Movie director turned evangelist, Pascal Amanfo is a revered thespian in the African movie industry. The light skinned screen writer has the looks and the aura of a man who is out to get the girls. That is the image he seems to ooze. But you are dead wrong. The celebrated director is a born again Christian who combines his work as a director with preaching the gospel.
Speaking at Word Worship and Warfare (WWW) a forum for Christian entertainers in Lagos held on 22nd of January, he revealed that he had strings of sexual affairs before he gave his life to Christ.
According to him, it was so bad that he lost affection for his wife.
Hear him:” In 2012, I got separated from my wife for one year. I was in a mess about to lose my two kids I was caught up in a string of extramarital affairs. Career was going good; sex came easy before I asked for it. I almost nearly cost count of my sexual affairs. Sex was became an impulse. Sex came after a nice award, because it is the spiritual natural norm of showbiz .It was so bad that I looked at my wife and lost every bit of affection. I lost my family, lost my kids and I was messed up. My fulfillment ended with applause at the cinema hall. But on the inside, I was dying. I was messed up on the inside but looked good on the outside. My was life was a forward motion, but headed in the wrong direction. I was near depressive and suicidal. Ask me what was wrong, I just didn’t know. This is what pushes entertainers into drugs. They try to fill that void because they want to make the next hit song and the next big thing.”
Amanfo added that his redemption came when he gave his life to Christ and like the prodigal son, he retraced his steps.
“One night as I sat in my sitting room with a couple of awards to my right ,I just broke down in tears, I didn’t understand why. I came to myself just like the prodigal son and the scale just fell off my eyes. The good news is that last year alone, I spoke in Uganda, Kenya and Cameroon. Each time we stepped on the platform, God does something in the lives of the people. I decided that my mess is going to be a message to the world.”
