Pastors urged to emulate the lifestyle of late moderators

Religion for Monday, March 1, 2021

Source: GNA

03/01/2021

Reverend Dr Ms. Vivian Balasu-Addo, Ho East Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, called on Church ministers to emulate the lifestyle of the late Most Reverend Dr Seth Senyo Agidi, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church.

She said that Dr Agidi’s humility, generosity, fear of God, care and selflessness were worth emulating.

Reverend Dr Balasu-Addo said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of the late moderator’s funeral service at the Church’s Missionary Cemetery in Ho over the weekend.

She said the late moderator was passionate about the work of God and the Church.

“He has dedicated his time, energy and comfort to the work of God and to the growth of the Church,” she said.

The presbytery moderator advised pastors to look to God for solutions to their problems and direction rather than to the world.

“Live above reproach and be role models for the herd you lead,” she warned.

The mortal remains of the late moderator were buried at the Ho Kpodzi Missionary Cemetery after the funeral service.

He died at Ho University Hospital on October 10, last year after a short illness.

The late 65-year-old moderator was ordained a minister of the Church after completing a three-year ministerial training at the Trinity Theological Seminary.

He held various positions in the church prior to his election in August 2014 and his inauguration to power on January 11, 2015 as the 13th moderator of the church’s General Assembly.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Madeleine Akpene Kadji-Agidi and four adult children.

The Reverend Dr Lt. Col. (Rtd) Bliss Divine Agbeko, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church, said in a sermon that storms in man’s life are inevitable “but our Jesus is master of the storm”.

He said one could fast and pray, but the answer lay with God adding that “the death of a man of God is not the cessation of the power of God”.

The funeral service, which was broadcast live on Ghanaian television, was attended by Dr Archibald Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ampofo, President of the National Democratic Congress, parliamentarians, church leaders or representatives sisters from Ghana and Togo and traditional leaders, among others.