Daniel Owusu Asiamah

Daniel Owusu Asiamah is a Ghanaian missionary and preacher of the Churches of Christ.[1] He is the lead preacher of Takoradi Church of Christ and the founder of Outreach Africa Vocational Institute (OAVI).[2][3][4]

The only child of his mother (father is deceased), he was born in Ghana on June 8, 1965. Asiamah is a product of Ghana Bible College, International School of Biblical Studies (South Africa), Southern California School of Evangelism (USA), Literacy International (USA), Haggai Institute (Hawaii, USA) and Freed–Hardeman University (USA) free non-certificated lectures/seminars.

In July 2019, he was among the ten finalists of MTN Heroes Of Change.[5] He also serves as the Director of Studies at Takoradi Bible College.[6] Asiamah is the host of television Bible program called Voice of the church on Adom TV (Ghana).[1] Asiamah has similar radio programs in the US, Canada and a number of European countries. He has traveled around the world to start new churches or encourage Christians through seminars, lectureships, public evangelism etc.

Through his Outreach Africa Ministry Asiamah has impacted several towns and villages in Ghana by providing the poor with water wells, food, clothing, cash donations and education. Through the same outreach programme, he has provided free vocational education to people in and around Takoradi Municipality to equip them to become independent in society. Since the inception of the school in February 2008, about 2000 people have graduated. Asiamah is a believer in giving to the needy in society and patriotism, a belief which stems from his humble beginnings and struggles growing up in Ghana.[3]

He was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree (Doctor in Divinity) in 2015 by the Los Angeles Development Institute in Los Angeles, USA. He was awarded another honorary degree by the same institution in 2016, "Professor in Biblical Studies". He has more than 500 taped messages and no less than 1000 pages of religious and social journals.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Christian leaders can't blame politicians for corruption - Brother Owusu-Asiamah". Graphic Online. 2013-12-11. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  2. ^ "Takoradi Central Church of Christ gives one million in support of free SHS". ghananewsagency.org. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "MTN Heroes of Change 2019: Daniel Owusu Asiamah offers skills, practical education for free". Adom Online. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2023. Daniel Owusu Asiamah's upbringing and education was so tough from the beginning that had it not been for the benevolence of others, he wouldn't be where he is today. That has led the man to personally finance a mission to educate the most deprived in society for free.
  4. ^ "OAVI, a source of hope for free vocational education". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. ^ "26-Year-old adjudged 2019 MTN Hero of Change". Graphic Online. 2019-08-19. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. ^ "Takoradi Bible College graduates 27 ministers". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  7. ^ "Missionary of the Churches of Christ launches the "Legendary Post" Book". News Ghana. Retrieved 28 August 2023. born out of a collection of his daily posts to the world between 2017 and 2020 on his social media handles


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