By Alex Ababio & Sam Arthur
The Director of the Adventist Men Ministry of South Central Ghana Conference , Pastor Josiah Osei Twum has indicated the Ministry’s preparedness to establish men ministries in all branches within their jurisdiction in the country.
He said ,this is necessary, as part of their mandate to demonstrate their commitment in constructing churches buildings in areas with no proper structures to accommodate the members , in order to propagate the gospel of Christ in every Conner, especially in the remotest part of the country.
Pastor Josiah Osei Twum made this statement when he spoke to Ghanaian Watch Online in an interview on the sidelines of the inauguration of the executives of the Adventist Men Ministry of the South Central Ghana Conference of the Adventist Church at Asem in Kumasi.
The mandate of the Adventist Men Ministry is to help construct church buildings to advance the gospel of Christ Jesus in the country.
Pastor Josiah Osei Twum noted that the Ministry would ensure the foundation of their assignment become much stronger to help them to achieve their objectives by extending the gospel to areas where the church has not been established.
” We will ensure the foundation of our mission is well established in order to reach our goal by the time we reach the apex of our mandate,”
” Propagating the gospel is our hallmark ,so we will live up to our task with love and strength as all these men are rallying behind me to extend and expand the gospel of Jesus Christ to villages. We will ensure we close every gap in terms of prioritising construction of church buildings in those areas to the glory of God ” ,he stressed
He said the Ministry had plans to purchase a vehicle to facilitate their movements to places to accomplish their mission.
” Besides this task, we have decided to purchase a vehicle to convey the men to the mission sites, and also help the various branches of the church to construct pavilions for them.”
Pastor Josiah Osei Twum noted that as part of their responsibilities they would extend a helping hand to the needy , particularly children in various orphanage homes, widows and people in prisons to help lessen their plights and also put smiles on their faces.
He used the opportunity to admonished men in the church to have greater responsibility in managing their homes with passion to exhibit love for their wives , children and the rest of the family.
” Men should endeavor to commit themselves to everything concerning the welfare of their families, especially taking care of their children’s education”
He was hopeful with the commissioning of the Men’s Ministry, they would come together and develop effective networks to facilitate propagation of the gospel and help deepening a good relationship with themselves for their own good.
On his part ,a member of the Men’s Ministry of the Church Elder Isaac Owusu encouraged the men in the church to be challenged by the works and contributions of the women’s ministry to the growth of the church , and try to position themselves to establish a benchmark for the women to learn from them.
” I would want to remind all men in the church that we have strength and courage to push the gospel to a greater heights, so that the Women Ministry would rather learn from us .”
He admonished branches of the church who currently have no burden of construction of church buildings to extend their helping hand to the rest of the churches with no suitable church buildings to start putting up a befitting structures to accommodate them to worship God.
” Some members of the church are only preoccupied with houses they are building for themselves to the detriment of God’s temple. There are a huge number of congregants who cannot go to church whenever it rains, because they do not have structures to accommodate them .We should endeavor to build church buildings for such people to glorify God .”
