The Right Reverend Francis Amenu is the Moderator of the General Assembly

Moderator of the General Assembly

The Moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a presbyterian or reformed church. Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator....

 of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana

Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana is a Protestant Christian denomination in Ghana. It is popularly referred to as the "EP Church". It has strong roots in the Evangelical and Reformed traditions.-History:...

 (E.P. Church). He is also the Vice Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana

Christian Council of Ghana

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Education

Rev. Amenu trained as a mining engineer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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 School of Mines at Tarkwa in the Western Region  of Ghana between 1973 and 1976. He then went into the Christian ministry. He studied at the Trinity Theological Seminary at Legon

Legon

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 in Ghana

Ghana

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 between 1982 and 1990. He later also attended the Christian Theological Seminary

Christian Theological Seminary

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, Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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, United States

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 between 1995 and 1997.

Christian ministry

He has served in various capacities in the E.P. Church between 1985 and 1999, including being the head pastor at the Accra New Town branch of the church. He was subsequently posted to London

London

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 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 (UK) where he was the Ghanaian Minister in London and chaplain to the Ghanaian community in the United Reformed Church

United Reformed Church

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 in the UK. between 1999 and 2003. He was instrumental in starting the UK branch of the EP Church during his stay there. On his return to Ghana in the same year, he has been the District Pastor at Madina

Madina, Ghana

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. He has also served as a lecturer at the Trinity Theological Seminary., and the new Evangelical Presbyterian University College

Evangelical Presbyterian University College

The Evangelical Presbyterian University College was established in 2008 by the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana.-Campuses:There are two campuses. The first is the Central Municipal Campus located at Ho, capital of the Volta Region of Ghana...

 at Ho

Ho, Ghana

Ho is a town in southeast Ghana and is the capital of the Volta Region. It lies between Mount Adaklu and Mount Galenukui , and is home to a museum, a cathedral and a large prison...

 in Ghana. Rev. Amenu was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the E.P. Church at its 67th synod

Synod

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at Ho in August 2008. He unsuccessfully stood for election as the Synod Clerk of the church in 2004.