Pastor George Korah interprets for Jere Gowin in 2024. After Ruth Ann’s and my departure from Ghana in 2013, two additional churches were added to the work. The present Church has since thrived under the leadership of Pastor George Korah. This year, a local board was formed to lead the ministry for the COGH. A goal of the leaders is to locate and purchase land in Wa to establish a headquarters for the Church in Ghana. This would include a training facility which can double a

Jere and Ruth Ann Gowin, former missionaries to both Cayman Brac and Ghana, have been accepted as World Missions' first non-residential missionaries. ​A non-residential missionary assists Kingdom growth in another country by giving 2-3 weeks at least 2 times a year to live overseas. ​Non-residential missionaries are similar to residential/career missionaries in the way that they work to learn the local culture and seek to train and mentor believers. They also raise funds for

God is using Dr. Jim’s book, God’s Call to Holiness , in nine countries in Africa, where over 20,000 people have studied it. One 19-year-old young lady testified, “When I attended the holiness training out of curiosity, the book pierced my heart. For the first time, I read about a God who is not distant but desires relationship. That night, I whispered, 'Jesus, if You are real, come and live in me.' And He did."

Over Mother’s Day weekend, Dr. Jim Lo spoke at the Church of God (Holiness) in Brooklyn, New York, a Haitian congregation. He later wrote, “As I participated in worship I thought of the words found in Revelation 7:9, ‘... I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb.’ “In the last two months I have been in services where worship was done in Spanish, Fr

The first part of this year has been good for our family. Christy and Jacob’s return at the end of January was great, and at the school break we were able to get away and relax for a few days on the coast. The boys have all done well so far in school, and are busy with learning and activities. Christy has joined right back in with her jobs at the Clinic and in Staff Care, and enjoys helping people. Larry has had some time to work on planning and preparation for the rest of th

Paul Confer, a board member, and I were in Bolivia, visiting and ministering in churches. One night we visited Iglesia Macedonia. The service was to start at 8:00 p.m. Since we had gotten there early, I was approached and asked, “Can we use this time before service begins to do a prayer walk?” As different ones of us gathered together, I was asked what I did during my walks. I shared the following. Prayer walks are not social times for us to be talking to one another. As we a