ABOUT
Africa's Future
"The future of Africa is in the collective effort and contributions of Africans in everything that is African". For him, no empowerment is as effective as self-empowerment and that Blackman is capable of doing anything Caucasian can do". "The gap between Africa and the West is technological gap. We need technology to emancipate ourselves".
Who Is Emeritus Apostle Kwadwo Safo
The Story
Apostle Kwadwo Safo Kantanka was born to Opanin Yaw Safo and Obaapanin Yaa Amoanimaa, (all deceased) at Bom, near Kensere in the Amansie East district in Ashanti Region of Ghana on 26th August 1948. Circumstances surrounding his birth, childhood and youth is another story. After basic school, he attended the Ghana Technical Works Institute in Kumasi. He thereafter had a three year stint as a welder at the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), West African Metals and the French African Company. At the early stage of his life, he believed that he had detected a divine scheme for the emancipation of his people, Black Africa, of which his own project was to be a pilot.
On the 3rd February, 1971 he founded his church, Kristo Asafo (Christ Reformed Church). On that faithful day, the then young Kwadwo Safo had a divine call to serve the Almighty God. As a result, he started preaching the gospel singly-handedly. Life was so cruel to him, poor Kwadwo Safo started the church in his suffocating and extremely small single room in Accra New Town, Ghana. He won his first convert, Madam Faustina Akua Darkoah who has been very instrumental and resourceful at the infant stages of the missionary work of Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka. Having won some few converts, he started teaching in his room everyday as if the people had been hypnotized to serve the Lord in his hot uncomfortable room at all cost. Apostle Safo went to Ghana House in Accra to preach the word of God regularly. Sensing more vigor, power and divine wisdom in his words, a lot of people trooped in to listen to his divine preaching
This kind of activity went on consistently until the first branch was established at the Ghana Country School in Accra New Town. With his Gospel Singers, he had to travel outside Accra in search of money and work to fulfill Gods promise. He traveled to Kumasi and started preaching from Bompata through Bantama, Kwadaso, Old Tafo, New Tafo and Agogo. He won many converts but most of them could not stay because of hardship. Auntie Faustie testified that this Man of God who now live in the pool of wealth and luxury was once a very poor man. Like most of his predecessors, he climbed the ladder from poverty to not only wealth but fame. He is a great gift from God not only for Ghanaians but the entire continent of Africa.He is now the most famous icon in the eyes of many Ghanaians and around the globe. Kristo Asafo Church is famous for its philanthropy and service to the needy in the society since inception. Today, the Kristo Asafo Church has 137 branches in Ghana, and branches in Togo, Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany, Canada and the United States of America. Today, Apostle Safo and his Kristo Asafo Church has become the mouthpiece of every Ghanaian and Africa.
The Problem:
Apostle Kwadwo Safo has all the characteristics of the intellectual: a tendency to pursue ideas at the expense of critics and doubting Thomases, an endlessly sharpened critical faculty, a great creative and innovative power and a deep concern for the welfare of humanity. He survived these attempts heroically with persistent consistency in the face of salvage suffering. On three occasions, his attempt to found a church failed. It was on the forth occasion that he succeeded and that gave to his visionary plan.
The Solution:
To solve his economic problem, Apostle Safo embarked on the preparation of "don't touch me" (a kind of low quality soap that causes skin problems and clothing materials to fade and usually patronized by the poor in society but which was affordable in Ghana as of that time) at Kensere near Bekwai in the Ashanti Region. After preparation of the soap, he with his followers will slice them proportionally and carry them on their heads for sale by roaming through the length and breadth of the villages and towns around Kumasi to dismay of the people who would question the legitimacy of the true Man of God. With his leadership acumen, he applied division of labour among his followers. He assigned each group roles to perform. Some went into trading , farming, fishing and others went into the propagation of the gospel. Apostle Safo knew within himself and beforehand that he was a great man engulfed with wealth and technological know-how to redeem Africa but had just wanted to tell the world how God does His things. He has illustrated the fact, which great historians have always recognized, that mankind does not invariably progress by imperceptible steps but sometimes take a giant leap, often under the dynamic divine force of a solitary outsized personality. When the time was due for him to launch his technological prowess, he leapfrogged traditional technological concepts and is now on the verge of re-writing history. He is one man who cut across all branches of technical and innovative professionalism.
IDEOLOGY
He is a patriotic African and strong believer in the creation of wealth within the borders of each country rather than relying on foreign aide. Hard work and perseverance are his most cherished words. He always encourages Africans that all hope is not lost, that wisdom is not obsolete, that the optimists have it and always have it, not because they are always right but because they are positive. He teaches that, the way to success is identifying talents, improving on them and applying same to the benefit of society. He believes that God created everyone in his own image, therefore, everyone is created for a purpose and has equal capabilities and abilities to redirect their destinies. The burden then is for us to identify that purpose and apply our abilities to the freedom of ourselves and to His glory.
SERVICE TO MANKIND
Awoshie
Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo is a special Man of God. He preaches the gospel and performs miracles within and outside the congregation of his church. But he reminds each and everyone of the fact that : "miracle is not my mission". He guided his divine work with farming, charity and the message of emancipation came with a mind boggling technology. He became more involved in philanthropy and contribution to charity from the very onset of Kristo Asafo.
Islamic Congregation Accra
From single handedly feeding some of the stranded Ghanaian returnees from Nigeria in 1983 amidst bush fire and famine that ravaged the country at that time, he donates to Rehabilitation Centers, Social Welfare Centers, Prisons, Children's Homes and other institutions throughout the country including the University of Ghana-Legon. As of 2008, Apostle Safo and his Church have organised 27 separate Food and Technology Exhibition in every October and December in Kumasi and Accra respectively. He has been the father of the poor and needy
Children's Home Accra
His concern for humanity and his mission of restoring Africa from its lost glory to glary. In spite of his enormous contributions , he keeps emphasizing that , "philanthropy is not my mission on earth".
If perfection were the only goal in life, Jesus would have come to teach it, or even enforce its pursuit.. Instead, he told us that he has come to 'bind up the broken hearted' So to love and to heal are forms of perfection. Luke 4:18.
BELIEVES IN APPLY OF KNOWLEDGE
His activities which transcend charity are beyond the comprehension of ordinary minds. Unlike other charismatic churches, Kristo Asafo (Christ Reformed Church) apart from the believe we have in the trinity, also believe that the infinite intelligence that God has given to mankind is not limited to one race and that by hard work and perseverance through science and technology as demonstrated by our visionary leader Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, the image of our abode will be redeemed and uplifted.
MISSION:TECHNOLOGY
Apostle Safo and his Kristo Asafo church in recent times have been more famous in the multi-technology industry in Ghana and Africa as a whole. His mission is to empower black Africa through the application of appropriate technology and innovation science and to uplift image of the African continent. As a musical enthusiasts, he started with the fabrication of Electrical Drums with brain units, loud Speakers, Professional Mixing Console, Amplifiers, Pre-amps and Seven-Stringed Bass Guitar. He then moved on to sewing and embroidery Machines and within some few years leapfrogged to the manufacture of a multi-purpose mobile Block Moulding Machine capable of producing 16 blocs at a time, a 26" Flat Screen Sensor Television (powered by human breath and turned off by the wave of hand).
He manufactured his first automobile "Knantanka Saloon" in 1998 and a Cross Country 4 - Wheel Drive "Kantanka Onantefo I" in 2006. In June 2007, he released a newer model of "Kantanka Onantefo II" which was driven throughout most part of the country for testing. On 30th December 2007, Apostle showcased a 26 feet long limo style Cross Country "Kantanka Obrempong" at the churches 27th Annual Charity and Technology Fair at Awoshie in Accra, Ghana. He on the same day launched an excavator which he locally manufactured. He has made a variety of industrial machinery, Weed Slashers, Street Cabbage Collectors, Spot Welding Machine and automated Human Sensored WCs and Taps.
AWARDS
His good works and gestures have earned him awards from the government and countless institutions throughout the country. These include: The order of the Volta (Member Division) in 2007, The Millennium Excellence Award, Best Philanthropist in the Humanitarian Category in 2006, He was appointed Member of the National Council for Tertiary Education in 2006, Associate Member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers in 2004, The industrial Pinnacle Award, Winner of Gold in Industrial Development Engineering in 2004, The industrial Pinnacle Award, Winner of Platinum Service to Humanity in 2004,The Industrial Pinnacle Award, Winner of Platinum in the Agricultural and Food Production Category in 2004, State Honor, Grand Medal (GM) Civil Division of Exemplary Leadership, Technology Ingenuity and Deep Concern for the Deprived in Society in 2000,Charted Institute of Marketing, Special Award in Marketing Agricultural and Technological Skills through the Youth in 1999, Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from the University of Ghana in 1999, Abetifi Adonten Ladies Association, Certificate of Honour for Education to the Needy in Society in 1994, Department of Social Welfare, Honour for Devoted Voluntary Service in 1990, Patron Africa Council for Spiritual Churches in 1992, Provisional National Defense Council, Ministry of Agricultural, Certificate of Merit (District Award) Best Fish Farmer in 1991, National Action Committee on mental health, Centenary Award for Meritorious Service to the mentally Ill 1989
INVESTMENTS
Organic Produce
Apostle Safo is a man of few words and optimist. As industrious and business minded as he is, he has invested in many businesses : Great KOSA Company Ltd with various divisions and sub-divisions, Great KOSA Clinic, Modern KOSA Company Ltd, Great Imperial Company Ltd, Kristo Asafo Schools, Great KOSA Vision and Kristo Asafo Farms.
Herbal Medicine
At Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region of Ghana, he and his team of researchers are working tirelessly in all fields of innovative science and applied technology. Different types of home and electrical appliances, Sport Utility Vehicles , Excavators and many more industrial types of equipment are manufactured.
Entertainment
The church also has an award winning entertainment group, the Kristo Asafo Concert Party group. Concert Party is a popular form of entertainment in Ghana dating back to the 1950s. Drawing on folklorist ideas, the group performs comedy sketches often with moral teaching of Christian revivalist character interspaced with urban popular music. Kristo Asafo is the main Church in Ghana that explores this avenue of popular drama to reach out with the Gospel.
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head, his face was like the sun, and legs were like fiery pillars. This happened on August 22nd, 2019 at 4:27PM when Apostle Dr.Prof. Emeritus Kwadwo Safo Kantanka arrived at the land of Asante Bekwai (Asumenya) to celebrate his birthday with his people. We saw the rainbow which revealed itself last year at his house at Atonsu. This means the sleeping giant of Africa is awake.
Long live Apostle Dr. Prof. Emeritus Kwadwo Safo Kantanka Amen oooo Thanks be to the Almighty Living God for this day, 26th October. Let us all praise the Living God because he deserves it. Nyankonton da.
Kronkron Kronkron Kronkron ne Nyankonton Nyankopon. Ade nyinaa so tumfo), wo na wofata ayeyie, wo na wofata aseda, ntontom ne nkanfo. STAY AFRICA STAR.
For more information about Emeritus Apostle Kwadwo Safo or Kristo Asafo Mission please visit
Website: www.kristoasafousa.com