Lady Apostle Diana Adu
Ministerial Profile
Rev. Diana Adu was born in Ghana, West Africa at Kumasi and raised in Takoradi on the 24th of July,1966. She is an Akwapim by tribe from the Royal house of Nana Kwaku Twum, Paramount King of Akwapim Akropong and Nana Ankobea Adikan Kwadwo, Ghana’s First State Drummer. Both of Diana’s parents are royalty and both were in the ministry. Her father was an ex-barrister and judge who became a Rev. Minister, Prophet and General Overseer of the Berachah Church. Mrs Florence Adu, Diana's mother was the church's mother. Diana begun singing in the church choir at the age of 6 and at the age of 9, she was teaching children at the Sunday school.
Rev. Diana Adu is an African-Italian Womanist Theologian, author, gospel artist, worship leader and a media personality who pioneers a weekly broadcast in English on the Good News TV (United Kingdom) and a weekly TV broadcast in the Italian language on Sky channel 810. She worked as a banker at the Ghana National Investment Bank and as civil servant at the Sekondi-Takoradi Regional House and when called into ministry worked also as a journalist, cultural and linguistic mediator in Ethnoclinic Counselling and as Counsellor in immigration affairs for the Brescia municipality, a news broadcaster, anchor woman for the ReteBrescia TV and radio host various radio Italian and Ghanaian radio stations.
Ministerial Engagement (United Kingdom)
Lady Apostle Diana Adu has operated under the Apostolic and Prophetic oil over the past 30 years. After transfer to the United Kingdom (Luton), Charity and care in the form of feeding the homeless in Luton became her main concern. A voluntary food bank was set up to feed rough sleepers on weekends. This is done till date. During the 2020 Christmas season, the covid19 pandemic and traveling restriction helped Apostle Diana to shift the annual gospel festival held in Italy to the UK and by so doing grant it an intercontinental platform. Some of her recent since her transfer to the Uniterd Kingdom include the launch of her new book “Leave Her Alone: Women’s Rightful Place in the church,” and her pioneering a charity video promo for Black communities and Churches in Luton. She has also pioneered a Thanksgiving Lockdown service and was co-host to a women’s prayer conference together with the Ex-mayor of Luton and the Ghana Society.
Marital Status
She is happily married to Apostle Nana Biney and they have three beautiful children: two boys and one girl. They have married for 24 years now.
Early ministry as a singing evangelist (Italy)
Diana's public ministry begun in 1994 following her migration to Italy to join her husband, Apostle Nana Biney, in 1989. She faced a severe persecution for her uniqueness through her course of formation in the church as a worship leader, a key soloist in the choir and a church translator. This became her turning point when in 1996, she launched her first gospel maiden album, entitled HE IS ALIVE.
The apostolic oil on her was evident to many men and women of God. Some dubbing her as "the bulldozer". She was graced with a unique anointing in ministering to the unsaved in the Italian territories where the gospel had never been preached! The form of her ministration which was mainly through her gospel music made many Italians dub her the singing cathechist whiles the Italian media preferred her to be known as the queen of gospel music.
Rev. Diana then formed a gospel evangelistic team THE AFRO GOSPEL GROUP and through it many unconceivable doors were opened to her and the husband Apostle Nana Biney whose passion for souls, led him to support his wife as both worked together with local leaders in the municipality. From there she and the husband begun a bold new discovery and journey into the work of the ministry in profound teaching dimensions with prophetic and apostolic revelations.
Rev. Diana and her husband together with their children, travelled every Sunday to the southeast of Italy, to preach the gospel and care for God's sheep, but their passion for mission’s work, caused Rev. Diana to stay behind and gather their Italian converts in a home cell group which developed into a church. They were given a strong foundation of faith and leadership training.
The same apostolic flow was also evident when she transferred to the United Kingdom where together with her husband, they begun to operate in the ministry of charity by feeding rough sleepers in Luton centre on the weekends. Doors were opened for her to host gospel concert in support of the Luton council after which she begun to preach on TV.
Ordination (Italy)
In the year 2002, Rev. Diana together with her husband were ordained as pastors of the Christ Temple Church, in Brescia. Both were blessed, rooted, and established to serve under the leadership of Bishop Frederick Huff of the Mount Calvary Holy Church of America.
Radio & TV Programmes (Italy & UK)
Rev. Diana's pioneering charisma was also evidenced in her being the first to have a gospel radio and TV programme in the city of Brescia. She immediately became a symbol of reference and an icon in the city and a point of reference to her community, the church and to African immigrants. Rev. Diana has pioneered a TV evangelistic gospel programme in English and Italian since 2006. A ministry shared through the airwaves on a secular TV. Presently she is host to The New Day TV Broadcast on the Good News TV and on Facebook and on YouTube (for English viewers) and on SKY 810 for Italian viewers. Rev. Diana is the first Ghanaian female news broadcaster in Italy. She is also the founder of the defunct Ghana-Italy News and the African-International Herald. Taking advantage of the numerous opportunities God presented to her in the city, she together with her evangelistic team, combed the whole nation of Italy, wide and near with the gospel.
The Vatican Concert (Italy)
In the year 2009, she was invited to minister at the 25th Anniversary celebrations of Pope John Paul 11. An event which was aired worldwide on the Vatican TV. She then gained national audience and was interviewed by the Italian National TV on her evangelistic missions in Italy.
Award Winning (Local and International)
Rev. Diana is a household name among her African Italians and Italians in Italy. Her mission work has received numerous awards locally an internationally. On the long list of her awards received includes the 2012 Award from the Mayor of Avetrana. A 2014 WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE IT AWARDS in Italy, by the Brescia University where her Ladyship was the first black African woman to be awarded with this prestigious honour; A 2019 Award from the Nigerian-Belgium community in Belgium and her recent award from the Mayor of Luton (May, 2021).
Evidence of her Apostolic Ministry
In 2014, the DIANA ADU MINISTRIES AND MISSIONS which has been operating under the apostolic and prophetic mantle was formerly launched to train, equip and send forth ministers out for the work of the ministry.
As an Author
Rev. Diana is a mentor, a life coach and an inspiration to many upcoming ministers. She has authored over 10 books and has translated all her teachings into the Italian language for the people of the land.
Apostolic Travels and Influence
The influence of the kingdom through her life opened up many doors for her to travel. The teaching and mentoring ministry became national and international and the demand for apostolic impartation and activation became clearly evident. Thousands of lives have been blessed by this ministry including corporate and personal prophecy, the laying on of hands, conferral of gifts, divine healings, the working of miracles, and the revelation gifts of the Spirit. Wherever she ministers people everywhere sense and feel her love and passion for people. Her down-to-earth lifestyle is a hallmark feature in the life which she lives as an apostle to the nations. She is a counsellor to most political figures in the land and her prophecies concerning the nation of Italy has been greatly appreciated.
That is why one of their chief emphasis is in LOVE, LEADERSHIP, and LEGACY through apostolic spiritual LINEAGE, meaning, the passing down of the generational blessings and trasference of spiritual gifts to the sons and daughters in a land where many still are unable to find their identity. Rev. Diana Adu believes that destiny produces and legacy reproduces and that the unbroken lineage of the spirit should continue in depositing into faithful men and women everywhere.
Vision
Her objective of obtaining more educational studies through a ligament of schools and colleges is for the enhancement and improvement in her service to the kingdom and to society. The vision of Rev. Diana is to be able to launch in the future, degree-granting opportunities in various sectors of the body of Christ including certificate of completion of Mobile School of Ministry, and college degrees for those who desire a professional development in both ministry and business {the business of ministry and the ministry of business} so as to be able to issue out world-class certificates and specialized training for those to teach the Mobile Edition of the Global School of Ministry and Leadership Institute. Rev. Diana continues to show forth excellence in ministry by recognizing, raising, and releasing seasoned, proven, fruitful, and mature ministers in the body of Christ through Right Revelation, Right Relocation, and Right Relationships. Apostle Diana and her husband Apostle Nana Biney who were ordained on the same day, are team teaching and ministering together
With almost 30 years of Ministry, Rev. Diana leads and has long been recognized as an apostle to the Italians. With an apostolic and prophetic ministry, which promotes leadership, kingdom revelation, launching of assemblies, global reformation, governmental prayer, affirming and ordaining of ministries.