Accra, July 19, GNA - Pastor Bernard Sallah, Head of the Adenta branch of the Action Chapel International, has said that paternal role in the family was very vital in building a good home. Making the assertion in Accra recently to congratulate fathers in Ghana, Pastor Sallah said fathers must take up their responsibilities as providers of the home.

He said when they did that, it would avoid a situation where their wards would be attracted to all forms of social vices in society such as drug abuses, stealing and rape.

Pastor Sallah spoke on the theme: 93Being Fruitful as a Christian". He said for effective Christian life and growth, there should be dynamism in one's spiritual life, adding that 93as heads of the families, fathers should take up this challenge to obtain the spiritual growth of the family."

Pastor Sallah also charged all children to respect their fathers in order for them to live long as the Bible as stated. He used the occasion to congratulate President John Evans Atta Mills for being a father to all Ghanaians.