The first female Director of Programmes of the Anglican Diocese of Accra, Ghana, Reverend Akua Ofori Boateng has narrated how she landed in priesthood even after she experienced a terrible divorce.

She said her spirituality began during the period of her divorce because she needed to seek God’s help during a challenging period in her life.

According to her, life has always been comfortable, from childhood until after university, when she had to face her divorce.

“I think that’s how God works with us. In that, he brings us to a full stop, where I literally hit a wall. I went through a divorce, lost my job, and everything went bad. It was not a pleasant divorce. It just brought me to the point of asking myself what I’m doing….I had lived a pretty comfortable life, so this was new to me. That really brought me to a ‘come to Jesus’ moment,” she told Roselyn Felli on Prime Morning on Wednesday.

Having gone through a horrible experience in the United States, she said she returned to Ghana to avoid the pain of living as a mother in the States. But upon her arrival in Ghana, there was no job available.

As an unemployed single mother, prayer became her only hope and job. This landed her into the seminary.

But priesthood was never her major objective in joining the seminary. She said, “I went to seminary because I felt like if I’m going to walk away from God, I want to walk away from an informed place where I can understand Him and make a decision to follow him or not.”

After joining, she developed a love for the Bible and became attached to the scriptures. This helped her know who God truly is.

Although the divorce process was distressing, everything has been resolved, and she is currently living happily with her only daughter.

As to whether she is open for love again, she said, “As the Lord wills.”

She said her priesthood journey was not planned.

Additionally, she mentioned that she was the only regular churchgoer among her friends when she joined the seminary.

Rev. Akua Boateng encouraged people who might have been going through the same challenges to hold on to God, who is their only hope. She inspired them not to hold on to the guilt for long, saying she was guilty but has gotten over it as humans are bound to make mistakes.