners of God in His Own Mission on the Great Commission Command of the 'Go' to seek and save the world, not on a Command of 'Sit' to invite the world.
The TCG Church is passionate about the structure of the Church (the Kingdom of God), which has a strategic working complementarity arms of the two main categories of Ministries:
(1) Missional Ministry with Mission Ministers constantly in the field performing Mission and Evangelism duties for the church (Kerygmatic) and (2) Congregational Ministry with Congregation Ministers to be 'stationed' in the chapel/auditorium performing the Shepherding and Teaching duties of the church (Didactic).
This implies that the Church of Christ on the Command of the Great Commission has the Kerygmatic ministry on the field preaching and winning souls to feed the Didactic ministry in the chapel for teaching, guiding, strengthening, directing and protecting the won souls in the doctrines of Christianity. This means the works of these two arms of the Church become indispensable (complementarity) towards the completion of the Uncompleted Task of Christ on the Great Commission.
On Rural Focus
TCG primarily concentrates its missions on rural communities in recognition of the rapid urbanization taking place in Ghana that seems to have affected church growth in rural areas.
On Culture & Gospel
The Gospel cannot oppose Culture; neither can culture oppose the Gospel. Christ is presented in the conviction that Christianity is an answer to culturally-rooted questions of peoples.
On Evangelism Style
Following Christ's approach — entering people's worlds and cultures, just as Jesus stepped into Peter's boat. "The first step in making a difference in a person's life is to get into his or her world (Culture)."
Grace and Peace to You. Reach out to the Trinitarian Church of Ghana — we are glad you're here.
Founding Ministers
Rev F Y Akron Mensah
Head Minister, Trinitarian Church and Missions
Rev Kwame E Ameyibor
Associate Ministry Overseer (Pastor), Trinitarian Church's Para-Church Ministry
This is the greeting of the Trinitarian Church of Ghana. The response is AMEN. We welcome all who come in the name of the Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
"That You Love One Another" — John 13:34