REVERSE H IGH RATE OF IMMORALITY IN SOCIETY (PAGE 21)

THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has called on churches to help reverse the high rate of immorality and indiscipline in the country which are eroding the moral fibre of society.
He said churches, as moral guides, had a huge responsibility to protect and preserve morality in society to enable it to instil uprightness in the people, particularly the youth, to save them from destruction.
“If we are only concerned about saving our souls but do not help to save the souls of others, especially our youth, we will be answerable to our maker one day”, the regional minister stated.
Speaking at the annual delegates’ conference of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Choirs’ Union at Begoro last Sunday, Mr Ampofo said “this is a period of introspection to look into ourselves and wake up to our calls to save society from moral degeneration”.
The event on the theme: “Put on the whole amour of God”, brought together the various choir associations of Presbyterian churches under the Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery.
It was also used to inaugurate the new executive of the union.
Mr Ampofo stated that although many churches had sprung up in every corner of the country lately, immorality and indiscipline had been on the ascendancy, notably among the youth who had become the most vulnerable.
He said although the churches had been carrying out their day-to-day preaching on television and radio stations, they seem to have no answers to evils of society.
Mr Ampofo mentioned the commonest acts of immorality among the youth as indecent dressing, pornography, Internet fraud, lesbianism, homosexualism, disobedience and various acts of indiscipline.
“The evil days are here with us now but we must not throw our hands in despair. All we need to do is to depend on Christ to enable us find to answers to these evils plaguing our society”, he said.
Mr Ampofo pledged that as a leader, he would lead the crusade against indiscipline and immorality as well as teenage pregnancy and HIV/AIDS, which he described as the leading cause of death in the region.
The Chairman of the Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery, Rev. P.K. Dekyem urged Christians to lead upright lives to enable them to become worthy ambassadors of Christ.
“Since we are not battling against flesh and blood, we must avail ourselves of Christ’s power in order to overcome the evils and challenges of this world”, he told the congregation.