Rev. Kofi Oppong-Ntim
Resident Pastor, MCAG Northolt | Administrator, MCAG (UK) | Convenor, Board of Trustees
A Life Arrested by the Holy Spirit
Some forty-one years ago, a young man walked into a healing crusade in Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, with no expectation that he himself would be the one to leave changed. The crusade — organised by the late Rev. Amoakoh of blessed memory — had been arranged for the healing of his niece, who was at the time battling a strange and troubling condition. His niece, sadly, did not receive her healing at that gathering. But Rev. Kofi Oppong-Ntim did receive something equally extraordinary: a personal encounter with the presence of God so vivid, so undeniable, that on that very day, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ.
It is the kind of moment around which entire lives quietly pivot.
Rev. Oppong-Ntim had, of course, been raised within the church. Born into an Assemblies of God family at Bronkong-Afrancho, a suburb of Kumasi, he had grown up surrounded by faith — his mother, her sisters, his siblings, and his cousins were all members of the Assemblies of God. Like many children of the Church, he had assumed that proximity to faith was the same as possession of it. The Santasi crusade taught him otherwise. As he himself recounts, that was the day he was “arrested by the Holy Spirit for God.”
A Faithful Servant in Ghana
Conversion, for Rev. Oppong-Ntim, was never simply a private event — it was the beginning of a lifetime of service.
Returning home with new urgency, he became dynamically involved at his local church, Grace Assemblies of God, Bronkong-Afrancho. There, his gifts and steadiness were quickly recognised. He led the Christ Ambassadors department for close to a year before being elected onto the church board, where he served first as Church Secretary and Administrator for two years. He was then entrusted with the role of Financial Secretary — a position he held faithfully across many years, being re-elected by his church family at every turn.
By the time he left the shores of Ghana in 1995, he had already given a substantial portion of his life to the local church — a quiet apprenticeship in servant leadership that would, in time, prove providential.
A Providential Introduction
Five years after his arrival in the United Kingdom, a phone call set the next chapter in motion.
It was January 2000, and a fledgling church — Miracle Centre Assemblies of God (UK) — had just been planted. Rev. Paul Frimpong-Mansoh, the former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, reached out to Rev. Oppong-Ntim with news of the new church and the contact details of its founder, Rev. Alexander Donkor.
A phone call became a home visit. A home visit became fellowship. Fellowship became family.
Within three to four months of MCAG (UK)’s inception, Rev. Oppong-Ntim had joined a small congregation of just 10 to 12 members — a number that would, over the course of more than two decades, grow into one of the most vibrant multi-branch Pentecostal church families in the United Kingdom.
More Than Two Decades of Service
What followed was, by any measure, a remarkable record of service.
Rev. Oppong-Ntim has, over the years, been entrusted with some of the most significant roles within MCAG (UK), serving as:
- Deacon
- Church Secretary
- Financial Secretary
- National Director of the Men’s Ministry
- Member of the Constitution Planning Committee
- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Convenor of the Board of Trustees
- Administrator of MCAG (UK)
- Resident Pastor of MCAG Northolt
He is also a trained and accredited minister of the gospel under the Assemblies of God, Great Britain — a credential that reflects not only years of preparation but the wider recognition of a calling first received at a crusade in Santasi all those years ago.
Behind these titles, however, is a man whose ministry has always been less about position and more about presence. Those who have served alongside him often describe a quiet steadiness — a willingness to do the unseen work, to carry the administrative burdens that allow worship to flourish, and to stand as a stabilising figure during seasons of transition.
The Northolt branch itself owes much of its identity to him. It was in his home that the Northolt cell group first gathered in 2007/2008 — a small circle of believers praying and studying Scripture together, long before there was a church to speak of. From those living-room beginnings rose a congregation that today continues to bear witness to the faithfulness of God.
An Anchored Faith
When asked what guides him, Rev. Oppong-Ntim returns again and again to two passages in the book of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy 10:12 and Deuteronomy 6:5 stand as the anchoring Scriptures of his life — reminding him daily of what he calls “the importance of remaining committed to my calling as a Christian: to love the Lord with all my heart, soul and strength.”
It is a sentence that, on its surface, sounds simple. Lived out across four decades, it is anything but.
A Heart for Souls
For Rev. Oppong-Ntim, ministry has never been confined to the walls of the church.
He speaks with characteristic gratitude of the privilege of touching lives — both within MCAG and out in the wider community — and remains deeply committed to the work of soul-winning. His pledge, in his own words, is one of lifelong availability:
“This is my wish and pledge to the Lord, for Him to help me achieve as long as I live.”
It is the prayer of a man who, by his own admission, has been given far more than he has given.
Looking Forward
Reflecting on his time with MCAG (UK), Rev. Oppong-Ntim offers a vision rooted in gratitude and forward-looking hope. “We are all called,” he says, “to serve, love, and inspire one another.”
He considers it an honour to be part of the MCAG (UK) faith family — and looks forward, with characteristic humility, to whatever the Lord has yet to write into the chapters ahead.
From a healing crusade in Santasi to the leadership of a multi-branch church family in the United Kingdom, his is a life that bears witness to one enduring truth: that when God arrests a heart, He does so with purpose — and that purpose, faithfully stewarded, can shape a generation