Covenant Family Community Church organises health screening in La

The Covenant Family Community Church (CFCC) at Cantonments has underscored the need to combine the spiritual and physical needs of communities as a means of reaching out to their overall development needs.

Speaking at an outreach at La as part of the churches’ Evangelism Emphasis Month, the Head of the CFCC Outreach and Mission Department, Reverend Ato Jackson, noted that several communities face a doubly whammy of not hearing the word of God and also lacking basic amenities, especially access to healthcare.

“It is in this direction that after holding a three-day crusade, we decided to top it up with a free health screening campaign to address the physical needs of our community. This is in line with the manner of Jesus that after feeding the people with the word, he provided for their needs as well,” Rev. Jackson stressed.

He said the health screening had a wide array of medical personnel conducting dental checks and treatment, blood screening and donation, blood pressure checks, blood sugar tests for diabetics, provision of medications, counselling and food for the hundreds who thronged the event at the Tse Annan Memorial Centre.

The event, the second this year, is an initiative of the Outreach and Missions Department of the Covenant Family Community Church in partnership with The Bank Hospital, the Ghana Blood Service and the Christian Missions Resources Foundation.

According to Reverend Jackson, reaching out to lost souls is a major arm of the church’s goal and it will constantly seek ways of making this happen through events such as this health evangelistic outreach.

“Our other major outlook is to preach the word for the people to know God and eschew corrupt practices, while supporting the Ghana Blood Service’s blood bank to be ready with stock to save lives.”

The CFCC Medical Team Lead at the event, Dr Joel Kwansa Arhin, was optimistic that through such community outreach programmes, many people who shield away from the hospitals till late could be reached and provided with the care they needed.

A member of the Health Outreach Planning Committee, Gideon Sackitey, expressed joy at the outpouring of people from the community and called on more youth to draw close to such programmes.