Church of Christ Ministers fellowship inaugurated

THE Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Nii Amasah Namoale, has said that some members of the clergy in the country have lost credibility as a result of their political affiliation.
He explained that it was not wrong for a minister of the gospel to belong to a political party, but, "you must watch your utterances when you mount the pulpit as leaders of the church." he added.
Nii Namoale said this in his presentation at the inauguration of the Church of Christ Ministers Fellowship (COCMINFIL) in Accra.
He said that the work of the pastor must be to the service of the members of the congregation and not to exploit them for the selfish interest of the pastor.
He said the government was in the process of developing the agricultural sector to make it attractive for the youth, and noted that “when we are able to produce enough to feed ourselves, we can then export the rest to generate foreign capital to support the economy while creating job for the jobless.”
He, therefore, appealed to the youth to make themselves available for such projects for the country to grow more to feed her people.
On his presentation on the theme, “Synergy, A Tool for Organisation Development” An Evangelist of the church, Mr John Tamakloe, said the need for professionalism by the leadership of the church necessitated the theme and the lecture.
Mr Tamakloe explained that for a greater productivity of any organisation, including the church, there was the need for an inter dependent role by all the stakeholders in the industry.
He told the pastors that they would only succeed in their calling when they as pastors identified their own gifts and that of other members in the church and harness it for the good of all.
For his part, a UK based Management Consultant, Mr Noble Kumawu called on the leadership of the church to concentrate their efforts on developing the human resource base of the church, “things don’t get done in the church, because pastors focus on the task rather than the people.”
Mr Kumawu also said that it was important that the leaders of the church today paid attention to the standards they, as pastors, had set for the members to follow and maintain.
A seven member team led by Mr Isaac Arthur as its chairman was also put in place to lead the fellowship for the next four years, including Mr Charles Nii Odotei Odoi, Mr Joseph Appiah and Paul Ntim Maanoh. The rest are, Mr Solomon Antwi Mireku, Mr Isaac Desmond Donkoh and Mr Hubert Willie Gley.

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An elder of the Church, Mr Douglas Boateng, congratulating the executive shortly after their inauguration.