A broad coalition of Christian denominations, in partnership with the international Luis Palau Association, has launched a major city-wide outreach campaign aimed at providing free medical care, social support, and spiritual renewal to over two million residents across Greater Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The initiative, dubbed the Love Ghana Festival, which the organisers have described as a holistic city transformation project rather than a routine religious event, will culminate in a massive two-day gathering from October 24 to 25 at the Kumasi Racecourse.
Speaking at a press conference in Kumasi today to officially welcome international evangelist Andrew Palau and his wife, Wendy, Vice Chairman of the festival’s Advisory Board, Rev. Dr Seth Frimpong Coleman urged the media to serve as active partners in promoting community restoration and civic peace throughout the gathering.
”We want to show the love of God before we preach the love of God,” Rev. Dr Coleman declared.
Outlining the movement’s outreach strategy, he stated: “This festival is not just an event; it is a movement. Our vision is to unite the church and reach over two million people across Greater Kumasi with the message of hope and salvation through Jesus the Christ.”
Operating under the Luis Palau Association’s global strategy of “one message, many expressions,” festival teams and local congregations are executing a series of targeted social interventions across the Ashanti regional capital during the week leading up to the main festival.
The scheduled activities begin with medical and social interventions, including eyeglass clinics providing free vision care, prison visitations, and support for orphanages and street children.
In addition, teams will conduct educational outreaches offering spiritual and life-skills engagements across basic, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the region.
The week will also feature family entertainment and sports tournaments, highlighted by action sports demonstrations featuring professional BMX riders.
To engage specific sectors of the community, Rev. Dr Coleman stated that specialised leadership gatherings will take place, including sessions for women led by Wendy Palau, alongside tailored meetings for youth, marketplace workers, and business leaders.
The festival marks an unprecedented level of inter-denominational unity, bringing together virtually every major Christian governing body in Ghana to operate as a single unit.
Participating bodies include the Christian Council of Ghana, the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, the Catholic Secretariat, the Anglican Secretariat, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches, alongside independent ministries and hundreds of local congregations.
Citing Ephesians 4:3, Rev. Dr Coleman noted that participating bodies are endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, emphasising that the region has never needed such unity more than now.
For his part, renowned American evangelist Andrew Palau pledged that the upcoming “Love Ghana Festival” will serve as a powerful catalyst for spiritual renewal, community service, and Christian unity across the Ashanti Region.
”The plan is simple, clear, and direct, but it carries immense power because the gospel of Jesus Christ transforms lives,” Palau told journalists, adding, “It is an honour to serve the local churches that are coming together in unity to bring this message to the city.”
Palau highlighted three core goals driving the festival: fostering church unity, motivating global and local prayer, and activating social service.
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