National Women Convention of MDCC ends at Agona Swedru

Agona Swedru, March 10, GNA - The National Women Convention of the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) ended at Swedru on Tuesday, with a call on the Ministry to intensify its evangelism to win more souls for the Church.

Addressing the Convention, The Reverend J.K. Addai, Senior Pastor of the Church, urged women to stop devoting all their time, energy and resources to the celebration of funerals rather than propagating the gospel of Christ. The four-day convention was under the theme "Let us rise up and build". The Rev. Addai said truth and honesty should be their watch word whether in marriage, the work place or the Church. He asked women to Endeavour to train their children well, especially the girl-child so that they would grow up to hold key positions in society in future.

"The truth has fallen down in the streets of Ghana and it is incumbent on the Christendom to rise up to reverse the trend in the upcoming end-time" he said. The Senior Pastor said that Jesus Christ was the truth and the way, and that it was therefore significant for the Christians to follow the steps of the Savour of the World to enable them to become ambassadors to spread the gospel. Nana Obokuma Atta IV, Chief of Gomoa Dasum who was Specially Guest at the function, advised the women to exhibit habits that would portray them as truthful members of MDCC.

He urged them to encourage those who stayed away from the church to come and assist spread the word of God to the people. Nana Obokuma Atta who is a prominent member of MDCC, said there was a new wind blowing in the church and that there was the need for all to come together as one body of Christ to build the church. He announced that the management of MDCC would outline new policies and programmes at this year's Peace Festival scheduled to come off in August at Gomoa Mozano in the Central Region, which would address the problems that had bedevilled the church, with the view to improving the welfare of members.

Mrs Cecilia Arthur, National President of the Women Ministry, said the leadership had taken the responsibilities to inculcate into the women the word of God and home management, to enable them to cater for their children. She said when the women accept the word of God they would be in a position to train their children well to become responsible adults in future.

The National President said the women had been offered training in the areas of soap making, batik tie and dye, and book keeping among others, to help improve their income and support their children's education. The Leadership of the Women Ministry donated food items, bed sheets and pillow cases worth 500 Ghana Cedis to the Agona Swedru Government Hospital as part of the social responsibility of the Church.