World Assemblies of God Congress Accra 2026: 10,000 Delegates, First Time in Africa

Ten thousand voices, more than one hundred flags, one stadium singing into the Accra night. That was the sound of the evening revival rallies at the 10th Triennial World Assemblies of God Congress, held October 14 to 16, 2026, in Ghana's capital. For the first time in the Fellowship's 115-year history, the global gathering of the Assemblies of God was hosted on African soil.

The congress drew pastors, church leaders, missionaries and believers from more than 100 countries. Morning leadership and capacity-building sessions filled the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre, while the evenings belonged to the crowds at the Accra Sports Stadium. Gospel ministers including Joe Mettle of Ghana, Dunsin Oyekan and Sinach of Nigeria, and Angela Donadio from the United States led the revival rallies.

The theme said everything the organisers wanted the world to hear.

Commissioned: One Mandate, Every Nation.

Taken from Matthew 28:18-20, the Great Commission, the theme framed three days of worship, leadership training, strategic discussion and prayer. It was not a conference about the church admiring itself. It was a conference about sending people back out.

World Assemblies of God Congress Accra: A Prophetic Moment for Africa

Dominic Yeo, the Global Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, described Ghana's hosting of the congress as a prophetic moment for the nation and the African continent. He said choosing Ghana was not a mere administrative decision but a divine alignment, and that Africa is strategically positioned to lead the next wave of global Christian revival.

The host leader was Stephen Wengam, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God in Ghana, and he welcomed the international delegates alongside President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama, who attended as Special Guests of Honour. Former Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera also attended with his wife Monica Chakwera.

Behind the smooth running of the congress stood Nelson Awintia, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee. Wengam, President Mahama and members of the Assemblies of God fraternity all commended Awintia and his team for their dedication, sacrifice and commitment to excellence. A gathering of this size does not happen by accident, and the people who carried it were named and thanked in public.

Lordina Mahama Kingdom Impact Award: The First Lady Who Led Her Family to Christ

One of the most talked-about moments of the congress was not a sermon but an award. First Lady Lordina Mahama received the Kingdom Impact Award at the opening ceremony, presented by Dominic Yeo, in recognition of her enduring Christian faith, compassionate ministry and support for the global mission of the Assemblies of God Church.

The citation carried a detail that stopped the room. It praised Lordina Mahama for leading her husband, President Mahama, to Christ, and subsequently her entire family, and for her role in his service as Vice President and President, which the Church said has advanced the Kingdom of God. It also recognised her compassion ministry, which has brought hope and relief to vulnerable people.

That is a remarkable story to tell about a sitting First Lady: not a political achievement first, but a spiritual one. A wife who prayed her husband into faith, a mother who carried her family with her, a public figure whose loyalty to Christ and to the Assemblies of God denomination was honoured while she still holds the office. The organisers said the honour was meant to inspire present and future generations through her love for God and her positive impact on society.

MM33 Agenda: One Million Churches by 2033

The congress also advanced the global MM33 Agenda, the vision to plant one million Assemblies of God churches worldwide by 2033. The target marks 2,000 years since the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. It is an audacious number, and the delagates in Accra heard it not as a slogan but as a work order.

Plenary sessions each day opened with speakers including Wengam, Juan Carlos Escobar of Assemblies of God Spain, and Doug Clay, while Upholding the Nations sessions prayed region by region for the world. The congress closed with a session for younger generations led by Joshua D. Mills, a final commissioning service and a revival rally conducted by Dominic Yeo.

The congress climaxed with an announcement about the future: Argentina has been selected to host the next World Assemblies of God Congress in 2029. The baton passes from Africa to South America, and the story that began in Accra will continue in Buenos Aires.

Since the congress closed, the organisers have urged the thousands of delagates to sustain the momentum, intensifying evangelism, discipleship and missionary activity in their own nations. The message of appreciation to participants described the congress as a historic milestone that demonstrated the unity, strength and shared commitment of the global Assemblies of God community.

For readers following the wider African church, the Accra congress sits alongside other recent gatherings, from evangelist Andrew Palau's Love Ghana Festival in Kumasi to Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Healing Streams services and Funmi Sax's return to Lagos with the Praise Feast Mandate concert. Africa is not waiting for revival to arrive from elsewhere. It is hosting it, leading it, and sending it back out.

And the question now, for every pastor who flew home from Accra with a full notebook and a tired voice, is the one the congress theme asked from the start: what will one mandate, carried into every nation, actually look like when it lands in their own street, their own church, their own Monday morning?

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