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Churches urged to help check vice
Somanya, April 18, Ghanadot/GNA- Mr
Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, Eastern Region Minister, on Friday
expressed worry about the increasing rate of vices in
society.
He called on the Churches and other religious organisations
to help curb robberies, corruption and drug trafficking
among others since government alone could not tackle the
problems.
Mr Affram Asiedu said this in a speech read on his behalf by
Mr Joseph Adu Tawiah, Yilo Krobo District Chief Executive,
at the Methodist Guild-Ghana fifth Biennnnial Connexional
Holiday Camp at Somanya.
The four-day conference, under the theme “Have Faith in God”
was being attended by 800 delegates from 15 Dioceses of the
Church.
The occasion coincided with the launch of Methodist
Guild-Ghana Scholarship Scheme with a seed capital of 1, 000
Ghana cedis to assist brilliant but needy members of the
Guild to further their studies.
Mr Asiedu said if the perpetrators of crimes believed in the
word of God they would have refrained from atrocities and
urged the Guild to intensify evangelism campaign to be able
to save the youth from going astray.
He said “I also believe that with strong faith in the Lord,
our youth will learn to do genuine business and not to rush
into ungodly ways of making quick money.”
Mr Asiedu suggested to the managers of the scheme to
consider assisting dents who faced financial difficulties in
course of their academic pursuit.
Mr Enoch Baah, Connexional President, said the Guild with a
membership of 14,000 adults, young people and children
mainly focused on evangelism.
He said the scheme would support the training of members to
enhance the work of the Guild and the Church.
Mr Baah said in the first year of operation of the scheme,
five second-cycle students would obtain financial support,
while in the second year, five second cycle students and two
tertiary level students would also get financial assistance.
Right Reverend William R.A. Blankson, Bishop of the Somanya
Diocese of the Methodist Church, urged the Guild to start
income generating ventures such as snail and rabbit rearing
as well as mushroom production to be able to generate more
income.
Mr Raymond Tawiah, Member of Parliament, Yilo Krobo, called
on churches to pray for peaceful elections in December.
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