The mortal remains of the late Rev. David Frimpong Boateng were laid to rest on Saturday, September 26, 2020, after a memorial service was held in his honour at Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region.
The solemn event, which took place at the Oda Methodist Park, was officiated by the General Superintendent of the Church, Rev. Prof Paul Frimpong Manso. Present to assist him were Rev. Dr. Kwame Bansah (General Secretary), Rev. Dr. Sam Ato Bentil (General Treasurer), former General Secretary, Rev Appiah Boachie, Regional Superintendents, former and current President of the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Pastors, Retired Ministers, members of the Church and loved ones from all walks of life were present at the event to pay their last respect to their beloved Rev. David Frimpong Boateng.
In a sermon, the General Superintendent, Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong Manso, said the late Rev. Boateng foresaw that his years on earth were numbered and therefore worked tirelessly for the Lord. Quoting from Luke 16:19-31, Rev. Prof. Frimpong Manso advised all and sundry to gain a heart of wisdom by working on their souls through Jesus Christ, since it the soul that will be taken to the next world and not any material thing. He asked the mourners to think of what will happen in the future rather than concentrating mostly on the earthly things. He explained that death is not the end of life. The late Rev. Frimpong Boateng was eulogized by the General Superintendent as a great and faithful servant of God who was loved by many for his gentleness, humility and pliability.
(General Superintendent)
Rev. Frimpong Boateng, 63, who was the Regional Superintendent of Eastern Region ‘B’ of the Assemblies of God church died on July 14, 2020. He left behind a wife, Mrs. Charity Frimpong Boateng, five children, and seven grandchildren.
The General Council of the church, in a tribute, said Rev. Frimpong Boateng demonstrated real love and passion for the flock who were placed in his care throughout his service. “A true soldier of the State and of the Lord’s vineyard. He was a true burden-bearer, cheer-leader, hilarious but diligent, visionary and dedicated. A gracious marriage counselor with gentle inter-personal skills. All those who knew you before your demise, agree that you performed your duties with tact and alacrity. He comes around as a strong leader who will stand his grounds to put church members and pastors to order. This is the man whose remains have been laid-in-state before us today. We have lost a gallant and awesome soldier of Christ. We have lost one of our hardworking Superintendents, an affable man, full of strength and life,” it said.
Profile of Rev. David Frimpong Boateng
The late David Frimpong Boateng was born at Akyem Takyiman on 15th June 1957 to Mr. James Kwasi Frimpong Boateng and Madam Comfort Adomah Appiah, all of the blessed memories. He was the second of eleven children of his parents. He started his primary education in Essikado where his father was then working as a driver in SCC and had been transferred to Cape Coast in 1967. He came back to Akyem Takyiman to continue his primary education. In 1973, he gained admission to the Abuakwa State College. He obtained his ‘O’ and ‘A’ level certificates in 1978 and 1980 respectively in the same school.
He worked with T&E (Tractor and Equipment) an engineering company in Accra. He left after some time and started dealing with second-hand goods (clothes) at Tema station and Accra central. He stopped and went to Nigeria (Agege) in 1981 but returned to Ghana the same year and was appointed as a pupil-teacher at old Fadama and later at Awudome cluster of schools. He was later enlisted in the Ghana Navy as a mechanical engineer in 1982. The Ghana Navy supported him to pursue an engineering course at the Takoradi Polytechnic in 1992 where he obtained General Engineering and Mechanical Engineering part I (one) certificate in 1992 and 1993 respectively.
Rev. David Frimpong Boateng started going to church in his infant days. He joined the scripture union (S.U) in his secondary days. He was baptized in 1980 by the Akwatia branch of Christ Apostolic Church at Takyiman in 1982, he joined the Church of Pentecost, North Kaneshie branch and left for Ghana Navy in the same year and joined Assemblies of God, Ghana at Sekondi where he was stationed. He worshipped in the church till the Lord called him into full-time ministry and went to study theology at Southern Ghana Bible Institute in March 1994 and graduated in November 1996. Whilst at the Bible school, he was assigned the responsibility to pastor the Kojokrom Assemblies of God. He left the Western Region after he had served his mother church for two years.
After he had served the Sekondi church many years in the capacity as Sunday school superintendent, deacon, and later into full time calling in the admiration of the members and as the Lord laid on his heart, he left Sekondi to Akim Oda and started a new branch of the Assemblies of God church in 1998.
The late Rev. David Frimpong Boateng pioneered the Calvary Love Assemblies of God on 22nd March 1998. The Lord through him helped the church from a humble beginning with few members in a classroom. Through his dint of hard work for close to 24 years now, the church has grown to a membership of over 500. During this time of pastoring the Calvary Love Assemblies of God at Old Town in Akim Oda, he continued to seek higher education in theology thereby enrolling in the Assemblies of God theological seminary to do Bachelor of Theology (B.TH) in 2011 and completed the course in 2012 with high honors. Reverend as he is known to be a Bible teacher and pursued a postgraduate theology programme with the Global University, Springfield U.S.A at its campus in the Assemblies of God theological seminary, Kormantse-Saltpond in 2018 and completed the programme in November 2019 with a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies.
His other secular and community leadership roles were Course prefect, General Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Technician I (Takoradi Polytechnic 1992-1993), Joduro Integrated School-P.T.A Chairman, Community Health Nurses Training College, Oda-Disciplinary Committee Member, and recently Government appointee member at the Birim Central Municipal Assembly.
He served full-time ministry in the Assemblies of God, Ghana for 24 years. He was hardworking and committed to his ministry. May he rest in peace.
Report by Rev Obed A Kwame Asiedu.
