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HISTORY OF MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

FORMATIVE YEARS

The Trinity Men’s Fellowship was established to bring together men of the congregation for fellowship, spiritual growth, and service to the church and wider community. From its early beginnings, the group has focused on strengthening faith, encouraging Christian leadership in the home and society, and supporting one another through prayer and mutual accountability. Over the years, the Men’s Group has played an active role in church programmes, outreach activities, and community development initiatives, while nurturing unity and brotherhood among its members. Today, the group continues to build on this foundation, committed to living out Christian values and serving God faithfully.

The Trinity Men’s Fellowship Group was originally formed on 1^st August 1998 by a group of ten men at Christ Church & Upton Chapel, Kennington where the Trinity PCG was worshipping at that time. The group later grew to about 25 members. The group was intended to be the driving force in the Church to take up the challenges and responsibilities to assist with the development and growth of the Church.

The Trinity PCG changed its place of worship from Christ Church & Upton Chapel to St Peter’s (Vicarage) Church in Brockley and later moved to its current place of worship at the South Lee Christian Centre in 2005. Following the move, there was a misunderstanding amongst the key players in the Fellowship, which caused the group to split into two. The splinter group left the Trinity PCG with the majority members to form the Calvary PCG, and the Men’s Fellowship group, whilst the rest of the members remained at Trinity PCG. The Trinity Fellowship quickly re-organised itself, but sadly this did not last long. The group later became dormant from 2005-2007, and members drifted away because of lack of general direction, interest and also the absence of a visible programme of activities.

In 2008, a group of former members of the Fellowship led by Nana Ampem Larbi, took up the challenge and responsibilities to regroup and revive the Fellowship. A transitional team was formed to manage the affairs of the group until the group’s old constitution was reviewed and revised to pave way for election of officers. Nana Ampem Larbi later left the Church and the Fellowship to re-settle in Ghana. Mr Steve Ofei was appointed as the interim President to lead the transitional team to manage the affairs of the Fellowship until elections were conducted, and new management team formed.

A constitutional review committee was also formed, comprising two people each from the transitional team, and the general membership of the Fellowship. They were given the time-consuming and difficult tasks to review and revise the constitution. Odehye Nana Kwasi Asiedu-Ofei, led the constitutional review committee to revise the constitution for us. In total, five drafts of the constitution were presented to the Fellowship membership for discussions and their input before the final version was agreed and adopted.

The Fellowship constitution was formally approved and adopted by the membership on 18^th January 2009, which paved the way for elections to be held to elect new officers to manage the affairs of the Fellowship. A copy of the adopted revised constitution was formally presented to Rev. Dr. Sam Prempeh then the District Minister of the PCG in London. The constitution was later filed at the Trinity PCG, and also at the District PCG in London respectively.

Following the adoption of the Constitution, elections were held in April 2009 to elect new officers and appoint an Executive Committee to oversee the affairs of the Fellowship. The newly elected officers and Executive Committee were formally sworn into office by Rev. Dr. Akwasi Poku Nyantekyi at an impressive ceremony in April 2009.

Since the reorganisation of the Fellowship, the Executive Committee has adopted a more formal and professional approach to managing the group’s affairs. The Fellowship is committed to the principles of good governance, probity, and accountability, and regards itself as one of the most transparent and accountable church groups within the Trinity PCG community in London.

The Fellowship currently has a membership of 45, and meetings are held both in person and virtually on the third Sunday of every month.

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