Geoffrey Kwame Tomtania

Geoffrey Kwame (Pastor) Tomtania was an African pastor, visiting professor at The West African Advanced School of Theology-WAASTand well-known church planter. He and his wife, Monica Tomtania (Author of [http://www.e316.com/God-Still-Speaks-Monica-Tomtania/1602665923.htmGod Still Speaks]and best seller The End Time Daughters of the King ) pioneered several churches in Ghana including House of Hope Assembly in Accra, North-Kaneshie Assembly, and Togo, and prior to passing he and is wife pastored the largest church in Lomé, Togo, and one of the largest in West Africa, Calvary Temple/Temple du Calvaire.

He was born in Accra, Ghana, on December 5 1947 to Togolese-Ghanian father serving in the British army in the former Gold Coast (British colony). He passed in Martinez, California (USA) on July 5 2001.

Life

Geoffrey Tomtania initially trained as a statistician and highly recruited by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served as The Chief Representative for Africa or West Africa for numerous Christian international organizations. In January 1979, he attended Morris Cerullo’s School of Ministry in San Diego. He was among the first proof producers of that ministry. As a result he became the chairman of Morris Cerullo World Evangelism in Togo, West Africa up 1990.

In 1982, he was invited to attend Billy Graham Evangelism World Conference in Amsterdam. He was later nominated as a member of Committee Ad-hoc for Evangelism and contact person for Togo.

He also served as the chairman for the A D 2000 & Beyond movement for Togo and the French-speaking West Africa until he passed in 2001. Because of these positions, he traveled extensively around the globe, from Korea to Colorado, from South Africa to Norway, and France to Israel. Geoffrey also served as Evangelist Reinhart Bonnke’s contact person for Togo. Through his efforts, they organized two mass evangelisms in the major cities of Lome, and Kara; and became Bonnke’s interpreter before the late president of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

He was considered by many as a pioneer in many respect of Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in Togo and in West Africa in general. He is also considered spiritual father to many Christians in Togo, in many parts of West Africa, and to several transplanted Togolese in Europe and in North America.

He is survived by his four sons, Jim, Scott, Samuel, Othniel, and his wife Rev. Monica.