Action Chapel International

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Action Chapel International (ACI) is a Pentecostal, charismatic church in Accra, Ghana. It was founded in 1979 by Nicholas Duncan-Williams and is the main church of Christian Action Faith Ministries (CAFM). Since 1992, the church has met in the Prayer Cathedral on Spintex Road near the airport; the building was officially opened in 2002 and, by 2003, work was still ongoing. The 8,000-seat Prayer Cathedral is the largest church building in Accra.

CAFM was the first Charismatic church in Ghana, with ACI growing into a large, influential church that had about 8,000 members in 1995. Sunday services were in English, with translations into Ewe and French, featuring lively worship with a 10-piece band. By 1998 Duncan-Williams spent most of his time in the United States, while Bishop James Saah and pastor Clive Mold led the Ghana church. Duncan-Williams divorced Francisca in 2001, but later remarried her; she was active in women’s ministry. Attendance fell to about 3,000 by 2003, though the church continued multiple Sunday services and weekly sessions.

As of 2015, Duncan-Williams remained the head of ACI and served as chairman of the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC). ACI also sponsors Dominion University College in Accra.