Reverend Sam Korankye Ankrah (born February 23, 1960) serves as the Apostle General of the Royalhouse Chapel International, a church in Ghana with more than 30,000 members. He is also the first vice president of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council.
Korankye Ankrah was born to J. O. Ankrah and Victoria Ziddah on February 23, 1960, the 22nd of his polygamous father’s 24 children and the fifth of his mother’s seven children. His mother, a Presbyterian, had him baptized as Samuel in the Presbyterian church, and he attended Accra High School and Saint John’s Grammar Secondary School in Accra, was inspired to pursue a career in religion following a visit by the evangelistic group Joyful Way Incorporated. He later attended the University of Ghana, where he started the Showers of Blessing Incorporated (SOBI) evangelistic ministry in 1984. He graduated the same year. He also holds certificates in Christian Leadership, from Haggai Institute in Singapore and Management and Entrepreneurship from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
