THE Central Ghana Conference (CGC) and the South Central Ghana Conference (SCGC) of the Seventh Day Adventist Church have ordained 11 pastors to enhance effective ministry in the church.
While the CGC ordained seven pastors, the SCGC ordained four pastors.
The programme, which attracted many members of the church, was on the theme: “Ordination to the Gospel Ministry”.
Three of the ordained pastors obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion while eight of them obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology from Ghana’s Premier Private University – Valley View University (VVU) at Oyibi.
The ordination was part of the church’s activities performed to spiritually usher the pastors into the hands of the Almighty God for their special and sacred roles as ministers of God.
In his address, the Communications Director of the CGC, Pastor Peter Obeng Manu said pastors had won many souls for the church to the glory of God.
He, therefore, urged the ordained pastors to be committed to their call to win many more souls for the kingdom of God.
The Ministerial Secretary of the Ghana Union Conference (GUC), Pastor Dr F.Y. Adu-Gyamfi, who delivered the sermon, told the new pastors to study the Bible as regularly as possible to enrich their spiritual call.
He captioned his sermon “Not by might” and based it on Zechariah 4:6.
Pastor Adu-Gyamfi explained that it was only with the regular studying of the Bible that they would acquire the requisite tools needed to work effectively and efficiently as Ministers of God.
He said as special people called into the ministry of God, it was important for them also to make Jesus Christ their only model of hope, for them to realise their objectives.
Pastor Adu-Gyamfi said it was equally important for them to pray continuously to enhance their spiritual, physical, emotional, social and economical growth.
He said as pastors, they would encounter many challenges, but with courage and perseverance, they would be able to overcome all challenges to glorify God.
“Today that you are being ordained into the gospel ministry, a responsibility has been entrusted upon your shoulders. A force or power is behind you, and that power is the Holy Spirit,” he stated.
For his part, the President of the GUC, Pastor Dr Samuel Adama Larmie, who took the ordained pastors through the charge of the SDA church, urged them “to teach intelligently and doctrinally.”
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