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The traditional means of baptising in rivers or streams is gradually losing way
to the use of baptisteries as water bodies dry up as a result of climatic
change.
On Friday, November 27, 2009 the Tema Area of the Church made history when it
dedicated its first baptistery in the Moneomanye District (formerly Ashaiman
North District) at Ashaiman.
 The
Baptistery
Dedicating the baptistery, Apostle Daniel Komi Noble-Atsu, Tema Area Head,
underscored the user-friendly nature of worship centres of contemporary times
and commended the Monoemanye District for constructing the baptistery which, he
said, would go a long way to eliminate inconveniences associated with baptism in
the Ashaiman dam.
Apostle Noble-Atsu noted that converts who are handicapped or hydrophobic would
find the baptistery very useful, adding that the Moneomanye District had
demonstrated its concern for the convenience of its members, especially the
disabled among them.
The GH¢143-million
baptistery has two adjoining dressing rooms for females and males. Besides, the
whole structure has been roofed, with a stairway that leads to the baptistery.
In an interview with the District Pastor, Richard K. Agyapong, after he had
baptised some 60 converts on Sunday, November 29, 2009, he said he and the other
district executive committee members were motivated to create an alternative to
the dam in Ashaiman following its pollution through animal and human activities.
He noted that the dam had become so unhygienic that its continued patronage for
the purposes of spiritual ‘cleansing’ was no longer tenable, hence the need to
construct a baptistery within the reach of the new converts.
Meanwhile, 24-year-old Sister Esther Ocloo, the first new convert to be baptised
in the baptistery, like fellow converts, has praised the Church for creating
such a conducive facility to enhance their spirituality.
Pastor R. K. Agyapong, left, assisted by Elder Daniel Antwi--Boasiako, baptising
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