Biography

Dean/Director – Ohio Campus

Dr. Samuel Appiah

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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 Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PH.D.) in Christian Apologetics
 Master of Arts Degree (M.A.) in Biblical Studies
 Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) in Pastoral Leadership
 Associate Degree (A.S.) in Mathematics & Computer Science
 Certificate in Conflict Resolution & Crisis Management
 Certificate in Financial Planning

SKILLS
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Have several years of pastoral and teaching experience, biblical counseling,
sermon delivery, inter-denominational seminar organization, retreat
planning & management, marriage counseling (pre-marital and post-
marital), crisis management, conflict resolution, financial planning, and
peaceful mediation skills

MINISTERIAL WORK HISTORY
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September 2017—to Date
Current Faculty member of Christ Restoration Bible Institute & Seminary,
Columbus Campus, Ohio. Assists in student instruction and advising at this
Institution

September 2016—to Date
Host of the Hour of Truth Radio Program at Holy Hills Radio (a non-profit
Station) in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This interactive Radio/Internet program
which airs from 5 pm to 6 pm every other Saturday is the evangelistic wing
of the Arena of Truth Church and is designed to prove to the world that

Christ Jesus, and for that matter Christianity, is the only TRUTH. In addition
to our regular Christian audience, a few of our listeners are non-Christians,
and cult group members who are deeply entrenched in their false religious
beliefs, and are uniquely positioned in their vigorous opposition and
rejection of Christianity as the only truth

August 2016—to Date
Pastor and founder of The Arena of Truth Church; a five-fold ministry
currently located in Blacklick, Ohio. This ministry fully embraces the
Apostolic and Pentecostal doctrines of the Christian faith incorporating the
fivefold ministries as enumerated in the Book of Ephesians 4:11-12. In
addition, emphasis is also laid on apologetics—the need to know and
defend the truth about God’s Word, and the right principles for Christian
living in this contemporary world fraught with a myriad of heresies,
deceptions, and false religions

September 2011—February 2016
Resident Pastor of Power of Faith International Ministries, a fivefold
Pentecostal ministry located in Columbus, Ohio. Duties included general
shepherding of the congregation assisted by the ordained elders and
deacons. I combined both pastoral and administrative functions in this
ministry

August 1990—August 2011
Served in several positions; such as, Bible Studies Teacher, Secretary of the
Men’s Fellowship Movement, Local Marriage Committee Chair, and the
Transport Committee Chair for the Church of Pentecost International
Worship Centers in Silver Spring, Maryland as well as the Columbus branch
in Ohio, whilst an active member of that denomination

May 1987—August 1989
International Church Volunteer with the Church of the Brethren
International Volunteer Service Corps., Elgin, IL, U.S.A. This Volunteer
Program required a rigorous six weeks classroom instruction in Ministry,
Conflict Resolution, Crisis Management, and Cultural Awareness, followed

by an 18-month field training and practice. The core of that program
required training in ministerial duties such as organizing prayers and
fasting, Bible Studies, Evangelism, Sermon Delivery, Visitations, and the
Offering of various types of assistances to the needy in our societies. The
Church of the Brethren is famous for its pacifist beliefs. Therefore, a
significant portion of the training time was given to the acquisition of
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Intervention Skills. Because, this
denomination strongly upholds the doctrine that war is never ever an
option. My post-training work assignments, among others, included
volunteering for Youth Programs in the various locations in the Church
Districts of Illinois, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. It also involved
preaching, leading prayers, assisting with Church Soup Kitchens duties,
participating in the week-end Meals on Wheels Delivery Program to the
elderly and the sick in less privileged neighborhoods. In addition to these, I
served as a volunteer shipping clerk at the Church’s World Service Center in
New Windsor, MD, sorting, packing and shipping hospital and other aide
products to third world countries. This volunteering work extended to
other denominations such as The Presbyterian Church USA, Reformed
Presbyterian Church and the United Methodist Church USA in those three
States I served

ORDINATION/LICENSURE(S)
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 Ordained to the Christian Ministry by the Power of Faith International
Ministries on August 11, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio
 Licensed and Authorized by the State of Ohio to Solemnize Marriages on
October 11, 2012

BOOK PUBLICATIONS
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Jesus is “The Bridge,” an Introductory Book on Christian
Apologetics—Printed and published on December 08, 2015

ACADEMIC AWARD(S)/ACHIEVEMENT(S)
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Won the Academic Excellence Award for my PH.D. Studies and Dissertation
Work—Newburgh Theological Seminary, June 12, 2015