Ho, May 18, Ghanadot/GNA -
Christians have been asked to tolerate fellow Christians who
became Chiefs and Queen-mothers.
“It is better to have Christians rather than non-believers
ruling over us, but we shall not compromise with fetish
traditional practices,” said The Reverend Oscar Pida, Ho
Bankoe Elorm E.P. Church Parish Pastor.
He gave the admonition at a session meeting, which discussed
the role of the Church in the burial of Chiefs, on Sunday.
He said the process towards change in the burial and other
ceremonies of Christians who became chiefs would be gradual,
but such changes could be accomplished faster when
Christians “are chiefs”.
Presbyter Henry Akoto Bampoe observed that the growth and
development of Christianity in Ghana today was as a result
of the vital roles some Chiefs played in the early Christian
missionary work.
He said even today, Christians who have become Chiefs
continued to play important roles in the lives of the Church
in general.
Mamaga Toto II of Etordome, a member of the Good News Choir
of the Elorm E.P. Church urged Reverend Pida to share his
wisdom and insight with his colleagues at their various
forums.
She observed that some members of the Clergy have shown so
much aversion to anything having to do with traditional rule
to the extent that they would have nothing to do with
Christians who have been made Chiefs and Queen Mothers.
“Sometimes some of our own family member, brothers and
sisters who are Christians would have nothing to do with
us,” she said.
GNA
