Yendi, April 28, GNA - Yendi Presbyterian Church has been elevated from sub-district to a full district status in the Northern Presbytery of Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG).

Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Ghana, in a sermon said a major problem facing the church and nation was complacency because of over-reliance on past achievements and lack of absolute trust in the Lord.

"As members of the church and nation, we must not rely on past achievements and relax in all our endeavours but work hard to develop," he added.

He said to mature as a church and a nation members and the citizenry must recognize the authority of God, confess their sins and weaknesses and place their faith absolutely in Jesus Christ and work hard to achieve their goals.

Rt-Rev. Frimpong-Manso said as a district, they were expected to make a positive impact in all spheres of their church life, mission and evangelism, not forgetting their financial commitments. He appealed to them to find ways and means of raising funds from within and outside their congregation for the development of the church infrastructure, evangelism and social services.

Rt-Rev Frimpong-Manso said the nation was gradually being divided on political partisanship and ethnocentric groups and that was a dangerous precedent being set for development.

He said "these current trends of bitter partisanship, chieftaincy disputes, ethnocentrism, division, rancour and all manner of abuses on the airwaves would not help us as a nation and more especially when the youth get involved in such divisive tendencies it would not help us as a nation," he added.

Rt-Rev. Frimpong-Manso observed that corruption, falsehood and greed at the heart of every individual, enterprise and society must be eliminated.