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Assemblies of God Church: Leadership commends Bawumia for promoting religious harmony 
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Assemblies of God Church: Leadership commends Bawumia for promoting religious harmony 

The leadership of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, has lauded Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his instrumental role in promoting religious harmony in Ghana.  The Reverend Dr. Stephen Yenusom Wegam, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, said the Vice President's outreach to churches and the Christian Community across the country was unparalleled.  He described, as phenomenal and amazing, the impact those outreach programs were having on religious harmony in the country.  He gave the commendation when he led a delegation to pay a courtesy call to the Vice President at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday.   Rev. Dr Wegam was elected as the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, at the Church's 30th Biennial General Council Meeting in ...
VP Bawumia Lauds Religious Leaders For Their Roles In Ensuring A Tolerant And A Peaceful Ghanaian Society
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VP Bawumia Lauds Religious Leaders For Their Roles In Ensuring A Tolerant And A Peaceful Ghanaian Society

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended Muslim and Christian leaders in Ghana for their immense contributions to religious tolerance and peace in the country. Addressing thousands of Muslims on Saturday, at the 2021 National Maulid - the celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, S.A.W - Dr. Bawumia said Ghana's global credentials as a religious tolerant and a peaceful nation, has been made possible by the understanding and camaraderie between leaders of the two major religions in the country. "The increasing rate of religious tolerance in the country, leading to the peace we continue to enjoy, has been the collective efforts of all, including, Muslim and Christian leaders," Dr. Bawumia said. "When the National Chief Imam paid a surprise visit to a church a...
NGOs to engage religious leaders to reduce unemployment
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NGOs to engage religious leaders to reduce unemployment

The Network of Associations of Registered Non-governmental organisations (NARNGO), said it will engage religious leaders and interest groups to help create business ventures to reduce unemployment in the country. The Association said religious bodies constituted key institutions that could help realise the developmental aspirations of government. Dr Kofi Lucas, Chairman of the Strategic Consortium, an NGO, at a workshop in Accra, said there was the need to aggressively promote closer partnership in practical terms between government and the corporate church to complement the work of government. The discussion was on the topic: “Venturing into Agriculture and Industries, creating massive jobs for our teeming jobless youth in the church as well as wealth for the investors and f...
COVID-19: Religious leaders have bigger roles to influence behaviour- Dr. Aboagye
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COVID-19: Religious leaders have bigger roles to influence behaviour- Dr. Aboagye

Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has charged religious leaders and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to take active part in the fight against the coronavirus. “In Ghana, people listen more to what the church, mosque and civil society say so I believe you have a bigger mandate in changing behaviour than even the government,” he told a stakeholders’ meeting on COVID-19 in Kumasi. The meeting formed part of the region’s risk communication strategies to sensitize the public on the dangers of the coronavirus and the need to observe the safety protocols. It was attended by representatives from the Christian Council, civil society, police, Information Service Department, National Commission for Civic Education, Regional Coordinating Coun...