Pastor · Theologian · Author

Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi, Ph.D.

Adventist English Church · Geneva, Switzerland
Researcher of Akan Sunsum · Sunsumatology

Origins & Calling

I was born in Ghana where I began studying theology at Valley View University in 2002. After completion in 2006, I served with the Central Ghana Conference of SDA as a district pastor for Yeji in the Pru-District of the Brong Ahafo region. I have always considered those years as one of my golden moments in life.

Graduate Studies in Switzerland

In 2010, I left for graduate studies in the universities of Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, I have spent most of my years in Switzerland studying and pastoring. My academic thesis centers around my new development of African studies called Sunsumatology — the study of the Akan sunsum (spirit) in its theological, anthropological, pneumatological, and cosmological context.

Besides my theological career, I also have two diplomas in Global governance and Journalism.

Pastoral Ministry in Geneva

I presently serve as the church pastor of the Adventist English Church in Geneva in the Swiss Romand–Tesin Federation. It is the only English-speaking Adventist church in Switzerland, characterized by a diversity of multinational backgrounds.

Writing & Public Theology

Writing has been part of my life journey. You can find some of my articles in the Adventist Review, Adventist Magazine, Ministry Magazine, and other Adventist media networks. My academic papers are not listed on this website. I’m also an active internet blogger. You can visit some of my blogs at prclifford.wordpress.com and quotesofclifford.wordpress.com.

I enjoy preaching about the Lord Jesus Christ and have a strong passion for a Bible-based revival. I sporadically concern myself with socio-political issues, which I think is inescapable from my discipline as long as theology confronts societal challenges.

Research Interests

• Pneumatology — the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, with particular attention to African and Akan context.
• Christocentric worldview — how the person and work of Christ reorder all of life, not just “religious” life.
• Adventist theology — biblical eschatology, sanctuary theology, and the pastoral application of doctrine.
• Akan thought & the Gospel — translating Christian doctrine in dialogue with West African idioms.
• Hermeneutics & preaching — rightly dividing the Word of truth from pulpit to small group.

A Closing Word

If anything written on this site is useful to your faith, your study, or your ministry — to God be the glory. If anything is unclear, please write. The labour of theology is never solitary; it belongs to the whole church.

In the service of the Word,

Clifford Owusu-Gyamfi, Ph.D. Pastor, Adventist English Church · Geneva