Pastor Ayi Samson Ake (Known as Samson) is originally from the Ivory Coast (West Africa) and has been living in the UK for over 20 years ago. He sees himself as part of the “reverse missionary” process, where over 100 years ago God sent missionaries from Western countries bringing Christianity to many countries including West Africa, but now God is sending missionaries in reverse back to the UK. It is in the UK that Samson felt that God was calling him to serve the Lord.
Samson is married to Rev. Ellie Ake, a Baptist Minister and they have a blended family of 6 children. Samson is an accredited Baptist Minister trained at Northern Baptist College (Manchester), He has been involved in ministry pastoring Baptist churches in the North West, the East Midlands and the West Midlands.
His heart is to love God with a passion, equip Christians to follow Jesus and empower the church to reach out to the community around the church.
