01/12/2025
Alumni Spotlight — December 2025: NATHAN ADU-GYAMFI
School of Theology (SOT) | Ghana Christian University (2014-2018)
Thank you to our Region Four (USA & Canada) Alumni Lead Regional Representative for the invitation to share my story. My name is Nathan Adu-Gyamfi, a 2018 graduate of the School of Theology, Ghana Christian University College.
I still remember that quiet morning in late September 2014 when my late mother—God bless her soul—helped me pack my bags and came with me to Ghana Christian University College. Before that moment, I had been in conversation with Mr. Danqua, the Admissions Director at the time, who guided me through the early steps of the process. Upon arriving on campus, I met my brother, Pastor Moses Bingin, the SRC Chaplain, who took me to the room that would become my base for the year—shared with him, Boris Azokly, and Isaac Oluwasegun.
I came to GhanaCU with a heart full of questions—grief questions, theological questions, and the kind of questions life presses on you when your plans suddenly shift. Only two months before arriving, I had learned that I could no longer pursue my dream of studying Law through the University of London’s affiliate program at Zenith University—a competitive admission I had successfully secured. Losing that opportunity hit me hard. I also came as a Sabbatarian and vegetarian, ready to critique my own faith and dig deeper.
Because of that, I engaged every course with intensity. That earned me a few nicknames: the Jewish Prophet, Apostle, and, from one of my favorite professors, Dr. Frank Akwayo, the Universal Man. And if you ever hear someone call me Bullet, you can thank the campus church for that—it came from my translation work between English and Twi.
Within weeks, I made meaningful friendships—one of the first being the SRC President, my dear brother Maula Tetteh. Through him, I learned the rhythms of campus life and slowly grew into leadership.
By my second year, I was appointed Evangelism Director.
In my third year, I served as Chief Justice, forming a functioning student court, appointing fellow justices, clerks, and a bailiff, and adjudicating student cases—something that brought me closer to the profession I once dreamed of.
In my final year, I was elected SRC President—a platform that shaped my leadership in ways I still carry today.
My team and I were blessed to make some tangible contributions, including successfully petitioning the Minister of Energy and Petroleum for 25 LED streetlights and securing an additional 15, valued at GH₵19,250 (in 2017), significantly improving campus visibility and safety.
Those years also connected me to student leaders who would go on to become lifelong friends, political leaders, ministers, and government appointees in both the past and present administrations of the Republic of Ghana.
And GhanaCU did not only give me leadership experience—it gave me my family.
It was on that same campus that I met my beautiful wife, Gloria. We were two young students chasing purpose and faith, walking with each other through the pressures of school and life. After graduation, we married, and by God’s grace, this December 20th marks our five-year anniversary. GhanaCU did not just shape my calling; it shaped my home.
Academically, by God’s grace, I graduated with First Class Honors, receiving the Best Theology Student award for all four consecutive years. But the journey was not without struggle. Beginning in my first year, second semester, financial pressure pushed me to combine full-time pupil teaching and WASSCE remedial teaching in a nearby town with my academic workload just to keep going.
I remain deeply grateful to my professors and colleagues—far too many to name—but allow me to mention just a few:
Rev. Dr. Alex Abban-Quarshie, who embraced me as a son and never shamed me even in my mistakes; and Rev. Dr. Gabriel Annan, my Dean of Students, whose confidence in my leadership shaped me into the man I am today.
They walked with me even through the hardest moment of my SRC tenure. In that season, a rumor involving me and my girlfriend at the time was broadcast to many students. Let the saints breathe—lol! It was painful and humbling, but it became one of the most formative experiences of my leadership. I remain deeply grateful to Dr. Nelson Ahlijah, the University President at the time; my Dean, Rev. Dr. James Yamoah; Rev. Francis Asante; our Registrar, Mr. Henry Nyame; and Mr. Aboste; and others—each of whom stood by me without hesitation. They reminded me that true leadership demands both resilience and humility. That moment shaped me far more than any title I carried.
I also want to pause to thank my SRC leadership team—my colleagues who stood with me through both storms and sunshine, supported me out of genuine love, and saw me beyond my mistakes. Their dedication and loyalty remain treasures I will carry for life—Lesley Newman, Augustine Adu-Gyasi, Margaret Onyekaonum, Fortune Adza, Weng Dauda, Cado Egwenu, and many others.
All of this—successes, struggles, questions, and grace—shaped in me a conviction that faith must speak to society’s deepest wounds.
That conviction only deepened when I moved to the United States to continue my theological formation at Luther Seminary after serving with the International School of Ministry and Keystone Gospel Ministry as a pastor for three years. I arrived as an international student, carrying the hopes of my family and my people. Yet God placed me in roles I never imagined—Senior Admissions Ambassador, Operations Supervisor, and more.
In 2023, I founded the Luther Seminary International Students Association (LSISA), a community that still serves and strengthens international students in meaningful ways.
That same year, I founded the I AM BLACK Ministry—a Pan-African Christian movement committed to reconnecting, reconciling, and resourcing Black people across the world. Today, we are a formidable body of theologians, pastors, scholars, and leaders throughout Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States, making an impact many times over.
And yes—2023 was also the year I laid the groundwork for the GhanaCU Alumni Association, supported by the love and commitment of many of you. Today, our WhatsApp platform hosts over 700 alumni, and together, we continue to move forward with purpose.
Today, I walk boldly into pastoral ministry as a Luthercostal—a blend of Pentecostal fire and Lutheran grounding. My calling is straightforward:
To build leaders.
To tell the truth in love.
To stand with the suffering.
To call the Black world into unity and purpose in God.
From the campus of GhanaCU to the hallways of Luther Seminary, from a small Ghanaian town to rooms shaping Pan-African futures, my journey testifies to one truth:
When God writes your story, no chapter is wasted—and no struggle is pointless.
And by His grace, I’m just getting started.
To learn more of my story, visit: https://nadugyamfi.com
