An Open Letter To The Ghanaian Church ....

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• Judas Iscariot 10 years ago

  The church must clean its own image first.

  The church must clean its own image first.

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• D. Amoah 10 years ago

  Go round the country and see the mansions these pastors have built for themselves! From Accra to Bolga! They claim they got rich from selling books or from preaching abroad. Preaching abroad has no money. The churches abroad ...
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  Go round the country and see the mansions these pastors have built for themselves! From Accra to Bolga! They claim they got rich from selling books or from preaching abroad. Preaching abroad has no money. The churches abroad are so tiny and the non-African churches will not use them in their churches. The pastors in the African churches raise money for the visiting pastor and in return when they come to Ghana the host pastor also raise money in cedis for them to enjoy in Ghana! As for the books it is laughable because they write books and force their congregations to purchase them- giving them ready market. Because of that they write so many books! They write so many of them and the poor congregations invest in these books to make the pastors rich. The pastors also use this trick-they go to each others churches and have the church sell to their congregations and then the other pastor does the same for him when he visits his church. The other trick is that the pastors visit each others churches and have fund raised for them and in return their churches to do the same when the other visit. These so call pastors build expensive school out of these ill gotten proceeds and their own congregations cannot afford to send their kids to the very school they help to build. at the end of the day, it is the congregations that are making the pastors rich. These people are monsters!

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• Prof Lungu 10 years ago

  Prosper Yao Tsikata,
  We will hazard that we cannot have a useful/productive "...decorous public discourse on matters of the economy, corruption, education, et cetera...," when other "partners" are invisible.
  
  It is import ...
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  Prosper Yao Tsikata,
  We will hazard that we cannot have a useful/productive "...decorous public discourse on matters of the economy, corruption, education, et cetera...," when other "partners" are invisible.
  
  It is important to apply lessons from other realms/regions of the world to the concrete situation you have. In particular, the demographic situation is radically different between MLK's America, and today's Ghana.
  
  Specifically, you have many in the demos how are not "Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" believers. This is on a scale a lot larger that King's America. Thus, we believe that if King had your (Ghana's) context, he would have mobilized all, visibly.
  
  Pray tell!
  
  What is it that causes you to anonymize "other religious bodies/institutions," if we need a "decorous public discourse" in all the important areas you identify?
  
  Thanks.

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• Dr. Kofi Boadi 10 years ago

  Hmmmmmm, we over exaggerate every situation in Ghana. For ones, let's also learn to appreciate the difficult times and unavoidable challenges that our leaders face in this county. Ghana for now, is considered by its neighbour ...
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  Hmmmmmm, we over exaggerate every situation in Ghana. For ones, let's also learn to appreciate the difficult times and unavoidable challenges that our leaders face in this county. Ghana for now, is considered by its neighbours as one of the best countries in the African sub-regions to live in. Are we blind to the fast development in the country? As for corruption, the state or government perhaps, is doing far better than most of the churches in curbing the menace. Ghana is doing its best in the face of global economic meltdown and it indeed, far better than 10 years ago. So please, give us a break.

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