Grace Baptist Church touches lives with Charity Day event

Madam Ama Nkatia bubbles with excitement as she took delivery of clothing to enrich her wardrobe. The mother in her early 60s is also happy to receive other stuff to share with members of her household.

She is among hundreds of church and community members within the Amakom, Asem and Asafo suburbs of Kumasi who trooped to the premises of Grace Baptist Church to receive the material blessings.

Rev. Robert Asante, Head Pastor of the Grace Baptist Church, notes that churches have the obligation to meet both the spiritual and financial needs of their congregation and community to achieve a holistic ministry of the Gospel of Christ.

He says the physical wellbeing of members is important to uplift them spiritually, hence the Church’s resolve to embark on exercises geared towards affecting the lives of people in the community.

“God has demonstrated to humanity that the best life is the life that gives to lift up other people to a higher level,” he stated in reference to the sacrificial death of Christ for the salvation of humanity.

In living the essence of the Easter season, the Grace Baptist Church organized a ‘Charity Day’ event where endowed members of the Church shared all sort of materials with the deprived in the church and the general community. Items included clothing, household essentials and foodstuff.

Mrs. Elizabeth Pokua Addai, Vice-Chair of the Church’s Welfare Committee, observed the general economic challenges in the country affect the regular church attendance of some members who are unable to afford material needs such as clothing.

“This exercise will help Christians who are in need to come to church to build their faith and enhance their spiritual growth. This is also a community-based action to reach out to the larger society,” she stated.

The Grace Baptist Church has been offering educational grants and skills development to members, regularly supporting payment of health insurance premium and providing monthly allowance for the aged, infirmed and orphaned.

“One of the objectives of this Church is to inch towards the first century church in terms of the demonstration of love and showing compassion and sharing what we have with other people,” stated Rev. Asante.

Story by Kofi Adu Domfeh 

Baptist pastor warns of terrible times if Ghanaians stay in corruption

The insurgence of robbery attacks and other social vices would continue to be manifested in the Ghanaian society if the citizenry fails to live in accordance with the dictates of their religion.

This is the observation of Rev. Robert Asante, Head Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Kumasi when he spoke to Luv Fm on his New Year message.

According to him, the high percentage - over 70 percent - of the population claiming to be Christians contradicts the high levels of corruption in the country.

Rev. Asante therefore concluded that people in the Churches are practicing corruption because they have compromised their faith in attempt to get worldly satisfaction.

“All those who call themselves Christians should live by the tenants of our faith; they should live for Christ; they should take the example of Jesus Christ who came to model what a real human being should be like,” he stated.

The real need of each of us is to have life and real life is in Jesus, said the Pastor, noting that people are being dispossessed of their wealth because the nation is not living as Christ expects.

“Don’t let us be stealing the resources of the nation as we are doing. Public officers, politicians, even pastors who are taking advantage of people, let’s live for Christ, let’s serve humanity because Christ came to serve humanity; let’s serve one another and we’ll be better off than individuals amassing wealth and getting armed robbers to attack us.”

 

Rev. Asante admonished that terrible things are ahead unless Ghanaians change their ways of life.

“Politicians let’s change, pastors let’s change, public servants let’s change, police officers let’s change, customs officer, let us all change and ensure that we actually mobilize resources for the nation rather than for ourselves,” he stated.

Story by Kofi Adu Domfeh