Religion of Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Source: GNA

Clergy advise Christians on 2008 elections

Koforidua, Dec. 25, GNA- Churches in Eastern Region have organized church services and conventions to mark the celebration of Christmas in the region. Delivering the sermon at the Koforidua Saint Peter's Anglican Cathedral, Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Anglican Church, Rt. Rev. Benjamin

Francis Quashie advised Christians not to allow the propaganda messages of politician to decide on who to vote for to lead the country in 2008. He urged them to allow their good conscience to guide them to vote for people who by their deeds and words already known to them are capable of providing the country with the requisite leadership to enable the country to progress. Bishop Quashie assured Christians that God had promised that when they sort his help and guidance he would always answer them and therefore advised them to seek for God's guidance in taking their decisions and all would be well with the country if really it was God who guided them.

He advised Christians to be wary of people who believed that, they have the right to be leaders of the country and either they become the leaders or "the country should burn". At the Adweso Calvary Methodist Church, near Koforidua, Very Rev. Solomon Subeng, Minister in-charge called on Ghanaians to have a unity of purpose as the country enters an election year. He said it was only through unity that the country could realize the Grace of God and appreciated the great blessing that God had showered on Ghana to enable the country to take advantage of the abundant resources to economically progress. Very Rev. Subeng urged Christians, who have been blessed by God to use their knowledge to unite the church and not to divide it if they are to continue to receive the blessings of God.