METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS NEW LAY PRESIDENT

Story: Emmanuel Ashong, Winneba

The Methodist Church Ghana has elected Bro Kwesi Atta Antwi as the next Lay President of the Church after a run-off election held on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at its 50th Annual and 12th Biennial Conference currently underway at the Ebenezer Methodist Cathedral, Winneba.

A member of the Wesley Society, Kumasi in the Kumasi Circuit of the Kumasi Diocese, Bro Atta Antwi has served the Church in several capacities at various levels.

He polled 256 votes, representing 68.63% of ballots cast to go pass his closest contender, Sis Grace Nkrumah-Mills of the Wesley Society, Akosombo in the Akosombo Circuit of the Somanya Diocese, who secured 117 votes representing 31.37%.

The Lay President of The Methodist Church Ghana is mandated by the Methodist Constitution to “assist the Presiding Bishop in giving leadership to the Church in addition to carrying out duties that may be assigned to him/her by Conference and by the Presiding Bishop”.

He/she also presides over the Representative Session of Conference and General Directorates in the absence of the Presiding Bishop.

Bro Atta Antwi who is a Past Lay Chairman of the Kumasi Diocese and a Management Consultant, will take office from October, 2023 when the three year mandate of the incumbent, Bro William Orleans Oduro [Esq] expires.