Social media is a good tool to spread the gospel - Apostle Opoku Onyinah

Former Chairperson of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah has urged Christians across the country not to frown on technology being used to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in the current times.

According to him, technology is not as evil as some Christians, including pastors, perceive it.

With the outbreak of Coronavirus, the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo put a ban on all social gatherings including church services.

Technology came to play in spreading the word of God in the country, especially on Sundays, with the leadership of various churches taking to social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube to share sermons with their members.

Some people are not too happy with this development as they believe the services on social media isn’t equal to the physical services they are used to.

But speaking to Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong on GTV’s ‘What is Next’, Apostle Onyinah stated that “we need to take every opportunity that we have now…God wants us to practice the invisible one (church) where you cannot see your brother but you are still connected to your brother.”

He added that it is time Christians put into practice scriptures such as “God is spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” no matter the manner of worship.

Apostle Opoku Onyinah noted that the face of the world and gospel is going to change after the coronavirus pandemic and being able to adapt to the current system.

“We need to accept these new things and see the best way of using the new things to help our people… if we don’t train our people to use the modern gadgets then we’re not going to minister to the new generation because the new generation didn’t know the old things… now is the opportunity for all ministers of God to know that they are not the devil’s mouth. Whatever you have you can use it for either good or bad.”

“We should be able to train people to use modern gadgets for the kingdom business,” he added.

He further urged theological institutes to include teaching effective ministration on social media in the training of pastors after the coronavirus pandemic.