COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES
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INTRODUCTION
COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES
The name, COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES, came into existence through a Revelation
given by God to Evangelist (Snr Elder) EROTU IKWAN UDEAGHA - while he was in
detention at the LOME CIVIL PRISON in TOGO. The Revelation was given on JANUARY
4th, 2005. Evang EROTU spent 618 DAYS in detention.
THE MINISTRY:
a) COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES is established to run an intensive, effective and
active Prayer Ministry in the PRISONS, REMAND HOMES, HOSPITALS, CENTRES FOR THE
HANDICAP AND ORPHANAGES; and as a back-up to the WORD of God Ministry.
b) In COVENARK ARK MINISTRIES, we do the work of Evangelisation and Counseling
Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Against Consumption of Intoxicants
such as Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol.
c) In COVENARK ARK MINISTRIES, we bring people to the Lord Jesus Christ - with
the Word of God - through INDOOR and OUTDOOR REVIVALS & CRUSADES.
ABOUT PRISON / THE CO-ORDINATOR / AIM
ABOUT PRISON:
There are three places in the World where people are NOT willing to go. No
person of sound mind and good health is ever willing to go there. The three
places are :- HOSPITAL, PRISON and GRAVE.
PRISON:
The Prison is a very big and the highest School of Learning where people do NOT
want to go in as students - even as no Entrance Examinations and Tests are
required to go into it. People do Not want to go to prison for so many reasons.
But, prison is a school that will never lack students. Prison is the oldest ( or
one of the oldest) Centres of learning in the World. Many prominent leaders of
diverse areas of life and scholars of great repute have passed, and are passing
through this great and famous Institution.
INMATES:
There are three categories of Inmates in the prison:-
a) The first group of the inmates are those who are in the prison as punishment
for the crimes and offences they committed - and according to the charges
against them. Ecclesiastes 8:11, I TIM 5:24a
b) The second group of the inmates are those who are innocent of the charges
that brought them there. But, they are in the prison to suffer punishment for
crimes and offences which they committed in the time past - unpunished and
forgotten. I TIM 5:24b.
c) The third group of inmates are those who are innocent of whatever charges
that brought them there. They may there because somebody wanted to intimidate
and punish them unjustifiably, or by human error etc. ROM. 8:28.
All these three categories of people are in the prison according to the WILL of
God for their lives. This is a basic TRUTH. No person is in the prison by
accident or outside the will of God.
WRONG APPROACH:
Some ministries come to preach the Gospel in the Prisons - without understanding
the basic problems of the Prison Institution. The Prison is supposed to be a
place of Reformation and Transformation. But, we observe, with dismay, that many
who go into the Prison come out from the Prison more ruthless and hardened in
the evil way. For example, someone who went to Prison on pick-pocket Offence
graduates from the prison as a determined Armed Robber.
REASONS:
There are fundamental factors responsible for this ugly scenario.
a) DEMONIC FORCES: The Prison is an arena of war - a battle field between the
forces of darkness and the Power of the Gospel of Christ Jesus.
The Kingdom of darkness is determined to increase its fold among the prison
inmates - and it does so through the various Criminal groups in the prison:
Murderers, Armed Robbers, Rapists, Drug Addicts Fraudsters etc. These groups
recruit new and unsuspecting inmates into their groups - by providing for them
those basic needs of the inmates. They entice them with those things which are
not available to the ordinary inmates - but are very necessary.
Some of the inmates have the opportunity to hear the Word of God in the prison.
But, the Word of God preached, without a material assistance to them that
hear/receive the Word does NOT give the necessary encouragement. Assistance in
FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICAMENTS and SUNDRIES are very important in winning Souls for
the Lord Jesus in the prisons.
COUNSELING:
The prison inmates who hear the Word of God also need effective and
result-oriented Counseling programme. ACTS 20:27, PSA 33:11.
These inmates need to know why they are in the prison; what brought them to
prison; the consequences which follow if they do NOT turn away from such.
The Counseling enables the inmates to see a rosy, fruitful and fulfilling life
outside the criminal and fast lane of life.
The Word of God constantly gives the Way and the Light out of the old
destructive way of life that brought many to prison. PROV. 23:26.
4) PRAYER MINISTRY:
The Prayer Ministry is the basic programme that should should be put in place in
every prison -- as a fundamental tool of transformation of the lives of the
inmates.
A prayerful inmate, with Word of God, sees in the spiritual, a very good and
bright future - away from crimes and violence. An inmate must be thought how to
pray and to stay on prayers - MATT. 26:41, I THESS. 5:17, PHILIPP. 4:6.
If the right spiritual being is formed and nourished in the inmate, the
transformation of life has begun.
PRAYER PARTNERS:
Formation of small Prayer Partners must be encouraged among the inmates that
hear the Word of God. Prayer partnership involves individuals choosing among
themselves partners that will help them share and carry their individual burdens
and problems in prayers.
Our Lord Jesus Christ worked with prayer partnership in His earthly ministry.
MATT 17:1, MATT 26:36-38; GAL. 6:2.
Prayers become more committed and active, with quick results - when shared among
few partners. MATT 18:20,19,18.
REHABILITATION :
The first thing an ex-prison inmate needs as he steps into his freedom is a well
tailored Rehabilitation Programme. The stigma many societies attach to the
ex-inmates does NOT help them. The ex-inmates are ostracised, neglected,
rejected and dejected by their families and the Society. Many of these
ex-inmates, out of these hostile frustrations are drawn back into the old ways
they would have abandoned. This should NOT be so.
So, COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES is putting in place a Rehabilitation Programme -
with the assistance of any interested groups, ministries and individuals, that
will enhance the self-independence of the ex-prison Inmates.
ABOUT THE COORDINATOR:
The Coordinator of COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES is Evangelist (Snr Elder) EROTU IKWAN
UDEAGHA.
Evang. Erotu Ikwan was born on 7th October, 1958.
He received Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour, in February 1987, and
became a born-again Christian in CHRIST ASCENSION CHURCH- TOGO. Evang Erotu
became a Sunday School Teacher in the Church in 1989; and today he is the
Superintendent of the Sunday School Board of CHRIST ASCENSION CHURCH-TOGO.
Evang Erotu is an ordained Elder of his Church and also he is the National
General Secretary of Christ Ascension Church-Togo since 1991.
Evangelist Erotu is married.
Evangelist (Elder) Erotu Ikwan was unjustifiably detained in the Lomè Civil
Prison for 618 days for failed transactions his Company had with a foreign
Supplier under a Credit Insurance scheme.
In the Prison, God gave Evang Erotu this Ministry, COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES. The
work of this Ministry is to carry the ministration of the Word of God and Prayer
to Prison Institutions, Remand Homes, Hospitals, Homes for the Handicap and
Orphanages.
God, also, gave the Evangelist the work of carrying the Word of God to the
people through a Radio ministry by name, COVENANT HOUR RADIO MINISTRY. The Radio
Ministry was given on June 10th, 2005.
While in the Prison, God used Evang Erotu Ikwan ( with the help of other
ministers) to transform the EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH in the Lomè
Civil Prison into a Living Church. Evang Erotu ministered there as a Pastor and
rose to the position of the most Senior Overseer of the Church from November
2004 to November 2nd, 2005, when he regained his freedom.
CALLED MINISTERS: Through the ministry of Evang Erotu in the Prison, some
fourteen young men received full and higher Calling as full-time ministers and
Co-labourers with God in His Vineyard. These ministers were, and are still the
Prayer Partners of Evang Erotu while in Prison. Some of these partners are
already free from Prison.
And the Prayer Partnership Programme Evang Erotu formed in the Prison is still
existing in the Lomè Civil Prison today. The name of the prayer partners is
HELMET OF SALVATION PRAYER PARTNERS.
OUR AIM:
COVENANT ARK MINISTRIES is established to carry the Word of God, with all the
above issues mentioned to all the Prison formations in TOGO and in the entire
West African Countries.
Our aim is to present the Word of God to the Prison Community, the Sick, the
less privileged, the handicapped and the Orphans in the most active, effective
and corrective perspective.
OUR APPEAL:
We are appealing to individuals, groups and ministries who share this burden of
the ministry to come forward, that we may join hands and work together as a team
to help humanity.
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