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The Savannah Regional Executives of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) have paid a courtesy call on Lt. Col. Philemon Addotey Hoffman, Commanding Officer (CO) of the 155 Armoured Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces, at Damongo.

The delegation, led by the GPCC Regional Chairman and Sawla Area Head of The Church of Pentecost (CoP), was received by the Commanding Officer, along with Lt. Derrick Elikplim Davoe, the Adjutant, and SWO 2 Kingsley Boafo, the RSM of the command.

The GPCC delegation included Pastor Patrick Mensah, Head of Bole Mission for the Christ Apostolic Church, who also serves as the Regional Vice Chairman; Pastor Benjamin Addo-Boateng, Secretary to the Council and the Bole District Minister of The Church of Pentecost; Pastor Joseph Atta Achintre, an Executive Member of the Council and the Head Pastor of the Holistic Gospel Church, Damongo; and Pastor Francis Agbenyeke, the Buipe Head Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church.

Other members were Reverend Emmanuel Kumah, Damongo District Pastor og the Christ Apostolic Church, and Overseer Jones Dwomoh Amankwah, the Mandari District Minister of The Church of Pentecost.

Pastor David Amankwaa stated that the purpose of the visit was to welcome the new Commanding Officer to the station and to formally introduce himself and the Council members to his outfit.

He also mentioned that the Council, and the church, in general, is always ready to assist the command in any way possible.

Quoting from Psalm 127, Pastor Amankwaa noted that the scriptures affirm that God is the chief protector of the land and its borders, therefore, as the Army provides physical protection, there is a need for the Church to provide spiritual protection and covering through prayer, counseling, and teaching of the Word to augment and concretize the efforts of the Army.

Lt. Col. Hoffman thanked the Council for the visit and expressed his readiness for any engagement between the two institutions to ensure sustained peace and tranquility in the region.

He acknowledged that God is the Almighty, and therefore, members of his command belong to the Church and other faith-based organisations where they do fellowship regularly.

Touching on the challenge facing the command, the Commanding Officer indicated that the regiment has a persistent water challenge that poses a great threat in terms of health and sanitation, making life at the camp quite challenging.

He, therefore, appealed to the GPCC and the member churches, and other well-meaning Ghanaians to come to their aid in providing a constant source of water supply for their camp.

The GPCC Regional Chairman assured the command of the Council’s continued support in the discharge of their duties in the region through prayers and other support.

He further noted that the Council would engage other stakeholders to see how best they can help address the water challenge at the camp.

The Council donated bottles of water to the command and prayed for the leadership as part of the courtesy visit on March 30, 2023.

The 155 Armoured Regiment is headquartered in Damongo, the Savannah Regional capital, with the responsibility of ensuring peace and security in the region. This was necessitated after the Area gained a regional status through the Constitutional Instrument by the President of the Republic in 2019. The command has seen a change in leadership, and the current Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Philemon Adotey Hoffman, leads the command.

Report by Sawla Area Media Team.

Apostle Samuel Osei Asante, the Kaneshie Area Head of The Church of Pentecost, has asserted that Jesus Christ is God’s perfect sacrifice for atonement.

Preaching at the Bubiashie Zone of the Kaneshie Area on Friday, April 7, 2023, Apostle Asante, an Executive Council Member of the Church, read from John 1:29 to elaborate that Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of humanity. He explained that the vicarious death of Christ paid for the sins of man completely.

Apostle Asante also referred to Hebrews 10:1-4, 10-13 to reveal that unlike the Old Testament’s sacrifices of bulls, goats, and other animals, which only served as a covering for sins, the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His blood shed wipe out the sins of humanity completely.

He emphasised that although the sacrifice of Jesus was made once, it is effective forever. Therefore, in the New Testament age, one only needs to confess their sins, and they will be forgiven.

Citing Romans 3:25, Apostle Asante mentioned that Christians have received atonement through the shedding of the blood of Jesus. He added that the blood of Jesus has provided the opportunity for the rededication of the believer.

Apostle Asante urged believers to genuinely repent of their sins and eschew hypocrisy. He advised Christians to desist from LGBTQ+ activities and not to be lured into it.

He also encouraged them to pray to God to convict them of every sin they commit, so they may come out of it.

He urged believers to hold in high esteem the celebration of Christmas and Easter since both events remind them of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Easter Convention at the Kaneshie Area took place at seven zones, namely, Abeka Zone, Darkuman Zone, Kaneshie Zone, Chantan Zone, Shalom English Zone, Bubuashie Zone, and PIWC English Zone.

This year’s convention was under the theme, “Jesus Christ, God’s Perfect Sacrifice That Has Brought Eternal Salvation” (Hebrews 7:23-28, John 1:29).

Report by Michael Asante (Kaneshie Area).

The Resident Minister of Pentecost International Worship Centre, Nkawkaw (PIWC-Nkawkaw), Pastor Benjamin Asare, has emphasised that the Blood of Jesus has granted believers unresstricted access to God.

Pastor Asare said this in a sermon titled: “Resurrection, Reconciliation and Repositioning” which he delivered yesterday during the Resurrection Sunday service to climax this year’s Easter Convention.

Drawing from passages in 1 Corinthians 15, Matthew 28:6, Hebrews 5:7, among others, Pastor Asare stated that the death of Christ was incredibly agonising to the point where Jesus hesitated and did not want to proceed. However, God strengthened Him to continue with the vicarious death because of His love for humankind.

Pastor Asare highlighted that the death of Christ and the consequent tearing of the curtains of the Holy of Holies have great implications for all Christians because it has granted them full access to God.

He further explained that since it took a great sacrifice to reconcile mankind to God, Christians should take advantage of the grace made available to them by remaining in Christ.

According to him, in Christ, they have victory over principalities and powers, the power to heal, and divine wealth. Moreover, God has entrusted them with the ministry of reconciliation to lead others to His saving knowledge.

Pastor Asare encouraged Christians to have a change in mindset and reposition themselves in the Lord for maximum impact, saying: “We need a crop of Christians, like Job, who God can bet on.”

He stated that Christians need to rededicate themselves to the cause of Christ and trust that, through the cross, God has granted them all the resources they need to impact their surroundings positively.

“We are God’s ambassadors, His distribution channel and a conduit through which others will come to know Christ. As a Christian, wherever you find yourself, know that God is making His appeal to the world through you,” he said.

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Apostle Daniel Mireku Gyamera, the Axim Area Head of The Church of Pentecost (CoP), has said that Christians will only appreciate  relevance of the celebration if they become well-inforned about the victory they have won through the death and resurrection of Christ.

Apostle Mireku Gyamera said this when he officially opened the 2023 Easter Convention at  the Abura Ahanta Zone of the Axim Area, yesterday. This year’s event is under the theme, “Jesus Christ! The Perfect Sacrifice for Our Sins” (Hebrews 9:14b).

According to the Area Head, the sins of man has been completely paid for through the vicarious death of Christ.

He stressed that the blood of Jesus does not cover the sins of man, but takes away the sins of man.

Reading from Psalm 51:5, he explained that one is not considered a sinner only because of the sins they have committed but due to the nature  of sin which that have inherited from the first humans, Adam and Eve.

“SIN, which stands for Satan In Nature runs to all human,” he said.

He further noted that sin has consequences, one of which of is death (Romans 6:23, 1 Cor 3:15,54-56). 

“Sin is the sting of death, just as one gets malaria when bitten by mosquitoes. It is, therefore, time for Christian leaders and members to know the victory gained through the death and resurrection of the son of God which is Christ Jesus,” he advised.

He indicated that the birth as well as the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ  are the two events that are central to Christianity.

Touching on the implications of Christ’s death and resurrection, the Axim Area Head noted that the first victory Christians have received is the power over sin and death.

“It was Jesus’ authority to overcome death that brought liberty to man to also have control over sin. Death has no power but it is sin which gives death the power. For Jesus to defeat death, he needs to have endure physical pains by taking the sins of man to the cross,” he said.

Concluding his message, Apostle Mireku revealed that God’s intention for creating death was not for the soul to depart from man, but for Him to separate Himself from man, which is referred to as ‘Spiritual death.’ Once a man sins, sin takes control over him and  he becomes a slave to sin.

“Just as sin came through eating in the Garden of Eden, life also comes through eating and drinking of the body and blood of Jesus. This is because of the victory power received from the divine exchange where God took our sins to the cross and exchanged it with His righteousness,” he said.

Report by Axim Area Media Team