Josef Otsin

Ministry description:

Josef Otsin was born in 1956 in a small village in the western region of Ghana. He moved to Kumasi where he trained as an electrician and worked in that industry for 12 years. In 1982 he gave his life to Christ and felt called into full-time ministry in 1987.

Josef began planting churches, discipling new Christians, and was sponsored by The Mission Society to attend seminary in Lagos, Nigeria. After he completed his degree he continued to plant churches and has started more than 140 new congregations. He has also written two books on the topic of discipleship training, The Process of Discipleship, and Growing in Christ. Josef was awarded "Evangelist of the Year" by the Methodist Church Ghana in 1997.

He has been married for more than 20 years and has five children.

Josef has served on the board of The Mission Society since 2003.