The former President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, has entreated Ghanaians to desist from putting pressure on state authorities to start regulating activities of churches in the country, even if the attitudes and behaviors of some pastors and church leaders are not the best.
Rather, he suggested religious bodies and organizations under which the churches fall should bring moderating effects on the errant pastors and leaders. Mr. Mahama made the suggestion in an interview with Adom Kasee.
In recent times, several opinions have been expressed that the government should start regulating activities of churches, particularly the ‘one-man-churches’, because some of their leaders’ attitudes and behaviors look un-Christian and questionable.
At the dedication of a chapel of the Ringway Assemblies of God, Osu here in Accra, Adom Kasee caught up with the ex-President, who was a key personality in policy making until recently, and sought his opinion on the issue.
His suggestion was that Ghanaians should leave the corrections and sanctions to religious organizations such as the Christian Council of Ghana, Ghana Pentecostal Council and Charismatic Council; as they are best placed to deal with the charlatan pastors.
Source: adomonline.com
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Ex-President Mahama is dead right! The Christian Council and other religious bodies should be tasked to do this job of regulating the activities of these churches and the like. This however should be in consort with the laws of the land.
If Pastors are showing off with their Rolls Royce phantoms without investing the offering made from the poor and the vulnerable into profitable ventures , how many of these churches have set up scholarship schemes for the brilliant but needy students in their churches, do they take care of the lame, is rather the government who has taken all these chunk of responsibilities on its shoulders, and you expect the government to sit unconcerned, don’t their members enjoy free SHS, health insurance and many others, please Mr Ex President, no wonder you have lost your importance, still incompetenttt
YOUR EXCELLENCY, I BEG TO DIFFER. IF PASTORS ARE EARNING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY AS INCOME WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE THE TAX NET? TAXATION CANNOT BE LEFT IN THE HANDS OF RELIGIOUS BODIES