ABOUT
Our man of god
Rev. Raymond Odum is the founder and Executive Director of Intimacy with Christ Ministries. A qualified Chemical Engineer, Rev. Raymond gave himself wholly to the work of God in 2012 and has never looked back. Rev. Raymond has a diverse ministry that has transformed and continues to impact the youth in Ghana as well as others across the globe. He was ordained as a Pastor by Bishop NA Tackie Yaboi of the Victory Bible Church Int in the year 2015 and Ordained as a Reverend minister by Bishop Dag Heward Mills at the Give Thyself Wholly Conference in 2017
Beginnings
Rev. Raymond was born on March 30, 1987, in Cape Coast, the capital city of the Central Region in Ghana. In 2002, his life took on an entirely new path when he surrendered his heart and life to Jesus Christ at high school after being preached by a young zealous Christian. After an encounter with the Holy Spirit in 2006 after reading ‘Welcome Holy Spirit’ by Benny Hinn (the world renowned evangelist) while in the University .
A fresh passion for sharing the gospel with the youth came upon Rev. Raymond. From that time he has tirelessly used every avenue possible to reach the youth around him. He has been doing this through writing of tracts, writing of books, devotionals, audio messages, organizing camps, conferences and outreaches. Planting fellowships and now churches to reach out to fulfil the admonition and heart beat of Apostle Paul;
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.- 1 Corinthians 9:22 (NIV)
FOCUS IN MINISTRY
Rev. Raymond ministers with a strong teaching grace backed with the prophetic, healings and miracles. His ministry is characterized with a lot of prophetic encounters and experiences which he shares in his writings. In the prophetic the Lord has used to accurately give personal prophecies to many people and also foretell many national and international events. All manner of sicknesses have been healed by God through the healing ministry of our Man of God, from growth disappearing, to HIV, and many chronic and terminal diseases being healed. Especially through the Super Miracle Wave Services held by Rev. Raymond Odum.
Several young people have testified of discovering their personal walk with the Holy Spirit either through a meeting with Rev. Raymond or through his ministry materials. He is authored a total of twelve (12) books and one devotional (Issues of Life daily devotional) that has over 26800 copies in circulation since printing began in 2017. He has authored and distributed over 30000 tracts with the aim of getting the lost saved and giving the youth a purpose. His programs and videos he host on different social media platforms draws the attentions of hundreds and in some cases several hundreds of thousands.
His ministry emphasizes on developing people to have a personal walk with God and helping the youth in his generation to fulfil their God-given purpose without fear.
Rev. Raymond is also a Board Member of AD-RCUD, an affiliated group to BISHOP DAG HEWARD MILLS MINISTRY. He is also a member of Ghana Charismatic Bishops Conference founded and chaired by the world renowned Bishop Dag Heward Mills.
our leadership
In the year 2019, the ministry organized it first Bible School for it leaders known as School of Ministry. Leaders who served as candidates in the School of Ministry were graduated and ordained. The ministry currently has 5 Pastors, 2 Elders, 1 Deacon and 2 Deaconesses.
VISION
Building people into Christ in every nation, city and village across the globe.
mission
To prepare the Bride for her Lord, through teaching and nurturing the saints and to reveal the Person of Christ and His Kingdom by the knowledge, fellowship and Power of the Holy Spirit.
CORE VALUES
The following are the core values of ICM
LDLPE(DELLP)
L-Love
D-Discipleship
L-Loyalty
P-Partnership
E-Excellence