Bishop Salifu Amoako: 5 Interesting Facts You Should Know about the Man of God

General Overseer of the Alive Chapel International, Bishop Salifu Amoako, has become the topic of many news stories in the past days following his son's fatal car crash in East Legon.

Mintah.net brings you some interesting facts you probably didn't know about the esteemed man of God. 

Bishop Salifu Amoako is a contemporary prophet whose ministry is based in Kumasi. He began his ministry by forming a small fellowship. The organisation grew, and with time, became a ministry named the "Jesus is Alive Ministry."

The ministry got bigger until finally, it transformed into the Alive Chapel International church. The church was inaugurated on 10th January 1998 in Accra.

He was born into a muslim family

Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako was born in 1966 and raised in Kumasi. His family was not rich and therefore could not afford to educate him when he came of age. Therefore, Bishop Elisha stayed at home while the other children of his age had started schooling. When his parents could afford to take him to school, Elisha was way older than the other students in his class.

He once threw stones at Evangelist Amoako

During his youth, Salifu and his friends once attended a crusade. Evangelist Akwesi Amoako had held a crusade in the community which was mainly Muslim. When Salifu and his friends got there, they threw stones at the man of God while he was preaching the gospel. When the Evangelist saw them, he stated that the boys should repent all they would all die very soon. Of course, the boys did not take him seriously. However, when two of his friends died in three months, Salifu repented and give his life to Christ.

He dropped out of school

Due to him being older than his classmates, the bishop suffered from embarrassment and bullying. It is common knowledge that some people do not react very well to those who are different. Unable to handle this, Bishop Amoako dropped out of school. He turned to smoking, drinking, and even robbery. Anyone who saw him couldn’t have predicted that his life would take the path that it did.

He became Evangelist Amoako's godson

After Elisha Salifu Amoako's confession, he joined the local Assemblies of God Church at Bantama, Kumasi. However, he didn't go there often. The church mostly used the English language, which was not conducive for Amoako who did not have much schooling.

He looked for a church which suited him better and joined Evangelist Akwesi Amoako’s church, Resurrection Power Evangelistic Ministry at Santasi. This evangelist is the same one Salifu threw stones at. The church used Twi as the main mode of communication. Prophet Salifu Amoako dedicated himself to the church and even did menial jobs around the church.

He took Evangelist Amoako's surname

At birth, bishop Amoako’s last name was Alhassan. However, after he started living with the evangelist, he decided to add “Amoako” to his name. The name was not the only thing the evangelist left him. Bishop Salifu Amoako states that he had an experience with his mentor a week before he died. Before his death, Evangelist Amoako laid hands on Salifu and prophesied that the anointing on him would be transferred to Salifu.