The 50 church buildings to be constructed in selected rural communities of the Greater Accra Region would have a seating capacity ranging from 200 to 450 and would include offices and a children’s chapel. The company is also putting up 50 two-bedroom self-contained places of residence for pastors who would be posted to these rural communities.
Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the project at New Ningo in the Ningo Prampram District on Monday, the Executive Chairman of First Sky Group, Eric Seddy Kutortse, explained that decision was motivated by the covenant established between the company and God to invest in advancing the Kingdom of God through the activities of the church.
Mr Kutortse also stressed that the gesture was also consistent with the company’s policy to commit 30 per cent of its profit after tax to building churches and taking care of the less privileged in the country, adding that over the past eight years, the company had constructed 72 church buildings across the country and also donated GH¢ 34 million to the Renal Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to bring relief to humanity.
He said as part of the contribution to assist the church’s growth, the company decided to build 50 church auditoriums and 50 mission houses in rural communities of the Greater Accra Region to help the growth of missions of the Assemblies of God, adding that the project would be completed by the end of the year.
This year, God has spoken to us to construct 50 churches for the Greater Accra Region of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, and this was confirmed by Rev. Andrews N. Awintia, the Greater Accra East Regional Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana when he visited my office. “So, we knew that this is coming from the Lord,” he said.
Appreciation
The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church Ghana, Rev. Dr Stephen Wengam, commended the directors, management, and staff of FSG for assisting the church’s growth emphasising that the gesture fell in line with the Legacy Temple project, a transformation agenda initiated by the Assemblies of God, Ghana.
An artistic impression of the church auditorium.
Rev. Wengam said 60 per cent of Assemblies of God churches in Ghana were in rural areas and not blessed with decent places of worship, hence his vision to encourage members of the church to build temples in rural areas.
He encouraged individuals, groups of persons, and agencies within the church to put up the buildings in places of their choice adding that church members, who took the initiative to build temples for churches, would be honoured at the general council meeting. “They shall receive special awards, and have their names immortalised on the walls of the church buildings”.
He urged the members of the church to be involved in all church activities and also take care of the leaders by praying for them and seeking their welfare to promote God’s work.
Rev. Andrews N. Awintia, the Greater Accra East Regional Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana, said the projects when completed would reduce the number of local churches that worshipped in classrooms and under trees in the rural communities and help the growth of missions of the Assemblies of God.
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