On Sunday, May 12, 2024, the Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, celebrated his 67th birthday.

As part of the day's events, the influential figure in Ghana's charismatic faith community sat down for an interview to reflect on his extensive years in ministry.

During the interview with Bernard Avle of Citi FM/Citi TV, Archbishop Duncan-Williams reminisced about the early days of his ministry and recounted facing rejection from some prominent figures in the faith.

One such rejection occurred after he completed Bible school in Nigeria. Duncan-Williams shared how he approached James McKeown, the Founder of the Church of Pentecost, hoping to work under him.

Unfortunately, McKeown turned him down, explaining that the Church of Pentecost wasn't focusing on grooming evangelists at the time.

“I didn’t have a mentor; I forced myself to be mentored and to get help but I wasn’t accepted. I was talking to Bishop Dag today and I remember some of the things I had to go through and some of the people I went to see for help. I went to James McKeown, the founder of Church of Pentecost, when I came back from Bible school in Nigeria and I wanted to be an evangelist at the Church of Pentecost.

“And they had had a lot of experience with people who left the church as evangelists and didn’t do right and so he said that they are not interested in an evangelist. So, he prayed for me and he let me go,” he narrated.

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams also described a similar experience when he approached Archbishop Benson Idahosa.

He explained to Idahosa that he felt called to serve in Nigeria, under Idahosa's leadership. However, Idahosa advised him to return to Ghana, affirming that Ghana was indeed his calling.

Watch the interview below: