Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye is the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, an international Pentecostal church, headquartered in Ghana. The Church of Pentecost is the largest Pentecostal church in Ghana, with over 3.4 million members in Ghana and over 600,000 members in 150 other nations.
Eric is also the President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC), an ecumenical body of Pentecostal and charismatics churches in Ghana, an Advisory Committee member of the Pentecostal World Fellowship, and a Global Cabinet member of Empowered 21.
Apostle Eric Nyamekye was called into ministry in 1991. He has since served in many stations, including South Africa where he was a missionary. Before his election to the position of the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, he served as a member of the Executive Council of the church for five (5) years. He also worked with the Youth Ministry of the church, where he served as a member of the National Executive Committee and later as Patron.
Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Commercial Management – UK, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Applied Theology from the University of Manchester, UK and a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is currently pursuing his PhD Degree with the South African Theological Seminary.
He is married to Mary and, together with the family, they reside in Accra.