HE Abisim District of the Apostolic Church of Ghana in the Eastern Region now has a generator for its activities.
The Aburi District Pastor of the church, Pastor Kwabena Ankama, donated the generator to the Abisim District, which comprises about five assemblies all located in deprived farming communities not connected to the national grid.
Due to lack of electricity in those communities, especially the Abesim Assembly, which together with Asamankese received the early missionaries from Bradford, York in the United Kingdom in the 1930s, and has become the cradle of the church in Ghana, it has become very difficult for the church to organise its activities in such a rural area.
The difficulties associated with organising church activities without electricity in the area, especially at night, won the sympathy of Pastor Ankamah, hence the donation.
In a telephone interview, Pastor Ankamah, a lawyer by profession, who is also associated with the prisons ministries, said it had always been his desire to assist deprived assemblies and the needy, especially widows and orphans.
Presenting the generator to the Abissim Assembly over the weekend, the Koforidua Area Head of the church, Apostle J.K. Addey, commended the donor for the gesture.
He appealed to other pastors and members of the church with the means to help resource deprived assemblies of the church.
“Some of our assemblies are so deprived so we should all help them to enable them to stand on their feet to propagate the gospel and win more souls for Christ, which is the main mission of the church,” Apostle Addey stated.
The Head of the Abisim District of the church, Pastor S. Asimeng, said the donation had come at the appropriate time because the local assembly, which was established in 1939, would celebrate its 70th anniversary in September, this year.
He gave the assurance that the generator would be put to good use.
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