Background
Bishop Charles Agyin Asare was born Charles Yewuraekow Agyin Asare in Achiase in the Eastern Region of Ghana on March 22, 1962.
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He later moved to Accra in the Greater Accra Region to attend school. He is a past student of Weija Barracks Primary, Armed Forces Experimental School and Nsawam Saint Martins. There, he was a “women-chasing college freak” who got caught up in what he calls “sin, revelry, alcoholism and drug addiction” and “a life of smoking, truancy, chasing girls, using hard drugs, night-clubbing, and stints with various occult associations”.
He was later expelled from Saint Martin’son
In 2011 Agyinasare did a statutory declaration as to change of name to Charles Agyinasare. In 1981, Agyinasare was ordained as a missionary by Enoch Agbodzo.
In 1986, he traveled to Nigeria to study crusade planning under the leadership of Benson Idahosa in Benin City, Nigeria. He is currently (2015) the senior pastor of the Perez Dome, which has a 14,000-seater auditorium, regarded as the largest auditorium in Ghana.
The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, on a visit described the place of worship as "one of the Seven Wonders of Ghana".
He has been given declarations from the State of Texas and is an honorary citizen of Texas.
Achievements
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In 2007 Agyinasare received a national award – the Member of the Order of the Volta (Move Files ) – by former President of the Republic of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor, for his outstanding achievements in championing African excellence as a religious leader. In 2015, Agyinasare was awarded The Global Leadership Award from Regent University, United States of America by Professor Clifton Clarke in recognition of his efforts in raising leaders across the world and for his impact across the globe.
