WHO WE ARE

CHRIST Assemblies of God was only 11 years old when the first Women’s Ministries group was formed in America. In 1925, Mrs. Eitta Calhoun organized the group in Houston, Texas with Pastor William Morwood’s approval. The women met first for intercessory prayer for missionaries, but soon they found practical ways to help the missionaries as well. Mrs. Calhoun felt strongly that “as long as our work is done in the Spirit and for the love of God, God can, and will bless it The Women’s Ministries motto, “We minister as unto Christ”, had its roots in this early emphasis on the spiritual motivation for service.

Women’s groups were started by the missionaries early in the I940s in the Assemblies of God churches in various areas. There was a group in Yendi and Saboba in northern Ghana. The main purpose was for prayer but also to give advice on Christian character and child care. These groups grew and it then became necessary for the Church to embrace these groups as a department. In the early 1960s, the Woman’s Ministries became a department of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, and the ministry is patterned after the Women’s Ministries in the United States but is more adaptable to our country.