RELY ON GOD FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE (PAGE 14)

THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), the Rt Rev Dr Yaw Frempong-Manso, has said if President John Evans Atta Mills has attributed the peaceful nature of the recent general election to God, then Ghanaians should always rely on God for peaceful co-existence among the various ethnic groups.
That, he said, was necessary because a united Ghana would need peace for its development to improve the lives of the people.
The Rt Rev Dr Frempong-Manso made these remarks when he inaugurated an ultra-modern building with offices for the church at Nsukwao, a suburb of Koforidua.
The edifice, christened the Calvary Congregation, is the latest and one of the most modern church buildings to be constructed by the PCG in the Eastern Region.
The Rt Rev Dr Frempong-Manso stated that Ghanaians were one people and that was why God ensured that the elections came off peacefully, saying that since President Mills had acknowledged God’s hand in the peaceful conduct of the elections, then Ghanaians should always rely on God in whatever they did for the country to continue to have peace.
“If President Mills has said God made it possible for the elections to come off peacefully, then all of us should be grateful to God and conduct ourselves in such a way that the country will continue to have peace,” he stated.
The Moderator called on politicians to play their expected roles to ensure peace and the orderly development of the country.
Later in a sermon on the theme, “Jesus Has Authority Over Unclean Spirits”, the Rt Rev Dr Frempong-Manso cautioned Christians and Ghanaians as a whole not to have anything to do with demons, since such spirits could have a negative impact on one’s spiritual and physical well-being.
Basing his sermon on Deuteronomy 18:15-20, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 and Mark 1:21-28, he said demons and all kinds of evil spirits exist, ready to destroy any person associating himself or herself with them, and that Christians should always rely on God, through Jesus Christ, in whatever they do.
“Many people, including some highly trained professionals, believe that demons do not exist, but they do, ready to destroy the lives of those who associate with them. But, as Christians, we are to rely on God through Jesus Christ for a happy life on earth and salvation,” the Rt Rev Dr Frempong-Manso told the congregation.
The Moderator, who commended the Calvary congregation for putting up the building, asked both the clergy and the laity to reach out to people within the community to draw them to Christ.
Rev Barima Appiah-Dankwa, who is in charge of the district, enumerated the difficulties encountered in putting up the edifice and said at the moment three new preaching points, namely, Kyeremakrom, Nyamekrom and Kwakyekrom, were to be administered under the Calvary Chapel.
Goodwill and fraternal messages were delivered by Rev Dr J.O.Y. Mantey, the Akuapem Presbytery Chairperson; Rev E. Ahenkora-Mensah, the District Minister for Effiduasi-Koforidua, and Rev Emmanuel Okyere Otu, the Chaplain of the Presbyterian Senior High School, Larteh, who is also the second minister in charge of the Samuel Otu Memorial Congregation.
A number of people, both the clergy and the laity, who contributed significantly to the construction of the new church building were also honoured.