NEWLY INDUCTED OFFICERS OF ACCRA DIOCESAN BRIGADE TAKE OFFICE

Story: Emmanuel Ashong, Accra

The Accra Diocesan branch of the Association of Methodist Brigades [AMB] Ghana has new officers.

The new officers were inducted into office at an Induction Service officiated by the Methodist Bishop of Accra Diocese, the Rt Rev Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey, at the Rev Thomas Birch Freeman Memorial Methodist Chapel, James Town, Accra on March 12, 2023.

Led by Bro Lawrence Nii Ayi Dzaku as Coordinator, the new executive body is made up of Evangelist Patrick Alexander Amissah, Immediate Past Coordinator; Sis Elfreda Naa-Abia Cleland, Vice Coordinator; Bro Erasmus Nii Ayi Hammond, Secretary, and Bro Nii Adjetey John Laryea-Oakmond, Assistant Secretary.

The rest are Bro Nathan Theodore Nii Kpakpa Quartey, Treasurer; Sis Theolinda Yaa Boahema Amoah, Financial Secretary; Bro Emmanuel Theophilus Nettey, Band Master; Bro Edward Baah, and Sis Rachael Naa Afi Tackie, Co-opted Members.

Presenting the new officers for induction, the Accra Diocesan Youth Organiser, the Rev Edward Niikwei Okine disclosed that the AMB is mandated by the Church as an organisation under the Youth Development Ministry [YDM] “for the training of young people in line with the mission and vision of the Church”.

Inducting the new officers into office, Rt Rev Borlabi Bortey prayed that God may "endue them with purities of life and grant them the anointing of Your Spirit that they may be seen as leaders of integrity.”

The officers were decorated in their regalia of office as an “outward mark for their appointment”. Bishop Borlabi Bortey presented the Holy Bible, the Constitution of The Methodist Church Ghana, and the AMB Bye-Laws to the Coordinator as the “symbols of office”.

The Service was attended by the Immediate Past Lay President of The Methodist Church Ghana, Bro Bernard Clement Kwasi Botwe, the Immediate Past Lay Chairman of the Accra Diocese, Sis Agatha Ennin Osei, the Superintendent Minister of the Accra South Circuit, the Very Rev Solomon Patterson and other past and serving officers of the Lay Movement Council at various levels of the Church.

The new officers will serve a 3-year term of office.