Be resolute against same-sex marriage; Rt Rev Awotwi-Pratt advises Heads of State
The incoming Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Right Reverend Titus K. Awotwi Pratt, has made a special appeal to African Heads of State to remain resolute and not be enticed by money from the West to give in to the issue of homosexuality, in general, and same-sex marriage, in particular.
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“We can do away with foreign aid which comes to support our national budgets,” he advocated, urging Africa’s leaders to aim at developing and improving their economies for self-sufficiency and sustenance.
“It is, therefore, incumbent on our national leaders to serve faithfully and seek the development of our countries in Africa,” he added.
God-given human dignity
In an exhortation at a meeting last Monday on the planning of the forthcoming Tema-Ashaiman Gospel Crusade slated for the first week of December, Bishop Awotwi-Pratt further noted that to prevent any further spread of dangerous liberalist theologies, “let us, in Ghana, in our poverty, uphold and preserve our God-given human dignity and self-respect than to succumb to ‘mammon’ and its attendant opulence and liberalism”.
Doubting the sanity of any society that approved of same-sex marriage, he said, “Any sane society will not propagate same-sex marriage as being legitimate,” explaining that marriage, as defined by the Christian scriptures and African culture, was a lifelong bond between a man and a woman purposely for procreation and continuance of humankind.
Sexual gratification
“Unfortunately, same sex couples only focus and depend on the personal sexual gratification against the natural principle of procreation,” he said, adding that the procreation principle runs through all living creatures, to the extent that “lower creatures in the animal kingdom, even for sexual gratification, are attracted to the opposite sex and never to the same sex”.
On the December Tema-Ashaiman Crusade to be organised by Christ For All Nations (CFAN), an evangelistic organisation, the incoming head of the Methodist Church asked all churches in Ghana to see themselves as having been commissioned as full partners in the mission of raising disciples and winning souls.
Partnering Christ
The Executive Director (Africa) of CFAN, Rev. John Kwesi Darku, assured churches in Tema and Ashaiman that like all CFAN crusades, the December gathering was intended to populate the churches, not just for the beauty of it but for changed hearts.
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“We want your churches to be bursting at the seams. We are here to harvest the souls so that your cathedrals will expand to make room for the resultant harvest. This is a crusade to touch the hearts of prostitutes, drug addicts, homosexuals and same-sex couples,” he said.