THE Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, has thrown a challenge to the church to assist in the realisation of the Better Ghana agenda of President John Evans Atta Mills.
He said the church could use its platform to educate Ghanaians on the policies and programmes of the government to improve the socio-economic conditions of the country.
Mr Amenowode made the call at a thanksgiving service in the Hohoe Municipality on Sunday to climax activities marking the centenary celebration of the Akpafu Odomi Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana.
The celebration was on the theme: “Enhancing Human Dignity”.
The Regional Minister, who is aso a Member of Parliament for Hohoe South, said it was prudent to call on the church, as partners of development, to join forces with the government to work towards the achievement of the aspirations and hopes of the people.
He called on all, especially the youth, to take advantage of the various programmes that the government had introduced to enhance their welfare and mentioned the various modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), the Forest Plantation Development and the Youth in Agriculture programme as examples.
He commended the EP Church for its role in the propagation of the gospel over the years to change society for the better.
Delivering the sermon, Rt Revd Francis Amenu, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the E.P Church, urged Christians not to be detracted by the difficulties in life but continue to keep faith with the Lord.
Rev. Mrs A.A. Obro–Adibo, Akpafu District Pastor, in recounting the history of the church at Odomi, said it began with the first catechist teacher sent from Akpafu Todzi to Odomi in 1910 and paid glowing tribute to the first missionary pastor, Herman Schosser, for sowing the seed of salvation that had grown from 1910 to be a hundred years today.
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