“Divorce Brought Me Closer To God” – Newly Appointed EC Member

One of the newly appointed members of the Electoral Commission, Rev. Akua Ofori Boateng, shared that going through a divorce was one of the most humbling moments of her life since it led her to devote more time to her relationship with God.

The Three new members of the Election Commission of Ghana were sworn in by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, March 20, 2023, at the Jubilee House.

In an interview on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning, monitored by Tru News Report, she said that, although she attended church occasionally when growing up, she never had a strong devotion to God or the church. 

“Actually what brought me to the place of really paying attention to God was that I went through a divorce. I used to be a regular church goer, I drive my mother to church, hang out outside, when it’s time for communion, I go inside and take communion, come back outside,” she said.

“I didn’t belong to Scriptural Union (SU), I wasn’t a server, I was nothing, I remember when I went to seminary and we were introducing ourselves, everybody was a youth pastor, you know people were in the church, me I’m a member of my church, I pay dues and that’s it.”

Rev. Akua Ofori Boateng, who’s also the first female to hold the position of Program Director for the Anglican Diocese, reflected on how lucky she was to be raised by parents who could afford to take care of her and provide a nice environment for her until adversity came. 

She claims that she felt that her life had come to a tragic end after going through a divorce, being a single mom, and losing her job. 

“But it just brought me to a point of asking myself, what am I doing? I lived a pretty comfortable life, I went to GIS, went to university, got a job, you know everything followed for me so this was new like whoa, my life is supposed to go well so that really brought me to what people term as “a come to Jesus moment” where you’re really asking yourself, where do we go from here.”

“But I think that’s how God works with us, in that he brings us to a full stop, where I literally hit a wall, went through a divorce, lost my job, everything went bad” she added.

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Source – Tru News Report