SET UP MARRIAGE FUND FOR THE YOUTH (PAGE 47)

THE Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), the Rt Rev Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, has identified the establishment of special marriage funds for the youth as key to the growth of the church.
Consequently, he has asked branches of the church across the country to emulate their Pentecostal colleagues and establish special funds to cater for the marital needs of the youth.
The Moderator noted that the establishment of such a fund would go a long way in retaining the church’s youthful population who, he said, were deserting the PCG for the Pentecostal churches which had packages for the youth who intended to enter into holy matrimony.
He was speaking at the ordination ceremony for 14 ministers of the gospel who had completed a five-year course in the ministry to be posted to the various presbyteries of the PCG.
The Rt Rev Dr Frimpong-Manso said very often funds were set up for funerals, while the vulnerable and the needy, especially the youth who could not pay their marital expenses to get their future partners, were left to fend for themselves.
He said it was time the various presbyteries focused on financial assistance in that respect.
The newly ordained ministers were Isaac Kwasi Asare, Nyavor Horla Kwabla, Emanuel Okyere Otu, Duke John Hammond, Vincent Kpakpan, Godfred Amoako Sakyiama, Jonathan Akuetteh Abbey, Isaac Otu Adu, Thomas Odame Asare and Alexander Boateng.
The rest were Christian Amankwa Kwafo, Stephen Nii Lankwei Lawson, Jonathan E.T. Kuwornu Adjaotor and Alexander Narh Amanya.
“Helping the poor is what all of us should do, and by doing so we will not only retain the youthful membership but also ensure that they enter holy matrimony without feeling the financial difficulties after the marriages had been contracted and this will enable them to live happily,” the Rt Rev Dr Frimpong-Manso stated.
In a sermon on the theme, “Sow a Seed of Faith”, which was based on a number of Biblical texts, such as Isaiah 11:1-5 and Luke 17: 8, he said Ghanaians, especially politicians, must sow seeds of goodwill, love and unity which would bring about togetherness and advance the country’s development, instead of hatred that would plunge Ghana into chaos.
On the newly ordained ministers, he said they should always be guided by the principles of the church in dealing with its members, whom he said must be helped to overcome both spiritual and physical difficulties.
The Clerk of the General Assembly of the church, Rev Herbert Anim Opong, told the gathering that the newly ordained ministers had been well nurtured and supervised and expressed the hope that they would not be found wanting in the course of their duties.