News:
September 18, 2013
The Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr J. B. Danquah-Adu, was at the weekend honoured by the Apostolic Church of Ghana for his financial assistance to the church and the community.
This is the third time within a month that the MP had been honoured, the first and second by the Osiem branch of the Church of Pentecost and the Old Tafo branch of the Presbyterian Church respectively, which benefited from Mr Danquah-Adu’s largesse to improve their infrastructure.
Mr Danquah-Adu presented 100 bags of cement and an amount of GH¢25,000 two years ago for the construction of a new building for the Ati Assembly in the Tafo Area of the Apostolic Church.
Having realised that the amount was insufficient, the MP further pledged to finance the cost of fixing the floor tiles of the chapel.
In honouring Mr Danquah-Adu, which coincided with a joint service of the Tafo Area of the church, the President of the Apostolic Church of Ghana, Apostle Ebenezer Nsesa Abrebrese, described the MP as a man who had helped to improve not only the infrastructure of the Apostolic Church but all denominations within the constituency, which, to him, was helping to mould the moral character of the people.
In a sermon on the theme: “A season of Blessings”, which was based on Psalm 102, Apostle Abebrese told the congregation that anybody who assisted to improve the work of God was amply rewarded with blessings.
He said the good works of Mr Danquah-Adu, which were not seen only in the improvement of the infrastructure of the various religious denominations but also in the lives of the poor and needy in society, would follow him, adding that God usually transformed ordinary people to be extraordinary so that they would render services to man and God.
In response, Mr Danquah-Adu, who received a citation on a plaque embossed with the church’s emblem, stated that he was hopeful his assistance to the various religious groups would enable them to mould the character of their members for a peaceful and prosperous society.
He expressed appreciation to the church for the honour done him and gave an assurance to continue assisting it.
Earlier, the minister in charge of the Tafo Area of the church, Apostle S.K. Teye, traced the history of the Ati Assembly, as well as the entire Tafo Area, which, he indicated, had grown both spiritually and physically.
Daily Graphic