MINISTER COMMENDS APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GHANA (PAGE 20)

story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua

THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, has commended the Apostolic Church of Ghana for its initiative to establish a senior high school (SHS) in the New Juaben Municipality.
The school, which would be located at Mile 50 along the Koforidua-Mamfe Road, and being funded by the church, when completed, would go a long way in addressing higher educational needs not only within the church, but the municipality as a whole.
Mr Asiedu made the commendation in an address read on his behalf by Miss Gloria Asante, a director of the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC), at the closing ceremony of a four-day ascension prayer convention of the Koforidua Area of the church at Koforidua last Sunday.
Thousands of members of the church who attended the convention were thoroughly schooled on Christian principles and the tenets of the church.
They also used the occasion to offer special prayers for peaceful elections in December, this year.
A number of pastors under the leadership of Apostle J.K. Addey, the Koforidua Area head of the church, addressed the function.
The regional minister stressed that the government had recognised the role education played in national development, that was why it had reformed the sector to harness and upgrade human resource to assist in building the country.
He, therefore, praised the Apostolic Church of Ghana, for taking the initiative to set up its own SHS, adding that the venture would go a long way to complement the government’s efforts in providing educational infrastructure for the people.
With regard to the December general election, Mr Afram Asiedu said the government would ensure that it came off peacefully, and called on Christians to offer prayers in that respect.
He also cautioned the congregation against negative vices and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
In a sermon, Apostle J.K. Addey asked members of the congregation to rededicate themselves to God.
He urged them to eschew all negative traits that would serve as hindrances between them and their creator, adding that those tainted with the work of Satan had no place in heaven.
Dwelling on Acts of Apostles Chapter 11, Apostle Addey said the bad and unholy deeds of Christians served as barriers to eternal life with God.
He stressed that unless Christians did away with such traits, there was no way for them to ascend to heaven.
Apostle Addey enjoined Christians to be regular at church services to be fully groomed for good life and also pay regular visits to their home towns to help develop those places.