Second coming of Jesus is now a reality – Bishop

The Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Methodist Church, The Rt. Rev. Michael Agyarkwa Bossman has observed that with wars all around the world, threats of terrorism, mad rush for wealth sometimes at the expense of human lives, widespread immorality all over the world and many other signs give indication that the second coming of Jesus Christ is no long a speculation but a reality.

He therefore urged Christians to pray for the Holy Spirit to open their minds to understand and appreciate the signs and to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ so that they would not be taken by surprise.

Bishop Bossman was preaching the sermon at the New Tafo Methodist Church as part of activities to mark the celebration of the Methodist Development Fund (MDF} Week in the Diocese.

The MDF is a fund created by the church and all members of the church in Ghana are expected to make an annual contribution into it for the church to use the fund to support its development projects.

Ms Lionie Florence Gyebi-Twum, the Diocesan Lay Chairperson who read the speech of the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church to mark the 10th anniversary of the MDF, said the church had used the fund to support many of its societies that lacked church buildings by providing them with pavilions to enable them to have good places of worship.

She said the fund was used to support the Methodist University College, the priesthood, the Methodist National Head Office, the rehabilitation of Methodist basic schools and also for the support of the Methodist Orphanage in the Central Region.

Ms Gyabi-Twum said next year, the Church would use the fund to help support each diocese of the church to rehabilitate two basic schools whose structures needed rehabilitation and also help in constructing school buildings for Methodist Schools under trees.

Later, Rev. Bossman dedicated a GH?100, 000.00 manse for the Chaplin of the Adonten Senior High School at Aburi which was funded by the MDF and 60 new robes for the school choir.

He reminded the students that, they should always keep in mind that their presence at the school was as a result of a sacrifice by many people including their parents and teachers and therefore they should put up their best.

Mrs Rosseta Addison-Sackey, Eastern Regional Director of Education, reminded the students that their parents had made a lot of investments into their education and therefore urged them to study hard for the efforts of their parents and teachers to bear fruit.

Rev George Darkoh-Ampem, the Chaplain of the school explained that, the GH?9, 000.00 new school choir robes were acquired through the Sunday Church collections.