New chapel for Methodists at Nkrankwanta

Nkrankwanta (B/A) March 22, GNA - The Right Reverend James Baffour-Awuah, Bishop of Sunyani Diocese of the Methodist Church has charged religious bodies not to compromise their basic objectives and mission statements as they programmed annual expectations at the commencement of each lunar year.

The Bishop stressed that religious bodies, in their bid to enhance the spiritual lot of their members, should not ignore the complementary roles played by other basic components of the human being in ensuring normalcy to the individual's body.

Bishop Baffour-Awuah was speaking at a ground breaking ceremony for work to begin on the construction of a new chapel for the Nkrankwanta circuit in Dormaa district of Brong Ahafo.

He urged parents to be wary of emerging factors of immorality and cultural adulteration among the youth and set up necessary mechanisms to hedge the youth against such negative tendencies.

The Bishop said the Methodist Church 93stands not only for evangelization and satisfaction of spiritual demands for the judgment day, but also remains resolute for peace building, conflict resolution and the provision of basic life necessities including food, shelter and education".

He said the Church would not relent in supporting any government or community policies and initiatives tailored to help improve the living standards of the people.

The Very Reverend James Fynn Aikins, Superintendent Minister of the Church in-charge of the circuit deplored the growing get-rich-quick attitude among the youth, as well as their reluctance to engage in agriculture.

He charged traditional authorities to set in motion programmes aimed at exposing the youth to the achievements of role models in agriculture. The superintendent minister said as children of today were being exposed to both positive and negative effects of global technological advancement, civil society must guard against the exchange of the nation's cultural values with foreign ones.

Nana Kwabena Asemia, Chief of Nkrankwanta, who presided, commended religious bodies in the town for their peaceful co-existence and urged political parties to emulate them.

He urged the people to register with the national health insurance scheme to access free and quality health care.