Meet Our Pastor

Rev. Hazel Bediako
Lead Pastor Royalhouse Chapel NJ

Rev. Hazel Bediako

Lead & Senior Pastor · International Speaker

Rev. Hazel Bediako is an international speaker, Royal ladies North America Mission Coordinator and the Lead and Senior Pastor of Royalhouse Chapel Covenant Center. She also serves as the Area Head for Royalhouse Chapel missions in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania.

In these roles, she provides strategic oversight, spiritual leadership, and mentorship to pastors, ministry leaders, and congregations across the region. With a heart for unity and excellence in ministry, she works to strengthen local assemblies, support church planting efforts, and ensure that the vision and values of Royalhouse Chapel are effectively expressed within each community she serves.

She carries a strong pastoral and teaching grace, with a deep passion for worship, discipleship, prayer, and raising believers to live purposeful and victorious Christian lives. Rev. Hazel's ministry is marked by clarity, simplicity, and spiritual depth, making the Word of God practical and life-transforming.

Through her leadership and ministry, she continues to impact lives across regions, equipping individuals and church communities to grow in faith, leadership, and service to the Kingdom of God.

Get in Touch @bediakohazel @royalhousenj
How it All Started

Our Founders

From humble beginnings to global impact — the leadership behind Royalhouse Chapel International.

Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah Rev. Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah
Founder

Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah

Apostle General

Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah is the Founder and Apostle General of Royalhouse Chapel International, one of the most prominent and fastest growing Charismatic and Pentecostal ministries in Ghana, with numerous thriving local Assemblies and International Missions. He is also the Senior Pastor at the headquarters (Ahenfie), which currently seats thousands of vibrant and enthusiastic worshippers in weekly attendance in Accra, Ghana.

After graduating from Ghana's premier University (University of Ghana, Legon) in 1984, Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah obtained various certificates in Christian leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship from Haggai Institute in Singapore and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) respectively.

He operates effectively in all the five-fold ministries and is a well sought after revivalist and international conference speaker, with passion for God and compassion for humanity. Through his philanthropic initiatives and dynamic radio and television ministries, he has transformed the lives of millions of people in Ghana and abroad.

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Founder

Rev. Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah

Premier Lady

Rev. Mrs. Rita Korankye-Ankrah is an alumnus of the famed St. Mary's Secondary School, Accra, Ghana class of 81, holding Diplomas in Business Studies, Counseling & Psychology, and Entrepreneurial Studies; a Bachelor's Degree in Business Entrepreneurship and Management from GIMPA in 2006, winning the best student award.

She obtained a Master's Degree in Governance and Leadership from the same institution in 2010. After 10 years at Bank for Housing and Construction (Accra, Ghana), Rev. Rita joined the Apostle General, Sam Korankye Ankrah in 1998 as a full – time minister at the multinational, multiracial, non- denominational, international, charitable ministry organization known as Royalhouse Chapel International which they together founded in 1992 in Accra Ghana, now with over 3000 churches in Ghana, USA, UK, China, West Africa and Europe.

Pastor Rita oversees various ministry, departments and projects including the Social and Practical Ministry, the Men, Women, Young Adults, Teens and Children's Ministries; Family Life Ministry and all the Humanitarian Projects of the ministry organization.

Mama Rita, as she's affectionately called, founded the highly successful and legendary Royal Ladies Ministry International in 1994, now with ministry branches and affiliations all over the world, particularly characterized by the ministry organization's immense community outreach projects and her much talked about extraordinary International Camp Conferences currently held annually in Ghana, UK and USA.

She is a Career Guidance Adviser, Marriage Counselor, Conference Presenter, Lecturer, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker and Revivalist with a cutting- edge prophetic ministry.

She together with her husband Sam, are blessed with four children, and make their home in Accra, Ghana.

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Rev. Hazel Bediako Rev. Hazel Bediako is an international speaker, Royal ladies North America Mission Coordinator and the Lead and Senior Pastor of Royalhouse Chapel Covenant Center. She also serves as the Area Head for Royalhouse Chapel missions in Delaware, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania.