Rev. Amoako (left) presenting a citation to Mr Ernest Agbesi, a member of the church and Managing Director of National Investment Bank.

‘Let your faith, integrity be your guide’

Daily Graphic May - 29 - 2016 , 12:46

The acting Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Rev. Samuel Aaron Amoako, has urged key actors in this year’s general election to be guided by their faith and virtues of integrity in the electoral processes.

“We all belong to one religious organisation or the other and, therefore, need to exercise our faith with virtues of integrity and high sense of maturity, decorum and self-control in our conducts,” he emphasised.

Rev. Amoako, a legal practitioner and the substantive Synod Moderator of the E.P Church Ho-East Presbytery, was speaking at the thanksgiving service to climax activities marking the third Synod of the E.P Church Meridian Presbytery held at Dodowa. The four-day synod that was held on the theme: “Go, make Disciples,” brought together more than 200 participants including invited guests and delegates from the Presbytery.

Unity

Rev. Amoako further entreated Ghanaians to build on the existing bond of unity in diversity as a nation of varied ethnic groupings, political affiliation and faith allegiance, noting that “we are one people, one nation with a common destiny and identity”.

He appealed to key actors in the election process to allow the Electoral Commission to exercise its mandatory duty as an independent statutory institution, adding that the frequent litigations against the commission could mar the processes leading to the general election.

Rev. Amoako also cautioned against acts and utterances that could polarise the country and destabilise its peace and stability. He, therefore, urged the leadership of the Christian faith in the country to engage in frantic efforts to consolidate the peace the nation was enjoying.

For his part, the Synod Moderator of the E.P Church, Meridian Presbytery, Rev. Dr Bliss Agbeko, underscored the need for Christians to preserve their identity as a Fellowship of Christ’s Disciples in whatever position they served in society.

He called on the various religious bodies in the country to speak with one voice in denouncing the canker of corruption, dishonesty, indiscipline and moral decadence in society.

A lecturer at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Rev. Fred Amevenku, also entreated Christians to submit to the virtues of modesty, love and reconciliation as faithful disciples of Christ.

The occasion witnessed award of citations to some members of the Church who had distinguished themselves in various disciplines.