GPC advice Christians to seek redress through laid-down procedures

Accra, May 18, GNA - The National Executive Council of Ghana Pentecostal Council (Council of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches) has advised Christians to use laid-down church procedures to seek redress and not resort to unruly and unchristian behaviour.

This was contained in a statement issued in Accra on Tuesday and signed by Apostle John Annan Adotey, President of the Council. It said "We are supposed to be the light and salt of our generation and should let our light shine and not lose our saltiness ". The statement called on all those in positions of trust to use their influence to positively impact the youth so that this dangerous trend would cease.

It said that "We wish to draw attention of the Government and good people of Ghana to a dangerous phenomenon that is arising in the country and must not be allowed to grow unchecked".

The statement said that youth activism was a trend that could be harnessed for the good of any nation, adding that however, the kind of activism that was developing in the country must be condemned in no uncertain terms.

"This is evident in our political parties where foot-soldiers are able to hold officials of the parties and sometimes Government appointees to ransom and also some party members going on rampage with others trying to prevent some presidential aspirants from campaigning in their area," it said. The Council unreservedly condemned the action of those behind the recent desecration of the premises of Martyrs of Uganda Church in protest against the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer Buckle.

The statement said that "The Council wonders whether these actions were perpetuated by members of the Church as the act does not depict those of Christians," it added.

It said the protest by members of the Methodist Church in Teshie against the transfer of their Minister to a sister branch of the Church also leaves much to be desired.