Church relieved by court ruling

Mr Emmanuel Danku, Senior Presbyter and Public Relations Officer (PRO) of West Volta Presbyters Union, said the Teshie Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P.) Church, Ghana has welcomed the recent ruling by an Accra High Court restraining the E.P Church of Ghana from using the name "Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana" or any affiliation of the name.

Presbyter Danku said elders and session of the church however asked the hierarchy of the "Break Away" E.P. Church of Ghana to give directive to all its branches to return properties seized during the crisis back to the rightful owners, the mother church.

These were made known after a victory march through the principal street of Teshie in Accra on Sunday amidst singing and dancing to the tune of brass band music to welcome the verdict.

Justice Kwame Afreh, a Supreme Court Judge sitting as an additional High Court Judge also restrained the "Break Away" E.P. Church of Ghana from using the name as a "DIVINE VICTORY" for the mother church.

Justice Afreh, however, did not award any cost after the 11-year legal battle between the E.P. Church, Ghana (Plaintiff) and the E.P. Church of Ghana (defendants). It will be recalled that, some members of the E.P. Church, Ghana, broke away 11 years ago and formed the E.P. Church of Ghana, following a misunderstanding over doctrinal issues. The mother church subsequently filed a writ in 1994, praying the court to restrain the breakaway faction from using its name.