True to his promise Claude Brown sent word to W. R. Brown in Sierra Leone about the wonderful results of his lectures in the Gold Coast. He also told of the desire of a number of interested persons to start classes for Bible study in Accra and Koforidua. Immediately Brother W. R. Brown arranged for Brother Obadiah Jamieson Benjamin to proceed to Accra. He arrived in May of 1925.

Brother Benjamin was a young man of twenty-six years, a native of Sierra Leone. He was tall and thin, with a slight forward incline and a swanky gait. He was an eloquent orator, educated in Greek, Latin, French and English. He was one of the first ones to come into the truth in Sierra Leone as a result of Brother W. R. Brown’s lectures in 1923, and had made good progress by 1925 so that when the call was made, he was willing to give up his job as customs officer and come to the aid of the interested persons in the Gold Coast.

During a visit of W. R. Brown to the Gold Coast in 1927, he spent some time in Accra building up the friends. Then he continued to Koforidua for the same purpose. There he celebrated the Memorial with the friends, interviewed those who desired baptism and took the qualified ones to a nearby stream and immersed them. That was on April 27, 1927. These were the first to be baptized in the Gold Coast.

In 1932 Brother W. R. Brown toured the country again, visiting Kumasi in Ashanti and the coastal twin cities of Sekondi​—Takoradi. He came back in 1935 with the transcription machine and equipment for showing the slides of the “Photo-Drama of Creation.” The Gold Coast press gave this visit excellent coverage so that halls were always packed full. At one time 2,000 turned up to listen to him. By the end of this tour, firm congregations had been established at four centers of the country.