The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) of The Church of Pentecost, in collaboration with the Kumasi Local Council of Churches (KLCC) and the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, has held a day’s conference for ministers and leaders of churches within Greater Kumasi.
The conference, held on Friday, August 2, 2024, at the Bantama Central auditorium of The Church of Pentecost, was under the theme; “The Church and the World.”
The President of the GPCC and Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, hinted that the focus of the Great Commission is the world, not the church.
Speaking on the topic, “The Authority of the Christian Believer in Transforming the World,” he noted that while believers concentrate on building huge structures, fasting and praying, they should also remember to be careful not to be serving only the church, because the focus of the church is the world.
“All that we do in church is to equip us so that we can change the world and bring it to the saving knowledge of Christ. This is the eternal purpose of God in establishing the church,” he added.
Apostle Nyamekye revealed that the intention of Jesus in establishing the church was to have a people capable of bringing change to every society.
Also addressing the participants, the Ashanti RCC Coordinator of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Yaw Adjei-Kwarteng, expressed great joy seeing ministers from different dominations come together to sharpen and equip themselves.
The event, he said, emphasised the bond between the churches in the Ashanti Region and Ghana in general.
“A meeting like this can help enforce the voice of the churches in the nation and the world,” he added.
Apostle Adjei-Kwarteng, who is also the Kwadaso Area Head of the church, mentioned that although 71% of the Ghanaian population is Christians, there is widespread of corruption, poverty, armed robbery and other social and economic vices.
“Missionaries have always assumed that the reception and practice of the gospel will transform both individual and economical lives. Unfortunately, in our part of the world, many churches have always been religious without any practical attempt to transform society, hence the need for this important conference,” he bemoaned.
He was hopeful that the participants will go back with renewed commitment so as to transform their world.
Present at the conference were Apostle Samuel Amponsah Frimpong (Chairman, Christ Apostolic Church), Apostle Dr. Aaron Ami-Narh (President, The Apostolic Church – Ghana), Apostle Immanuel Tettey (General Secretary, GPCC), Reverend Emmanuel Forson (Ashanti Regional Secretary, GPCC) and Apostle Peter Kofi Dzemekey (Ashanti Regional Chairman of GPCC/Asokwa Area Head).
Also present were Apostle Charles Osei Boateng (Pentecostal Life Church International General Superintendent), Reverend Dr. Douglas Frimpong (Planning Committee Chairman, Kumasi Council of Christian Churches), Bishop Dr. Divine Adjei (Founder, Calvary Life Chapel International), Apostle Emmanuel Atimah (Territorial Head, Ashanti West Christ Apostolic Church), Ministers and their wives in the region and other church leaders.
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