By Dennis Peprah, GNA
Sunyani (Bono), April 6, GNA – The Right Reverend Dr Festus Yeboah Asuamah, Anglican Bishop of the Sunyani Diocese, has urged world leaders to appreciate, reflect on and apply the resurrection of Jesus Christ in building a closer relationship with God, amid rising global insecurity.
He said lasting global peace could not be achieved unless the world embraced the “power of the resurrection,” stressing that “Christ is the Prince and embodiment of peace that assures hope to the whole world.”
Rt Rev Dr Asuamah made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani while delivering the Easter message of the Diocese.
He expressed the regret that Christians across the world were celebrating Easter at a time when humanity was deeply wounded by violence, hatred, bitterness and polarisation, which continued to divide communities and nations and fuel deadly wars.
The Anglican Bishop cited the Russia–Ukraine war as a major ongoing conflict, adding that tensions in Palestine, particularly in Gaza and the West Bank, continued to escalate, with growing involvement of Israel, Iran and the United States.
In Africa, he noted that Sudan was grappling with a devastating civil war, Ethiopia was experiencing renewed clashes, while persistent fighting continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and the Sahel region, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria.
Rt Rev Dr Asuamah expressed concern that chieftaincy and ethnic conflicts remained the most direct and widespread threats to peace and security in Ghana, with hundreds of unresolved disputes across the country.
“Too many families wake up each day to fear instead of peace, to uncertainty instead of security.
“Today we witness economic instability, injustice, suffering on a global scale and hostilities that continue to destroy lives and displace families,” he said.
Rt Rev Dr Asuamah emphasised that the resurrection assured humanity that suffering and death did not define the future, but Christ did.
He said Christ reminded the world that the light He brought could dispel the darkness of painful realities, and that His resurrection declared that death did not have the final word.
According to him, the resurrection of Christ was God’s decisive response to sin, death and despair, demonstrating that love had triumphed, light had overcome darkness, and mercy had conquered sin.
“The Lord is Risen isn’t just a proclamation of Christ’s resurrection only to our brothers and sisters in Christ, but we are also called to proclaim this joy and assurance of hope to the whole world,” he said.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah