Winneba (C/R), Dec 27, GNA- The Accra City Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), Church has inducted three new officers into office to steer its affairs for the next five years.
The officers are Pastor Dr Timothy Yeboah, President, Pastor Geiger Kester Tesia Agbasi, Executive Secretary and Elder Charles Kobina Anoo Quaye, Treasurer.
They were elected during the Conference’s First Quinquennial Session held at Gomoa Kweikrom near Senya.
Held on the theme: “Grounded in the Bible and Focused on the Mission,” it brought delegates from the twenty-three districts of the conference to elect new executives and directors, receive reports from the various churches and also strategise on measures at improving on church growth and development.
The event also saw the church rewarding a number of its past executives, pastors, office staff and workers for their commitment and dedication towards the progress and expansion of the church, and inaugurated a new logo and website.
Pastor Kwakye Adeefe, President of the South West Ghana Union Conference, who inducted the new officers into office, reminded them of their role as Spiritual Leaders of the Conference, a task which demanded more than human wisdom to undertake.
“There is the need to learn that the human heart is wayward and must be strictly guarded by watchfulness and prayers to carry out the mandate entrusted to you wholeheartedly,” he stated.
He further urged them to be selfless and blameless and to win more souls unto Lord and later give good account of their stewardship.
“You must be faithful stewards like Joseph in the house of Potiphar and the kingdom of Pharaoh; like Ezra as he meticulously accounted for the goods of the temple,” he added.
During the induction, Pastor Dr Yeboah vowed to serve in the general interest of Accra City Conference, and as the Executive Committee of the Conference determined.
He also pledged to adhere to the policies of Accra City Conference, West-Central Africa Division and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church, always and at all times and work in harmony with the South West Ghana Union Conference and the West-Central Africa Division Executive Committee in consultation with his fellow officers.
Pastor Dr Yeboah expressed his gratitude to the Almighty God for leading and directing the affairs of the constitutional meeting to a successful end.
He thanked the delegates and the entire church members of the Accra City Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for placing their confidence and trust in him as the President for the next quinquennium term.
“I pray for unity to enable us work together within the framework of the goal of the church to achieve the objectives grounded in the work and focus on the mission.”
He declared his acceptance of the mission and promised to work for the success and progress of the Conference.
Pastor Agbasi also pledged to associate himself with the President as an Executive Officer, to serve under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Conference in consultation with the President and to manage the personnel of the Conference in harmony with the word of God and the church policy.
The Treasurer, Pastor Quaye, vowed to be responsible at providing financial leadership to the Conference by receiving, safeguarding and disbursing of all funds in harmony with the actions of the Executive Committee of Accra City Conference.
Pastor Kwakye Adeefe, in a sermon, urged the conference to stand up for Jesus in the face of opposition, problems and at alll times and never to give up.
He reminded them that Jesus Christ was coming again, hence the need for them to stand up and be prepared for his return and telling the world about it.
“We need to rise and shine to proclaim that the promise of God that Jesus is coming to take us all to some beautiful place where we will be glad and rejoice in salvation, will never fail.”
“Surely Jesus is coming with power, strength and vigour to take us all which we mast not let our heart be troubled, but to trust in God for there is more than enough room in his Father’s house, if this were not so, he will not have told us.”
Later, Pastor Dr Solomon Okoe Trebi Hammond, out-going President of the conference, handed over the baton to the New President, with a call on him to execute his duties fairly and win more souls for church growth and for Jesus.
Mr Kwabena Ofori-Amoah, out-going Communication Director for the Conference, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, thanked the Almighty God for how far he had brought them.
“I am sure the new executives will meet and have a strategic plan for the next five years in collaboration with the executive committee of the church and fully implement them, and to give account of their stewardship when their time is up, ” he added.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey/Christian Akorlie