Rev. Setri Nyomi Visits

The General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi, last Friday arrived in the country for an eleven-day official visit. His visit is in connection with the 24th General Council of WARC scheduled to take place in 2004 in Ghana.

The conference would be co-hosted by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) and E.P Church of Ghana.

Within the eleven days' visit, Rev. Nyomi would pay a courtesy call on President John A. Kufuor at the castle in OSU. He will also call on government officials and non-governmental institutions to hold discussions bothering on security, investment and tourism etc.

He is also expected to inaugurate the National Planning Committee (NOC) to see to the successful running of the coming conference.

Rev. Nyomi was welcomed by Rt. Rev. Dr. Sam Prempeh, the Moderator, and General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Rev, Dr J.O.Y Mantey, Coordinator of the 2004 conference and a cross section of the press.

Rev. Nyomi called on Christians to live lives that would portray them as "salt of the earth" as stated in the Bible. By leading exemplarily lives, they would be attracting others to Christianity

Rev. Nyomi was not happy about recurring conflicts between Christians and Muslims and said WARC was in the process of holding a dialogue with their Muslim counterparts to put an end to religious conflicts.

He criticized camouflage religious people who perpetrate evil deeds in their society and called on them to abandon such ungodly acts, which are drifting the world into the abyss.

He said the General Council would try to reverse the trend and work towards attaining freedom for all people irrespective of their religious and ethnic backgrounds. Rev. Nyomi observed that issues concerning corruption and conflicts in the society should be discussed dispassionately with the view to ensuring justice.

On the America-Afghanistan war, Dr. Nyomi called on all well-meaning people worldwide to add their voices to the need for the US to exercise restraint in order to save the vulnerable in that country.

He commended Ghanaians for the peaceful elections that saw the transfer of power from one political administration to another without recourse to violence as has been the case in some countries.