The training programme had individuals acquiring skills in fashion design, craft and cosmetology, engineering, graphic designing, web designing, agric production and export.

Others were also trained in decoration and event management, soap and cake making, bead making among others.

Beneficiaries who were drawn from across the country especially in Accra, were taken through the skills training.

The programme which commenced in 2016, had 300 people, followed by the second with 1,300 people.

Addressing the media, National Pastor for Winners Chapel International, Pastor Muyiwa James, said the church is aiming at training a minimum of 5000 people by the close of 2017.

He explained that the training programme was to help people take hold of their economic lives.

“It has been put together to help people. A lot of people are out there without jobs, no means of livelihood so we decided to train and empower them for free. This training involved everybody whether white, black, short, tall, Muslim, pagan etc. It is the hope of the church that by the end of this we should empower at least 5000 people and I can see that coming to pass,” he added.

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According to Winners Chapel International,  (WCI) the court failed to resolve all the issues under contention after nearly thirteen years legal battle.

WCI had battled Bishop Agyemang over the ownership of properties of Winners Chapel Ghana (WCG), a breakaway church from WCI.

WCI had argued that Bishop Agyemang whom they trained, employed and later deployed from Nigeria to head Winners Chapel International and the church’s missionary agencies in Ghana, outsmarted them, registered the church with a new name, Winners Chapel Ghana, and took over assets of his employers.

[contextly_sidebar id=”0hv8WuitUdKTDDbvsP81zwfEBjjaXdYq”]But after 13 years of battling the case in court, the Accra High Court presided over by Mr Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, on July 28, 2017 ruled in the favour of Bishop Agyemang.

According to the court, WCI “was not duly incorporated as a legal entity and, therefore, cannot own any property, including the name “Winners Chapel.’’

The court held that WCG had been registered in accordance with the law and, therefore, had the legal backing to operate.

“On the available evidence, I am satisfied the name Winners Chapel Ghana has been duly registered for business in the country,’’ Mr Justice Ofori-Atta said.

The court was of the view that although WCI was not duly registered and, therefore, could not lawfully claim any properties being contested, it had members who contributed to the acquisition of those properties.

In that regard, it ordered that any property acquired between 1996 and 1997 when the church was established until 2004 when WCI and WCG went their separate ways be valued and shared among the two bodies.

It, however, said after the valuation and sharing of the properties, WCG should buy out those allocated to WCl, since WCG had been in possession of the properties since 2004.

Meanwhile, in a publication WCI circulated to its members on Sunday, September 3, 2017 and sighted by citifmonline.com, the leadership of the church expressed some misgivings about the ruling.

“Winners Chapel’s leadership is of the view that the judgment did not resolve all the controversies presented to the court for resolution. Its lawyers have, therefore, been given instructions to take the necessary steps to ensure a full resolution of all the matters in controversy before the appropriate forum,” WCI added.

WCI in the publication further stated that: “The issue before the court were amongst others: whether or not the members of the WCG ceased to be members of Winners’ Chapel when there was a split in July 2004; whether or not Bishop Adjeman and the other defendants are entitled to retain possession of Winners’ Chapel and WMA’s properties and premises and whether or not Bishop Adjeman’s allegations against Bishop David Oyedepo, Winners’ Chapel and WMA justified Bishop Adjeman and his followers’ actions. Rather strangely, the court did not determine any of the above mentioned issues.”

Background
In 2002, Bishop Adjeman, who was a pastor of WCI in Nigeria, was transferred by the church to head its branch in Ghana.

According to the documents filed by lawyers for Bishop Adjeman in the case, when he came to Ghana, he realised that the church was not being run properly.

The church, he claimed, had no structures in place to ensure that its books were properly audited and also every aspect of its operations was being done without recourse to the law.

He claimed that the church had not appointed an auditor, it had no certificate to commence business and its finances and general administration were being managed badly.

Court documents showed that in 2004, the Registrar-General’s Department asked all companies that had registered with it to update their records.

Bishop Adjeman, the court document revealed, used the opportunity to “properly register the church’’ and named it WCG and broke ranks with the mother church in Nigeria based on his assertion of gross mismanagement.

Legal action
Not happy with the development, on July 14, 2004 some members who owed allegiance to the mother church in Nigeria dragged Bishop Adjeman and nine other members who formed the executive council to court.

The plaintiffs wanted a declaration from the court that all properties of WCG remain the “bona fide properties of WCI.’’

They also wanted an order for recovery of the church, located at the Industrial Area in Accra, as well as any other branch of the church in Ghana.

The plaintiffs further wanted an order that would allow them to take possession of a house belonging to the church which is located at East Legon in Accra.

Other reliefs sought by the plaintiffs included an order restraining Bishop Adjeman and his congregation from using any property of the church for worship or any other activity, as well as an order for Bishop Adjeman to pay any amount that was due the mother church in Nigeria.

The WCG, in its defence, argued that WCI was not duly registered and as such it could not claim to legally own any properties in the country.

The WCG’s case was upheld by the court in its judgement.

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana with additional files from Graphic Online
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The court, presided over by Mr Justice K.A. Ofori-Atta, held that WCI, headed by Bishop David Oyedepo, was not duly registered in Ghana, as prescribed by the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) and, therefore, it had no legal basis to operate a church or any other business in Ghana.

“I conclude that all the acts purported to have been done by the plaintiff in breach of sections 27, 196 and 197 of Act 179 are illegal and invalid,’’ it stated.

It, however, held that WCG, headed by Bishop George Adjeman, had been registered in accordance with the law and, therefore, had the legal backing to operate.

“On the available evidence, I am satisfied the name Winners Chapel Ghana has been duly registered for business in the country,’’ Mr Justice Ofori-Atta said.

Sharing of properties
The court was of the view that although WCI was not duly registered and, therefore, could not lawfully claim any properties being contested, it had members who contributed to the acquisition of those properties.

In that regard, it ordered that any property acquired between 1996 and 1997 when the church was established until 2004 when WCI and WCG went their separate ways be valued and shared among the two bodies.

It, however, said after the valuation and sharing of the properties, WCG should buy out those allocated to WCl, since WCG had been in possession of the properties since 2004.

The presiding judge, however, refused to award costs against WCI, saying that “the parties are of the household of God and I shall not award costs.’’

Background
In 2002, Bishop Adjeman, who was a pastor of WCI in Nigeria, was transferred by the church to head its branch in Ghana.

According to the documents filed by lawyers for Bishop Adjeman in the case, when he came to Ghana, he realised that the church was not being run properly.

The church, he claimed, had no structures in place to ensure that its books were properly audited and also every aspect of its operations was being done without recourse to the law.

He claimed that the church had not appointed an auditor, it had no certificate to commence business and its finances and general administration were being managed badly.
Court documents showed that in 2004, the Registrar-General’s Department asked all companies that had registered with it to update their records.

Bishop Adjeman, the court document revealed, used the opportunity to “properly register the church’’ and named it WCG and broke ranks with the mother church in Nigeria based on his assertion of gross mismanagement.

Legal action
Not happy with the development, on July 14, 2004 some members who owed allegiance to the mother church in Nigeria dragged Bishop Adjeman and nine other members who formed the executive council to court.

The plaintiffs wanted a declaration from the court that all properties of WCG remain the “bona fide properties of WCI.’’

They also wanted an order for recovery of the church, located at the Industrial Area in Accra, as well as any other branch of the church in Ghana.

The plaintiffs further wanted an order that would allow them to take possession of a house belonging to the church which is located at East Legon in Accra.

Other reliefs sought by the plaintiffs included an order restraining Bishop Adjeman and his congregation from using any property of the church for worship or any other activity, as well as an order for Bishop Adjeman to pay any amount that was due the mother church in Nigeria.

The WCG, in its defence, argued that WCI was not duly registered and as such it could not claim to legally own any properties in the country.

The WCG’s case was upheld by the court in its judgement.

According to the court, WCI “was not duly incorporated as a legal entity and, therefore, cannot own any property, including the name “Winners Chapel.’’
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