By Regina Benneh
Duayaw-Nkwanta (Ahafo), April 14, GNA – The Right Reverend Kwaku Effah, the Methodist Bishop of the Sunyani Diocese has urged churches to help tackle the growing trend of indiscipline in the country.
That could be done if churches concentrate on building the youth to become matured in Christianity, he stated in an interview with the media on the side-lines of the 46th annual synod of the Methodist of Ghana held at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region.
It was under the theme “Discipleship: growing into Christian maturity”, and attended by Diocesan executives, the standing committees of the church, members of the coordination offices and pastors’ wives.
The synod enabled the church to take stock and highlighted the previous year’s achievements, looked into emerging challenges and projected for the future. Rt Rev Effah noted that Christian maturity and a strengthened faith in God would make the youth disciplined and principled and urged the churches to form youth groups and provide employable skills training to create job opportunities for the youth.
“The youth groups will bring young people together, provide them with employable skills training to build on their future”, he stated, asking Christians not to live to please themselves, instead strive to live to please God.
That would enable them to grow into Christian maturity and entreated the churches to also prioritise the spiritual growth and development of their members, saying the lives of Christians developed physically, spiritually, emotionally and socially.
“Christian maturity is not about age or positions in the church, but a life characterized by holiness and righteousness”, he stated and urged Christians to pray constantly to strengthen their relationships with God.
They must also always seek the Holy Spirit guidance and look onto Jesus Christ and eschew sin and to live righteously.
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