Christians, and churches have been advised to to involve themselves in partisan
politics to educate the public on political issues and matters of national interest.
Pastor Frank Awuah Fordjuor, who gave this advice, observed that even though
education of the citizenry on political issues was essential, it is low this election
year, and said it was the civic duty of the religious bodies to facilitate the
education.
Pastor Fordjuor, the head pastor of the Church of Pentecost (COP) Ablekuma-
Agape District said this at the annual 2020 Christmas Convention held the praye
centre of the Church and ended on the 27 th December in Accra. The ‘’theme, was Jesus the Saviour is Born’’.
In a sermon, pastor Frank Awuah Fordjour, urged Christians to live above reproach through the pursuance of biblical principles.
He said in a country with a majority of Christians it was worrying that crime and
corruption rate was always on the increase, saying that was because the
Christians were not dedicated to the service of God.
“In spite of having a large Christian base in Ghana, the police and other security
services still have a hard time controlling crime which is really bad because
Christians have to show exemplary characters,” he said.
The man of God stated that, currently, political personalities were using the Bible
as a basis to draw in voters and followers to their cause, which was an abuse of
the scriptures but believes it will be prudent for Christians to involve themselves
in partisan politics to reduce corruption, abuse of power for Ghanaians to get
good leadership.
He urged Christian organisations and churches to use the Bible as a tool for the
moral conscience of the government and political leaders, but not to use it to
engage in partisan politics. “The churches’ role in politics is to ensure that citizens in their communities
engaged in peaceful, fair, transparent and accurate elections, and to ensure that
citizens have all the information needed to make the right choice,” Pastor
Fordjuor added. He said successive government had been suppressing the role of the Electoral
Commission (EC) and the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) by
cutting funds to them, thereby crippling their advocacy and educational
outreaches, as such the church should intervene to ensure that all voters were
aware of national issues, participated in political discussions and informed of all
political parties and candidates.
“Although there are instances of politics in the Bible, Jesus refused to partake in it
by refusing to be crowned a king, and by refusing to enter into confrontations
with the Jewish leaders, so should all Christian organisations also desist from
entering into politics,” Pastor Fordjour added.
The head pastor COP Ablekuma-Agape District, pastor Frank Awuah Fordjour call
on all political parties who are aggrieve in the just ended 2020 general elections
to use legal and legitimate means to resolve their grievances and urged the
Electoral commission (EC) it addresses concerns of aggrieved person.