The general Superintendent of Assemblies of God,Ghana, Reverend Stephen Yenusom Wengam has laid his mother, Madam Deborah Wengam, a woman of virtue laid to rest.
The funeral service drew a large gathering of mourners, including President John Dramani Mahama,former President John Agyekum Kufour, family, friends, clergy, and well-wishers from across the country, who came to pay their respects and celebrate the life of a remarkable woman.
Addressing mourners,founding/ lead Pastor of Cedar Mountain Chapel express the emotional tremor the passing of his mother has brought upon his life.
The General Superintendent recalled that her mother before her demise said, “my son, I raised you and you’ve never brought shame to the family. Make sure you exit from the office of the General Superintendent with clean hands. She really had me wondering when she repeated herself just a month before she passed.”
President John Dramani Mahama in his tribute, said Mama Deborah was a good woman, and God blessed her womb stressing that “as the Bible said in Luke 1.42, Elizabeth told Mary, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Mama Deborah’s womb was indeed blessed.”
President Mahama paid glowing tribute to the late Deborah Wengam for raising what he described as a “man gifted with divine actions, and that is why many people have travelled thousands of kilometres to honour him and pay respects to his late mother.”
WHO IS DEBORAH WENGAM?
The late Deborah Wengam was born on May 28, 1953 in Nakpanduri in the North East Region. Her late father, Elijah Nyankpen Libagtib was a Paramount Chief of the Bimoba Traditional area from 1969 to 1985. Her late mother, Margaret Wanib Namak, was from a polygamous home.
Madam Wengam pursued her elementary education at Nakpanduri Primary School and wrote her Middle School Leaving Certificate at Bunkpurugu Middle School in 1970. Her father was a health worker in the midwifery department and the Assemblies of God Nakpanduri Clinic for 45 years.
She was the second of seven siblings. In 1971, she married the late Matthew K. Wengam and they were blessed with four children with three deceased.
The first and only surviving child is Reverend Stephen Wengam, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God,Ghana.Devoted Christian
Madam Wengam was a devoted Christian and an active member of the women’s ministry.
She was christened and dedicated to the Lord at Nakpanduri Central Assemblies of God by the late Pastor Alhassan in 1953. She gave her life to Christ at the age of 10 and served the Lord for 61 years.
