The House of Faith International is a ministry of Peace and meets in the Peace sanctuary Sundays at 12:15. Come join us for a contemporary expression of our faith which includes the African tradition of lively praise music and heartfelt prayer. This joyful service is filled with singing and instrumental accompaniment.

Each Friday Evening at 10:00 p.m. prayer and quiet contemplation in the sanctuary is led by Pastor Nana Opoku.

Pastor Nana K. Opoku

Pastor Nana K. Opoku was called to serve as Assistant Pastor Peace Lutheran Church on March 13, 2005, after completing the Theological Education for Emerging Ministries program at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, PA. He was ordained and installed into the Ministry and Word and Sacrament on May 1, 2005.

Pastor Nana was born at Kokooso and raised in Accra, Ghana. He graduated at Adisadel High School. Pastor Nana is a statistics graduate of the University of Ghana. He worked at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation for 20 years where he rose through the ranks and became the head of the Audience Research Department. During this time, Pastor Nana also studied at the Ghana Baptist Seminary. He was a Deacon and active member of Calvary Baptist Church and served at the Ghana Christian Council for many years.

Pastor Nana and his wife, Deborah, have three children, Kwandwo, Abena, and Stevenson

Pictures from the The Washington Post, Metro, Jan. 28, 2012

Frank Obaro sings during worship service at the Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria on Jan. 22. The congregation was mostly white when the church was built in 1957, but as the community changed, so did the church.