The church claims that Peter Anim Newman began a healing ministry in 1917 under the name Faith Tabernacle as a result of healing received from acute stomach upset and guinea worms infections after he had read a magazine published by Faith Tabernacle USA called "Sword of Spirit" [REF].
They requested for an external missionary from Bradford, which was granted in 1937, James McKeown, was sent as the first Pentecostal missionary from UK to Asamankese [REF].