Bible Bridge, Barnabas Aid build capacity of children's ministry workers
Bible Bridge Ghana, in partnership with Barnabas Aid International, has concluded a capacity-building programme for Sunday School teachers, teen ministry workers and pastors from four regions in Northern Ghana.
The training, held in Tamale, brought together participants from the Northern, Upper East, North East and Savannah regions to strengthen children’s ministry and improve access to age-appropriate Bible materials.
Bible Bridge Ghana is a non-denominational Christian organisation committed to spiritual growth, scripture engagement, and holistic community transformation.
Beyond its children’s ministry initiatives, the organisation implements projects such as the 200,000 Bible Initiative, the Bibles for Future Leaders Project (BFLP), the Scripture for Our
Shepherds Project (SFOSP) and the Holistic Project (H3P), all aimed at supporting rural youth, schools and vulnerable groups.
According to the organisation, more than 45,000 people across Ghana’s 16 regions had benefited from its interventions.
The training forms part of Bible Bridge Ghana’s Every Child, Every Bible, Every Format project.
The Founder and Lead Strategist at Bible Bridge Ghana, Emmanuel Coffie, said the initiative sought to address a longstanding gap in Bible distribution and translation efforts, which have largely focused on adults.
“Mostly, when people receive Bibles, the focus has always been on adults.
We realised that if Bible work continues to centre on adults, children may be left out of the process,” Mr Coffie said.
He explained that the project aimed to involve children in faith formation from an early age and ensure they could have access to Bible materials suited to their level of understanding.
He also highlighted the launch of Children’s Bible Awareness Day on May 23, 2026, at the Church of Pentecost in Dalogyili, Tamale, in collaboration with the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC).
He described the initiative as a nationwide programme aimed at partnering churches and denominations during annual Children’s Week celebrations.
As part of the exercise, Bible Bridge Ghana teams visited all five regions of Northern Ghana on May 24 to distribute age-appropriate Bibles directly to Sunday School children.
The acting Director of Academic Planning and Quality Assurance at Pentecost University and Coordinator of the Pentecost Centre for Unreached Groups in Africa, Reverend Emmanuel Foster Asamoah, who facilitated the training, said the Pentecost University had been invited to review and contextualise the teaching materials to ensure their academic and theological relevance.
He disclosed that the organisation had developed a four-tier educational and spiritual literature framework that included Bible materials for children.
The Northern Regional Secretary of the GPCC and pastor of the Apostolic Church Ghana, Pastor Asupa Skipa Ahumbik, commended the partnership with Bible Bridge Ghana, describing it as a transformative intervention for children’s ministry.
