The head pastor of Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Kofi Oduro has disclosed that before his call to serve God, he was a rapper, heavy smoker and someone that the police got tired of.
According to him, being a rapper gave him the accent he uses now although “I lived in England for just four years but this is not a British accent,” adding that the accent just happened out of mimicking people.
Speaking to Fremaa Adunyame and Ato Kwamena on Citi TV’s new show, Upside Down, he noted if he was told he would be a prophet, he would never believe it.
As someone who was born in Tesano, grew up in Fadama/ Abeka and being the last born of 11 children he revealed that he had a “rough patch during adolescence.”
“I joined gangs. You could see it in my flare. That aggression, belligerence possibly that’s where it’s coming from,” he said.
Ato Kwamena pointed out that he always thought his style emanated from his zeal but Prophet Oduro said, “It’s not just zeal. Basically, it’s a background where I grew up from we joined a lot of gangs in Abeka, Fadama. Had a rough kind of lifestyle. I’ve been a heavy smoker, drinker, went into rap music, all those kinds of things”
However, his father fellowshipped with many faiths and all had one message that his son was going to serve God.
“From the beginning, there were prophecies…so he knew one day there’ll be something like that but honestly me if you had given me priesthood on a silver platter I would have refused it. I never dreamt about it, it was not something I wanted to do,” he said.
At the age of 16 while in Accra Technical Training Center, he had the call to serve and started preaching at dawn in Kokomlemle.
“I had a near-death experience. One day I was sleeping in the afternoon and then it’s like there was no skies. Just so bright light and a voice spoke. At the time I had lost a very good friend of mine. I heard it clearly that if you don’t repent, you’ll die like your friend, the voice told me. When I woke up, I didn’t know how I left the room to the field and people surrounding me, pouring water, it was as if I was in a trance. I was asking what is wrong, they were also rather asking what’s wrong. Because I was a smoker, people said, I told you this guy was going crazy,” he narrated.
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By: Hajia Lamy Gates |ghanaweekend.com
