[1] It had a humble beginning as a prayer group started in 1917 at Asamankese, but later received affiliation with Apostolic Church Bradford.
[2] 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 read a magazine published by Faith Tabernacle USA called Sword of Spirit.
[1] In 1931, Anim, through a fellow Faith Tabernacle minister in Nigeria, David O. Odubanjo, contacted missionaries of the Apostolic Church of Bradford, to pay his team a visit.
Healing, miracles and salvation were greatly recorded and therefore impacted the growth of the ministry numerically.
However, he faced hostility from the Church which felt betrayed by their missionary receiving medical treatment against their teachings.