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Select female running mate – Political parties urged
Accra, April 18, Ghanadot/GNA—Professor
Joseph Atsu Ayee, Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies of
the University of Ghana, Legon, has observed that the time
had come for political parties to select women as Vice
Presidential candidates.
Opening the 34th Presbytery Conference of the Accra
Presbytery of the Global Evangelical Church in Accra on
Friday, he noted that political parties should select a
woman running mate since females are in the majority.
Prof. Atsu Ayee asked Ghanaians to use this year’s election
as a test case to demonstrate their maturity for other
countries to emulate.
He called on religious bodies to unite to achieve their
aims, adding that, unity promoted peace, stability and
progress.
This is the reason why we must not live as a divided
congregation or presbytery, Prof. Atsu Ayee stated.
He said the theme for the one-day conference; “Keeping the
Unity of the faith in Holiness”, was interesting and
intriguing particularly in the present situation, adding,
“these are bad times for unity and Holiness in our churches,
especially when material issues rather than spiritual ones
have dominated most of the churches.”
Prof. Atsu Ayee explained that unity was created by a sense
of common purpose and competent leadership and said the
Bible itself hailed unity as the highest form of Christian
relations.
“Even though in the church there is diversity, we are all
one body in Christ”, he said adding, “the presence of the
Holy Spirit in the church will bring unity and peace.”
This, notwithstanding, unity does not mean we must all agree
since we are told that the body has many parts not just one
part.
The Reverend Felix Mensah Agbo, Acting Chairman of the Accra
Presbytery of the Church said the current report put the
population of the presbytery at 26,235 indicating 14.13
percent drop from 27,648.
He said taking cognizance of the fact that in 2006 the theme
for the church was; “Taking the whole city for Christ” and
the focus was planting a church in every community one would
have expected a positive growth rate adding that “this drop
must shake us from our slumber”.
Rev. Agbo stressed the need to step up efforts in evangelism
and “church planting” and said experience had shown that the
few church planting that took place was not as a result of
reaching out to lost souls but old members relocating and
coming together to start new congregations.
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