Koforidua, Aug. 22, GNA - The Presiding Prelate of the West Africa Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME) Church, the Rt. Rev. Dr Kenneth Monroe, has stressed the need for Ghana to aspire to and compliment its political autonomy with that of spiritual independence.

He said because political independence alone could not guarantee total liberty for the people, it was important that the spiritual dimension of freedom was also vigorously pursued to bring about a nation that sought the welfare of its entire people.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the Mid-Ghana Annual Conference of the Church in Koforidua last Sunday, the AME Zion Prelate said he was convinced that much of the developmental challenges confronting Ghana could be overcome when spiritual liberty existed side by side with political freedom.

Rev Monroe said because spiritual freedom typified humanity and would normally bring about unity, sense of sacrifice and compassion that was required "to glue a nation" that political liberty might not necessarily bring about.

He said it was incumbent on Ghanaians to be in the will of God for the impossible to occur in the various experiences He had created for mankind.

"Each pastor, each congregation, and each member must examine themselves to be sure we are in the will of God as we involve ourselves in ministry, and then seek to make the impossible possible with God." Bishop Monroe asked the youth not to despair in the midst of turmoil but place their faith in God and strive to live the tenets of the scriptures.

The Koforidua-Nsawam District Pastor of the church, the Rev. Seth Coleman, said the church had in recent times focused on providing mobile clinical services to help combat malaria in certain parts of the Eastern Region.

The Mid-Ghana Conference of the AME Zion comprises churches in the Eastern, Brong-Ahafo and Ashanti regions.