Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
(PCG), has said the church could
no longer continue to rely solely on assessment payments for the
smooth running of the church.
"As a step in this direction", he stated: "I humbly appeal to
you to find ways and means of raising funds from within and outside
your congregation for the development of
church infrastructure, evangelism and social services".The Rt. Rev.
Dr. Frimpong-Manso made the point in a sermon to elevate the Samreboi
sub-district of PCG to a full district status, in the Wassa Amenfi
District of the Western Region.Rev. Herbert Anim Oppong, Clerk of the
General Assembly of PCG and Rev. W.N.B Appiah, Chairperson of the
Western Presbytery, assisted him to perform the elevation
elevation.The Moderator said the church needed to improve its
financial base so as to move away from the ever dependence on
the annual assessment, offering and annual harvests, into finding new
ways of funding the church, adding: "We need money and this should
come out of viable projects and investments".He reminded the
congregation that the task before it as a church was enormous and that
it was impossible for any one person to handle it The Rt. Rev. Dr.
Frimpong-Manso contended that a corporate responsibility such as the
PCG demanded a corporate approach from all members and districts of
the church.
He advised: "All hands must be on deck if we are to be successful in
our endeavour to build a credible and dynamic church. Everyone of us,
including our members in the Diaspora has a special role to play,
hence we will need one another".In separate speeches by Mr. John
Gyetua, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area and Mr. Alberto Takyi,
District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wassa Amenfi, in similar pieces of
advice said the youth could contribute meaningfully towards the
country's development when they were imbued with the spirit of
patriotism, nationalism and discipline.That, the youth had a major
responsibility to shape the social, economic and political destiny of
the country, adding that they should also avoid animosity, ethnicity
and pride, in order not to be branded as agents of destruction.Mr.
Takyi announced that the Asankrangwa-Samreboi feeder road would be
tarred to give it a face-lift to facilitate transportation of
passengers to and fro, while cocoa and food items would be carted, as
a means to enhance the standard of living in that part of the
district.
The DCE, donated 50 plastic chairs to the new PCG district. The
Samartex Limited, a timber company at Samreboi, also donated two
million cedis and pledged for wood requirement towards projects of the
church. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) here, Rev. James
Agborli-Adjokatse, Resident Pastor of the Samreboi District of PCG,
said the church was founded sometime in 1961 by some staunch
Presbyterians who had gone there as strangers to seek for employment
with the African Timber and Plywood Company Limited (AT&P), a timber
industry, while others had gone there to undertake cocoa farming.
Rev.Agborli-Adjokatse said from 1973 onwards, the church
experienced fast growth in numerical strength due to the influx of
more workers to the area and that until the year 2005, the Samreboi
sub-district had 13 stations, including congregations and preaching
points which operated under it.The Resident Pastor appealed to the
Head Office of the church to replace the eight-year-old incapacitated
Suzuki motorcycle with a strong vehicle, in order to promote
evangelism and social services in the hinterland where the road
network was in a mess.He congratulated Ministers who had served the
district since 1988 for their dedication and commitment. They included
Rev. Yaw Danso, Rev. Samuel Kwasi Somuah, Rev. Peter Attah Ziameh,
Rev. Emmanuel Anim Yeboah, Rev. Sam Asiamah Korangten, Rev. Frank
Oguase Adu and Rev. Edwin Akoto Atteh.
3 April, 07
