Esikadu, April 27, GNA - The Most Reverend Robert Aboagye- Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, has said promotion of ethnicity could lead to division, confusion and the retardation of development. He said all countries that have developed around tribal lines and ideas have been destroyed while strife, anger and disputes have dominated.

Rev. Aboagye-Mensah was said this in a sermon to climax the 48th annual synod of the Sekondi Diocese of the Methodist Church at Essikadu on Sunday.

It was on the theme ""Oh Holy Spirit, establish us in the Lord Jesus to finish the task ahead". He said marriages, culture, families and infrastructural development were destroyed in Rwanda and parts of Nigeria when they decided to adopt ethnic and tribal ideologies and cautioned Ghanaians not to choose that path.

Rev. Aboagye-Mensah appealed to Ghanaians to build their nation based on the teachings of Christ and that when the Holy Spirit is present, it does not look at one's tribal origin or social status. "Christ makes all one in him and there is no Jew, Greek or Akan person when they meet together in the worship of God." Rev. Aboagye-Mensah said "even democracy is based on division and if you do not belong to a particular group, then you are out." "Our differences should strengthen and compliment our humanity," he said.