Many churches in the Cape Coast Metropolis on Sunday held services, conventions and crusades to mark the resurrection of Jesus 2000 years ago.

All the churches the Ghana News Agency visited were filled to capacity while some erected canopies to create more room for the overflowing congregation dressed in white apparel.

Many of churches based their sermon on peace, reconciliation and God's guidance to ensure that the country conducts an incident-free elections in December.

At the Amanful St Joseph Catholic Church, Reverend Father Samuel Asante, the Parish Priest, said the resurrection of Jesus has offered Christians accessibility to God’s favour and love, and that they should allow God’s blessing to yield good fruits for their personal development and the growth of the church.

He said they should endeavour to use the favour to also proclaim the resurrection of Jesus to non-believers so as to become builders of the kingdom and not partial Christians.

Fr. Asante said, as the country prepares for the December polls, all should act as ambassadors of peace to ensure an incident-free election.

He urged Ghanaians to avoid the use of foul language which might lead to misunderstanding, rancour, divisiveness before, during and after the polls.

The occasion was also used to baptise five people into the church whilst 10 people also received their first communion.

At the Wesley Methodist Cathedral, the Most Rev Abekah Wilson, the Minister in charge, talked about the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, saying it signifies the new beginning in the life of Christians.

Rev Wilson, therefore called on Christians to let the love God showed the world by giving his son Jesus to die for their sins, reflect in their daily lives since they would not have come this far without forgiveness.

He urged Christians and Ghanaians as a whole to forgive and love one another as Christ did in order for all to live in peace and harmony.

He also used the occasion to entreat politicians to ensure that there is peace in the country as the nation goes to the polls in December.

At the Dunwell Methodist Church in Elmina, Reverend Bernard Kwesi Forson, the Minister-In-charge, called on all Christians to let Jesus resurrection, lead them to have faith in God.

Preaching on the theme: “Christ, the conqueror of death and hell: he is risen,” he said, people who have not come into contact with the word of God find no value in the resurrection of Christ because they find it difficult to believe he actually rose from death.

He therefore charged Christians to believe that Jesus actually rose and have victory over death and hell, adding that “Jesus’ resurrection is the key to the Christian faith”.

Rev. Forson again entreated them not to only believe, but witness the resurrection story to the world so as to help people believe in the existence of Jesus.**