Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi

Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi, PhD, is the pastor of the Geneva International Seventh-day Adventist Church in Switzerland.

Articles by Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi

Rethinking community in the Adventist Church

June 2023

The Christian church, since its inception, has long been characterized as a community of believers. Many members meet to discuss their faith, while others find the church to be a family to which they belong. Without a doubt, the church community…

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Avoiding the preaching temptation of egotism

August 2009

One of the most dangerous temptations for a pastor comes from the pulpit itself. You may plan to communicate a biblical message; but somehow you end up being the center of attention in the sermon. Most likely, you did not plan it that way,…

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Pastoral fatigue--you can live with it

April 2006

You have been a successful pastor. In the years you have been in ministry, you have done everything possible to make your church the ideal one. You have spent several hours a day in preparing for the Sabbath sermon,…

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Down from the pulpit

June 2008

After I had finished preaching, a woman of about 35 approached me and confessed, with tears, that she had been committing sexual sin. After all these years, after all the sermons that she had heard me preach, she…

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