Samuel Ayete-Nyampong is a

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ian

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and

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who was elected the Clerk of the General Assembly of the

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(PCG) making him the chief ecclesial officer of the church. The role is equivalent to the rank of executive secretary or secretary-general of the national church, serving from 2012 to 2019. He is also the Vice President of the World Communion Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) based in Hanover, Germany, and the Theological Consultant to the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS) based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a Lecturer in Pastoral Care and Counselling (Pastoral Gerontology) at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra-Ghana.

Early life and education

Between 1984 and 1986, Samuel Ayete-Nyampong studied at the

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where he obtained a diploma in

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at the

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Legon Legon , a suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, is situated about north-east of the city center in the Ayawaso West Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Legon is home to the main campus of the University of Ghana. ...

. From 1986 to 1989, he studied for his bachelor's degree in psychology and theology. In 1992, he went on to the

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, on a British Government Overseas Development Administration Shared Scholarship (ODASS) and earned an MA in Pastoral Care and Counselling in 1994. He completed his doctorate in Pastoral

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in 1997, at the same institution.

Ministry

He was the associate resident minister at the Ramseyer Memorial Presbyterian Church, Adum, Kumasi from 1989 to 1991. Between 1991 and 1992, he was a psychology instructor at the Ramseyer Training Centre,

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. He served at the resident minister at the

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and a chaplain of the

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from 1997 to 2002. He was then transferred to the Christ Presbyterian Church, Adentan, Accra as the pastor-in-charge from 2002 to 2004. He became the Director of Ecumenical and Social Relations of Presbyterian Church of Ghana, from 2004 to 2010. In this role, he was instrumental in forging strategic alliances with sister churches and institutions like the Christian Council of Ghana,

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(WCC), the

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(WCRC), the

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(AACC), the African Partnership Consultation (APC), Africa Continental Assembly (ACA), the Association of Churches and Missions in Southwestern Germany (EMS) and in nations like

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. From 2010 to 2011, Ayete-Nyampong headed the Presbyterian Interfaith Research and Resource Centre where he started the International Interfaith Women's’ Network for Peace and Development (IIWNPD) and the Ghana Interfaith Network for Peace (GIYNEP). Ayete-Nyampong has attended conferences in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Cameroon,

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, Nigeria, Kenya,

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, Lebanon, Brazil, Jamaica, DR Congo, South Sudan,

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and

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. In 2011, he was inducted as the Chairperson for the Akuapem Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

Personal life

Together with his Dr. Lilian Ayete-Nyampong, they raised three children: Daisy, Angelina and John.

Selected works

* Manual on Conflict Resolution and Management (2006) * Ecumenical and Social Relations of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana- A Resource for Church Leaders (2007) * Pastoral Care of Elderly People in Africa- A Contextual and Cross-Cultural Study (2008) * Ageing in Contemporary Ghana (2008) * Editor and Publisher of The Messenger Magazine (The Magazine for the African Churches in partnership with Mission 21,

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) (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) * Ageing Gracefully: A Practical Guide to Healthy and Successful Ageing * A Study of Pastoral Care of the Elderly in Africa: An Interdisciplinary Approach with Focus on Ghana, Author House (2014)

References

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