Accra: Bishop Samuel Ben Owusu, Founder and General Overseer of The Pottersville Church International, has opened up about his deeply challenging upbringing, describing a childhood marked by extreme poverty. Speaking in an interview with MzGee on Behind The Pulpit, Bishop Owusu recounted how financial hardship cut short his formal education.
According to Ghana Web, Bishop Owusu could not finish secondary school due to overwhelming poverty. He shared, "We were so poor that even poor people we knew-our mates-would forget their own poverty and use us as an example." Born in Adansi to peasant farmers, Bishop Owusu described a life shaped by rural routines and limited opportunities.
He reflected on his upbringing, saying, "I was born in a village as a village boy in Adansi. My mother and father were farmers-village people. We would wake up, go to the farm, come home, cook, eat, sleep, then wake up and go back to the farm. That was our life." Raised in the Adventist faith, Bishop Owusu has spent over two decades in ministry and is also a United Nations Eminent Peace Ambassador, focusing on leadership development within the Christian faith.
Bishop Owusu emphasized his mission to foster leadership, stating, "My ministry is to raise leaders. By the grace of God, for over 23 years, I have been one of the leading prophets who has raised prophets across Africa, with a record of about 15,000 prophets." His determination to escape poverty led him to Accra, where he sought better opportunities and deepened his Christian commitment under the mentorship of the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, a prominent African preacher.
Bishop Ben Owusu's journey from a struggling village boy in Adansi to a global religious leader serves as a testament to resilience, faith, and transformation.