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Religion of Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-06-04
Ghana's Charismatic Bishops' Conference Speaks Against Government Decision
Ghana's Charismatic Bishops' Conference declared that it did not support the proposal of some members of Parliament to "control the so-called pastors, pastors and churches," accusing the house of bias against the Christian faith .
"We, the Conference of Charismatic Bishops of Ghana, would like to state that we do not support any idea of legislating or controlling the beliefs, beliefs, or religious beliefs of our citizens," said the Secretary-General of the Conference, the United Nations. Father Kwasi Deh indicated.
"The government can not legislate to regulate a person's Christian belief. It would be a flagrant bias against the Christian faith and Christian churches that pastors, prophets or churches be chosen for such legislation, "he continued.
They argued that a well-intentioned regulatory regime would normally have included all other religious sects, but not necessarily intended only for Christians.
"This legislation would logically extend to the way Muslims, traditional healers, bad priests and all other religions are practiced in the country," they argued.
The conference also cited as very important the roles of churches and prophets in national development and therefore does not see the need for Parliament to legislate to regulate them.
"It must be recognized that Ghanaians are patronizing churches and prophets who seek solutions to the myriad of problems of our country today. The problems faced by Ghanaians are, in many cases, not practically solved by the authorities, "the statement said.
The charismatic churches seem to indicate that parliamentarians must "pay attention to the problems that Ghanaians are forced to solve through prayer".
Their comments were launched following calls from some lawmakers last Wednesday in the House to consider the pbading of a law aimed at cracking down on self-proclaimed exploiters and their churches.
The Mfantseman MP, Ekow Hayford, specifically called for the creation of an independent body "supported by law and devoid of any policy", to investigate and control the activities of churches.
But charismatic churches view the movement as a statement of hostilities between the Church of God in Ghana and the government of Ghana, which they say is not healthy.
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