Rev. Otu-Pimpong inducted

Reverend Samuel Otu-Pimpong of the Legon Baptist Church, was on Sunday inducted as the head of the South Eastern Ghana Sector of the Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC) at a ceremony at Legon, in Accra.

Reverend Otu-Pimpong would serve the Accra, Tema-Dangbe, North Volta, South Volta and the Eastern Associations of the Convention. The ceremony, which was the first induction of a head the South Eastern Sector, was attended by members of the Convention, and supported by a packed to capacity Legon Baptist Church, the mother church of Rev Otu-Pimpong, and members of his household.

Reverend Kojo Amo, General Secretary of the GBC, anointed Rev Otu-Pimpong and did the act of induction. In a prayer Rev Steve Asante, Vice President of the GBC, called for God's anointing power and the Holy Spirit to grant Rev Otu-Pimpong grace, authority and blessing to effectively discharge his duty in his new assignment.

With his wife, sitting close by, surrounded by members of his household, including Rev Walter Pimpong, Executive Director of International Needs, Reverend Otu-Pimpong was placed in a symbolic seat of authority over his jurisdictional area, amidst shouts and screams of praise to God and congratulation from the audience.

In an induction sermon titled "Just Being The Servant of God", based on Romans 1:1-7, Reverend Fred Degbe, immediate past President of the GBC urged Christian leaders to activate the people they lead and mobilise them for good ends.

Reverend Degbe, who is also a senior pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, said it was necessary Christian leaders realised that they had been strategically placed to transform persons created in the image of God to become children of God.

He emphasized the need for pastors to be humble in their interactions with the people for God to lift them up at the right time. Reverend Degbe said Christian leaders must respond to their call and responsibility, and submit to God. They must not go their own way, but the way of the Master above and do God's will.

He urged Christian leaders to work with their congregations and mutually challenge one another for worthy ends, adding this would make the Christian life adventurous and exciting. Reverend Degbe asked church leaders, "Christ will come, and ask: What did you do with my Commission?"