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Ga Youth interrupt church service to enforce ban on
noisemaking
Accra, May 31, Ghanadot/GNA - Church
service at Ashongman Global Evangelical Church in Accra came to
a temporary halt on Sunday when three macho men intruded the
hall to enforce the traditional ban on drumming and
noise-making.
They crept into the congregation during praises and worship and
seized some of the musical instruments from the band, accusing
the church of breaching the ban on drumming which was due to end
on June 4, 2009.
The situation resulted in a scuffle between the church members
and the macho men whose action was reportedly ordered by the Ga
Traditional Council.
Calm was restored later after elders of the church promised the
macho men that they would stop using the drums until the ban was
over.
The disrupted service was specially organised to commemorate the
induction of Reverend Prof. Frank Kumaga, Dean of the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Ghana, as a resident pastor of the
Church.
Until his transfer to the Ashongman branch of the Church, Rev
Prof. Kumaga was the parish pastor at the Mamprobi branch.
In a sermon, Rev Michael Akiti, Deputy Accra Presbytery Chairman
of the Church, said religious leaders must allow democratic
principles to prevail in the selection of their successors,
especially in charismatic churches most of which did not have
established rules of succession.
He told the congregation to have confidence in their leaders in
order to prevent conflicts.
"The churches you see as big are those that are sponsored
through advertisements and expensive radio and TV programmes.
Pray for your pastors and stop chasing miracles," he said.
In his remarks, Rev. Prof. Kumaga reaffirmed his commitment to
lead the Church to higher heights in the realization of the
congregation’s spiritual and physical needs.
GNA
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