Anglican Women’s Fellowship holds biennial confab
The 13th Biennial National Conference of the Anglican Women’s Fellowship (AWF) has ended at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western Region, with a call on members of the fellowship to mount a sustained campaign in support of efforts to help address moral decadence among the youth.
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The Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, who made the call in an address read on his behalf, said women needed to continue to use their special skills in the training of children to uphold moral values and economic development for the betterment of all.
The four-day conference, held on the theme: “Celebrating 40 years of Anglican Women’s Fellowship in Ghana, the way forward”, was under the distinguished patronage of the Primate of the Church Province of West Africa (CPWA) and Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana (IPG), the Most Rev Prof Daniel Yinkah Sarfo.
Mr Aidoo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso, said the posting of nude pictures on some social media platforms was a source of great concern to those who have the interest of the youth at heart, and called on women’s organisations to play a major role to address that issue.
Church growth and development
On church growth and development, he said that depended, to a large extent, on various groups such as the women’s fellowship, and urged the AWF and other women’s groups to continuously pray for peace and development among nations.
The Principal of the Wiawso College of Education (WATICO), Mrs Dame Georgina Lartey, said it was necessary for members of the AWF to lead exemplary lives to serve as role models for all Anglicans and Ghanaian women, most especially serving as mentors for young women in society.
The National President of the AWF, Ms Matilda Caroline Selby, indicated that the fellowship had 3,000 members in eight dioceses working to sustain the growth of the Anglican Church in the country.
She said the fellowship had adopted the St Nicholas Theological Seminary as a national project and was supporting the institution both in cash and in kind, in addition to undertaking other projects such as building nursery schools and rehabilitating the wards of some hospitals.
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She noted that investment in basic education and literacy for children was paramount, just as investment in health care, especially reproductive, maternal and child health, and asked AWF members to step up efforts in those directions.