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Don't go down in history as the President who persecuted the Church – 670 Pastors to Akufo-Addo
Aug 6, 2020
The persecution of the church and its clergy could be one of the legacies of President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government, the Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Clergy (APCC), which is made up of 670 pastors across Ghana, has said.
APCC said in a statement signed by its General Secretary Rev John Armah that since Mr Akufo-Addo took office, the Christian church and clergy have not known peace.
“Never have we seen, in the history of Ghana, a government launch a sustained campaign and attack on the body of Christ”, the statement said, explaining: “It would not be in error to call this a government-sponsored attack on the Church considering the fact that the vitriol started with a presidential staffer, then an NPP Member of Parliament and recently the NPP’s Ashanti regional chairman”.
“These have been encored by the government’s legion of social media commentators repeating these attacks”, the statement, which is dated 4 August 2020, noted.
In the pastors’ view, even though Ghana is a country made up of about 70 per cent Christians, and, thus, “one would have thought that any government that really seeks to develop this country will do so in tandem with the church”, “unfortunately, for almost 4 years, the church had faced stiff opposition from this government”.
APCC chronicled the following to make its point: “One of the first things this government did after coming into power was to pursue almost every influential man of God in this nation. Strange and unimaginable inquisitions of Reverend Ministers and Bishops were vigorously pursued”.
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