The London-Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church will cerebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the church this April.

Arguably it is the first Ghanaian church formed in the diaspora in the early 1960s, as a prayer group and a fellowship, but it was not officially established as a church fully fledge church until April 1992.

Some twenty years ago what was seen as a small gathering of Ghanaian Adventists living in London became a church after more than a decade as a fellowship. Today, the church counts well over five hundred Adventists Christians as members. These are predominantly Ghanaians but there are other Adventists Christians from other African and Caribbean countries worshiping with them Like any other human grouping, especially working towards the advancement of the gospel, the beginning was not all that easy. Time, money and other valuable resources have heavily gone in to see the church as it is today.

As part of the anniversary, the entire church will engage in public soliciting of funds for the needy around the world through the Church charity organization, Adventist Development and Relieve Agency (ADRA).

The Head Church Pastor, Pastor Fergus Owusu-Boateng announcing this to the congregation noted that the church has been enormously been blessed over the last twenty years.

He particularly praised the commitment and the zeal of the members for what he described as extraordinary towards the acquisition of a place of worship for three million Pounds.

The 20th anniversary of the church therefore will concide with the opening of the church’s new church building located in Plaistow, east London. The cerebrations will attract highly profiled individuals such as The President of the South England Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Professor Kwaku Danso Boafo, and the New Ham Council Mayor, Sir Robin Wales among others. Pastor Owusu-Boateng indicated that the church would use the three-week anniversary period to engage members and the general public in marriage seminars, which will aim at refreshing marriages.

“A renowned marriage counselor Dr. Adu Sampah of the Ghana Union of the Church in Accra has been invited to take members and the general public through series of marriage seminars” He announced.

Pastor Owusu Boateng indicated that the church would also conduct a thanks-giving service to express the gratitude of members to God for what he has done for the church and for individual members.

Members of the church are well noted for such a spirit. It is on record that the church at one single thanks-giving service raised100 thousand Pounds towards the purchase of their church building.

The anniversary cerebrations, which is under the theme, “Ebenezer, Thus far has the LORD helped us” will also be used by members to gear up for the London 2012 Olympics slated for July this year.