Areas of Ministry

West African Bible School Announces Second Graduating Class

Global Servants is proud to announce the second graduating class of their Bible school in West Africa. On July 24, 2005 nineteen graduates completed the course of study in good standing! Four years ago Global Servants opened a co-ed Bible school at their headquarters in Kumasi, Ghana so that West African students can receive the training they need in order to be effective pastors. The school uses an Assemblies of God curriculum from ICI University. ICI is specifically designed to meet the needs of international students. The students take classes in everything from how to study their Bibles, to Christian counseling, to marriage and family training. The school limits each course to an enrollment of twenty in order to provide a vital, one-on-one student/ teacher, learning environment. Each class embarks on a two year course of study and finishes prepared to face the challenges of pastoring in West Africa. Many of these graduates have gone on to work in Global Servant’s churches in villages that have been previously unreached by Christianity.

Present Needs

Our Pastors
Global Servants presently supports more than 40 pastors across West Africa. Many of these men pastor in remote villages and have no means of transportation. Global is working to provide each of these men with a motorcycle. The cost per bike is $750.

Our Day-Cares
Global Servants wanted to reach out to the communities of West Africa in a way that would provide much needed help in their difficult lives and also begin relationships with unsaved families. Day-cares have proved to be the perfect solution! The childcare facility in Wale Wale, a predominantly Muslim community, has been a wonderful form of side-door evangelism!

Ghana, Burkina Faso & Togo

Everyday, somewhere in West Africa the good news of the Gospel is being preached because of the efforts of Global Servants. From the dry barrens deserts of Burkina Faso, to remote villages of Konkomba tribes, to the bustling metropolis of Kumasi, people all over West Africa are becoming Christians because of the evangelism work of Global Servants.

Sammy, Mark, Travis in Kumasi
Global Servants is continuing to expand our mission efforts in West Africa. We support over 40 congregations in 3 different countries. Global Servants has now built churches in the countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo. We also have a Bible school that operates on the compound of our headquarters in Kumasi, Ghana. Global Servants runs a pre-school and elementary school in the Northern part of Ghana in the town of Wale Wale and another pre-school at our headquarters in Kumasi. Also, we have performed a number of social mission works from building clinics to roofing schools.

Global Servants has now been operating in West Africa for more than 20 years. Our president Dr. Mark Rutland founded our work there. Dr. Rutland remains the president of Global Servants. The national director for Global Servants in West Africa is a Ghanaian by the name of Samuel Odarno.The international director for West Africa is Travis Rutland.

The work in West Africa could not exist without the sacrificial giving of individuals and churches. If you or your church would like to get involved with Global Servants in our work in West Africa please contact Travis Rutland at travis[at]globalservants.org or call toll free at 1-888-823-8772. He would be glad to answer any questions and send you more information on this important mission and evangelism outreach.