Ghanaian Lutheran Outreach
Houston is growing among people groups from hundreds of different nations. The question for the church is, “who will minister to these different cultures and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with them in a way that they can understand?” On July 14th of this year, Christian Attah Kwami from Ghana-West Africa, a new lay minister was commissioned here in Houston at Family of Faith Lutheran Church as missionary at large to the African population. He is working in partnership with LINC Houston, The Family of Faith Lutheran Church and The LCMS Texas District to begin new ministries to the growing African immigrant population in the Houston area.
Christian was born in Accra, Ghana on Dec 14, 1964. His name Kwami means he was born on Saturday. He holds a B.A. with a major in Social Work and a minor in Sociology from the University of Guana-Legon. He also holds a diploma in teaching from E.P. Training College in Amedzofe, Ghana. In his home country of Ghana he worked twelve years as a Junior High School teacher. He also worked with street kids and disadvantaged children in Ghana as a social worker. Here in the U.S. he studied at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin and graduated from the Lay Ministry program in 2001.
Here in Houston, his plans are to make disciples of Jesus Christ and train them as leaders to begin new ministries themselves. Chris is married to Esther Attah and has two children, Chris and Emmanuella. They reside near The Family of Faith Lutheran Church in Northwest Houston. When asked if he was up to the task of reaching such a large group of people in a strange city like Houston, Chris replied confidently, “Yes, by using all means possible to make contact with people and with the help of God to touch them with the Gospel.” His greatest challenge in ministry is for people to open the hearts and minds to the Gospel and the ability to break through the barriers among the hundreds of different African groups in the U.S. There more than 2,000 different dialects spoken in Africa and almost as many different cultural groups. Chris’ vision for ministry is to unite all people from the African Continent in Jesus Christ, no matter where they come from.
Christian was born in Accra, Ghana on Dec 14, 1964. His name Kwami means he was born on Saturday. He holds a B.A. with a major in Social Work and a minor in Sociology from the University of Guana-Legon. He also holds a diploma in teaching from E.P. Training College in Amedzofe, Ghana. In his home country of Ghana he worked twelve years as a Junior High School teacher. He also worked with street kids and disadvantaged children in Ghana as a social worker. Here in the U.S. he studied at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin and graduated from the Lay Ministry program in 2001.
Here in Houston, his plans are to make disciples of Jesus Christ and train them as leaders to begin new ministries themselves. Chris is married to Esther Attah and has two children, Chris and Emmanuella. They reside near The Family of Faith Lutheran Church in Northwest Houston. When asked if he was up to the task of reaching such a large group of people in a strange city like Houston, Chris replied confidently, “Yes, by using all means possible to make contact with people and with the help of God to touch them with the Gospel.” His greatest challenge in ministry is for people to open the hearts and minds to the Gospel and the ability to break through the barriers among the hundreds of different African groups in the U.S. There more than 2,000 different dialects spoken in Africa and almost as many different cultural groups. Chris’ vision for ministry is to unite all people from the African Continent in Jesus Christ, no matter where they come from.
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