Akintayo Sam-Jolly Ordained Bishop

By Mariama B. Bah

“I Akintayo Humphrey Sam-Jolly, chosen Bishop of Christ’s Holy Church, in the Name of Jesus Christ, who is God Almighty, solemnly declare that I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline and worship of this Church”. 

This was the exact declaration of Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jolly in the sight of all present during a colorful consecration on Sunday the 29th November 2015 at the Living Word of Faith Outreach Ministries International (LWFOMI) in Freetown.

In his sermon, the Grace Bishop Frederick Abu Koroma Founder / General Overseers Flaming Evangelical Ministries said about 30 years ago God changed Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jolly from Pastor to Bishop.

Bishop Abu Koroma thanked the Almighty God for His grace upon Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jolly. \

He said God picked the Bishop from nowhere to someone. Bishop Abu Koroma also made reference that some people are misused and abused others but when God has chosen you nothing will stop you or nobody will dump you.

The Chief Consecrator was Bishop Darlingston G. Johnson, Senior Pastor of Bethel World Outreach Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. 

Congratulatory messages came from all sectors of the society both national and international such as

Bishop Frederick Abu Sidique Koroma and Rev. Lady Patricia Koroma, Founder / General Overseers Flaming Evangelical Ministries and Chairman, Strategic Evangelistic Network (SEN),

Bishop John and Co-Pastor Penny Francis Ruach City Church, United Kingdom,

Bishop J. Archibald Cole General Overseer, New Life Ministries International Miracle City, Ross Road Freetown and he is also the National President Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone. 

Bishop Nathaniel and Dr. Martha Zarway, Greater Refuge Temple, Monrovia, Liberia

Rev. (Dr.) Julius Laggah, Bishop and Senior Pastor General Secretary, BWOMI

Bishop Newlife I.U, Presiding Bishop, Active Word International Ministriesamong others.

An Ode to the Bishop   
By Mrs. Williette James

I sit at my table, compiling this work

I read all the scripts, but can’t add a word

I ask myself calmly a question so clear

What else can I write, to give him a cheer?

My mind says there’s nothing

My heart says, there’s something

My hands start to type out a poem just like that.

This seems so interesting,

I just can’t imagine

My bones are resisting the tiredness I’m feeling.

The reason is obvious

This hero’s industrious

There’s no way my strength can relent to express that

There’s no way my words can be lost to describe that

True warriors dare

Thank God you don’t fear

You’ll always exterminates

Whate’er contaminates

That’s who I admire,

My captain, my bishop, my father, my papa.

Who Is Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jolly

Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jolly is a choice servant of God raised up to impact the nation of Sierra Leone and beyond, and his generation according to the will of God. As foundering member of the Living Word of Faith Bible Church Freetown, Sierra Leone, established in1988, he became Pastor of the church in 1991. In 1993 by divine mandate, with the vision having been amplified in his heart, he launched the ministry as the Living Word of Faith Outreach Ministries International (LWFOMI) of which he became the General Overseer. Flowing freely in his apostolic calling and speaking with a prophetic voice, Bishop Sam-Jolly preaches the Word with forthrightness and power. His impact in the nation of Sierra Leone is felt through meetings such as the nationally celebrated ‘Encounter Conference and Revivals’ which is an event birthed by the Holy Spirit in 1992, to bring clear and much needed understanding about the person and work of the Holy Spirit. He also features on National Television on his weekly programme ‘Miracle Encounter’ and on a daily Radio Broadcast called ‘From Glory to Glory’ aired on the Believers Broadcasting Network, F.M. 93.0 and other radio stations.

In recent times, the Lord has led His servant to take Encounter to the nations of the world with the first encounter series held in Conakry, Guinea in November 2004, and in Banjui the Gambia and Monrovia, Liberia in April 2005.Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jollyisis also a widely sought after national and international speaker. He is the General Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone and an accomplished song writer who has produced two albums. He has authored three books “Apostolic Passion and Authority”, “Establishing Territorial Dominion” and “Equipping the Anointed”. He is a member of the Patris Fellowship, whose apostolic covering is Bishop John Francis. Bishop Apostle Akintayo Sam-Jollyis married to a beautiful and anointed woman of God, Reverend Veralina Sam-Jolly who is also Co-General Overseer of the Ministry and they are blessed with six (6) children: Akintayo, Gracevera, Akintola, Shalom, Treasure and Marvelous.