A former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has encouraged children workers to act as midwives in their line of work.
Speaking on the topic, ‘Unleashing the Transformative Power of the Child Worker’ at the 2024 Foundation Builders’ Conference at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Gomoa Fetteh on Wednesday, Rev. Dr Opuni-Frimpong explained that just as midwives help in the delivery of babies, children workers must also endeavour to facilitate the delivery of the ideas, wisdom and gifts of children and nurture them into fruition.
According to him, the Children’s Ministry is not just a ministry but a divine one because God has children at heart.
Taking inspiration from Exodus 16:32-36 and Joshua 4, he indicated that God himself gave instructions on the preservation of manna and used stones in building a memorial for the purpose of teaching the next generation. This, he said, shows that God cares about children. He added that in 2 Timothy 1:5 Paul admonished Timothy to preserve the faith his grandmother Lois transferred to his mother Eunice, which he had received.
‘This process of faith transfer wouldn’t have happened if someone was not consciously making effort to preserve the faith,’ he said, adding, ‘All these show that God cares about the education and nurturing of children, and so to be a child worker, you must nurse, deliver and nurture faith making every child worker a midwife.’
Rev. Dr Opuni-Frimpong, who is the CEO of Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, stated that children, just as adults, have needs such as emotional, health and academic needs. These needs, he said, must be well diagnosed by children workers so as to facilitate the necessary treatment to be given them.
He urged all children workers to be conscious of the children in their care so they can meet their individual needs.
He concluded his presentation by saying that every child worker must have sound spiritual and moral foundation. Citing Robert Raikes (father of Sunday school) as an example, he encouraged all children workers to do the ministry work voluntarily with the mindset of bringing forth transformation in children.
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