WESLEYAN REVIVAL OUTREACH TRAIN HITS ACCRA NEW TOWN CIRCUIT

Story: Sarah Naa Merley Mensah & Emmanuel Ashong, Accra

The 7^th Wesleyan Revival Outreach programme has ended with a Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, June 19, 2022 at the Rev J. E. Allotey Pappoe Memorial Methodist Chapel, in the Accra New Town Circuit of The Methodist Church Ghana. 

The 3-day Outreach programme which came off from June 16 - 18, 2022 at the Ascension Park, Kotobabi, Accra was organised by the Evangelism, Mission and Renewal (EMR) Office of the Accra Diocese. It was on the theme “Discipleship: Living the Transformed Life in Jesus Christ”.

Opening the Outreach programme, the Superintendent Minister of the Accra New Town Circuit, the Very Rev Samson N. A. M Laryea-Adjei prayed for a fertile ground to win souls for Christ.

The Chaplain of the Methodist University College Ghana, the Very Rev Dr Samuel Nii Nmai Ollenu, who was the main speaker at the Outreach programme, appealed to residents of the community to surrender their lives to God, stressing, “God promises His ultimate protection over they who come to Him”.

He elaborated on the need for salvation as the only escape from the broad way, which he noted, ends in hell. “The more the drunkenness, fornication, adultery and other social vices, the more you lose your peace in life”, he warned, adding, “Jesus needs no changed heart but welcomes us just as we are in our guilt of sin".

Scores of residents gave their lives to God in response to an altar call by the Very Rev Dr Ollenu. Special prayers were said for the new converts.

Thanksgiving Service

The Outreach programme ended with a Thanksgiving Service organised at the various Societies within the Accra New Town Circuit. At the J. E. Allotey Pappoe Memorial Methodist Chapel, congregants were asked to “emancipate yourselves from mental slavery”. According to the Very Rev Richmond Abaka, a Circuit Minister at the Dansoman Circuit, such a move will set one free, iterating, “when Jesus sets you free, you are free indeed”.

He touched on the need to consistently engage in evangelism and appealed for prioritisation of evangelism activities. “Evangelism is a simple act because it can take place right where you are. For where you find yourself most is your Jerusalem", he explained.

A special appeal was made to raise funds to support evangelism activities in the Diocese.