The welfare of African communities, with all the children in the community, rests very largely in the hands of African pastors and other leaders. Therefore when Pastor James Ford, an African-American pastor from South Shore Baptist Church in Chicago, offered to help ECM encourage and strengthen church leaders, we felt it was a wonderful idea. In the summer of 2003 Pastor Ford held three conferences for church leaders in Ghana. He said the experience was life-changing, and that he felt he had come home. In 2004, he returned with Elder Talmadge Betts. In 2005, he again led a team of pastors and church leaders from the U.S. to network with Ghanaian church leaders under the auspices of Every Child Ministries. We at ECM hope that developing church leaders will become a regular part of our services to the African churches.

Above Right: Pastor James Ford of South Shore Baptist Church in Chicago preaches in Accra.  2003

Above:  Leadership Training Team from South Shore,       l to rt: Valerie Betts, Elder Talmadge Betts, Pastor James Ford, ECM Ghana Director Pastor Rapheal
Amartei, visiting a village where South Shore is "
sponsoring a church planter through Every Child"
Ministries  2004

Above, Right:  Pastors & church leaders in Sogakope (Volta Region) praying a blessing on ECM's Leadership Training Team, Pastor Ford & Talmadge Betts  2004

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