Reverend Joseph K. Gyimah, Founder of the True Light of Christ Church, has appealed to the government to allow churches to own and run radio stations. Rev Gyimah said the present situation whereby social groups and individuals are allowed to establish radio stations while religious bodies are denied such an opportunity was unfair.
Rev Gyimah made the appeal at a one-day workshop the church organized for the various fellowships and groupings in the church at Abrepo-Kuma in Kumasi. The workshop discussed strategies that the groups could use to educate their members more effectively on the dangers of indiscipline and immorality.
Rev Gyimah, a former President of the Pentecostal Association of Ghana, said "if given the nod by the government to establish such FM radio stations it will enhance our involvement as churches in the propagation against indiscipline.''
He said even though churches were already in the forefront of the crusade using the pulpits their efforts at checking the negative trend could be faster and better enhanced if they own FM radio stations.
Rev Gyimah disagreed with the notion that the churches could use their radio station to bring about religious conflicts. "Churches have a mission of enhancing social development while seeking salvation for mankind and under no circumstances will they depart from such a noble mission" he added.
