The Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church in Ghana, Most Rev. Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, has stated that poor leadership has been the biggest problem in the country
He observed that everywhere in the country, one found a problem with leadership.
“Ghana is not a poor country. It’s mismanagement and the stealing of our resources by selfish leaders that have brought us where we are.
So, I’d like to urge you to use the opportunity God has given you to serve God’s people,” he admonished.
He said this yesterday, January 11, in a sermon after inducting a nine-member Connexional officers of the Methodist Guild at the Bethel Methodist Church in the New Aplaku Circuit.
The officers, who have Maxwell Amoah as their Chairman, were elected during the 19th/30th Delegates Connexional Guild Conference held in October last year, and have accepted to serve the Lord, the church and the Methodist Guild.
The other officers are the Vice-Chairman, Noah Bright Ayisi; the immediate past Chairman, Patience Ameyaa Sam; the Secretary, Benjamin Fiifi Graham; the assistant Secretary, Esther Armoo; the Treasurer, Francis Kofi Arko, and the organiser, Paul Clement Frimpong.
The rest are Evangelism Coordinator, Wilhelmina Mavis Baiden; co-opted member, Emmanuel Panyin Eshun; co-opted member, Atta Dabone Snr; and executive member, Evangelist Ebenezer Fosu Dadzie.
Most Rev. Professor Asamoah-Gyadu charged the new officers not to enter the office they had been elected to with any set agenda.
Leadership
“I’d like to challenge you to make a difference.
Today’s leadership is called and anointed for purpose.
It is the Spirit of God who anoints God’s people for God’s purpose.
So, see this position as a position in which you are anointed to serve.
Leadership is about service, and Christian leadership is about washing people’s feet, giving of yourself to them,” he said.
Taking his sermon text from Mark 1:1, he said Christian leadership was about bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and as such, their credibility as witnesses should begin with the encounter with the word of Jesus.
