ACCRA DIOCESE INDUCTS NEW EXECUTIVES OF CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Story: Ama Tawiah Opare Essilfie, Mamprobi

The Accra Diocese of The Methodist Church Ghana has organised an Induction Service for new Executives of the Diocesan Children’s Ministry.

The Service which was held at the Gethsemane Methodist Chapel in the Mamprobi South Circuit of the Church on Sunday, March 06, 2022 was conducted by the Methodist Bishop of Accra, the Rt Rev Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey.

Rt Rev Borlabi Bortey presented the Bible, the Constitution of The Methodist Church Ghana, and the Byelaws for the Children’s Ministry to each of the newly inducted Executives and charged them to “Diligently search the Holy Scriptures and nurture the Children’s Ministry by its counsel”.

The Children’s Ministry is primarily responsible for the spiritual nurturing of all children within the Church.

The 9-member Executive team has Bro Stephen K. Gyasi as the Diocesan Superintendent and Bro Emmanuel K. Aggrey as the Vice Superintendent. The rest are Bro Henry Abaloo, Secretary; Bro Frederick Annan, Assistant Secretary; Bro Elvis Boakye Sarpong, Financial Secretary; Sis Dinah Amissah, Treasure; Bro Eric Seglah, Ex-Officio; Bro Theophilus Sackey, Ex- Officio and Sis Mavis Armah, Co-opted Member.

The newly inducted Executives will serve a 3-year term of office.

Present at the Induction Service were the Accra Diocesan Lay Chairman, Sis Agatha Ennin Osei, the Accra Diocesan Synod Secretary, the Very Rev Victor B. B. Boyetey, the Accra Diocesan Coordinator of the Children’s Ministry, the Rev John G. Bortey Jnr as well as other Ministers and lay leaders in the Diocese.