THE Head of the Odorkor Area branch of the Church of Pentecost, Prophet James Osei-Amaniampong, has urged Christians to constantly read the Bible and seek knowledge on the right doctrines so that they will not be taken for granted by people who want to enrich themselves in the name of God.
According to him, when lay persons in the church critically availed themselves of the word of God, they would be able to serve God better and truthfully and would also not be swayed by people using the name of God for other purposes.
Prophet Osei-Amaniampong was speaking to the Daily Graphic after a one-week training workshop for lay persons in the church in Accra.
The workshop was to refresh the non-pastoral leaders of the church on the word of God and also empower them to be able to win more souls for Christ.
Some of the topics treated were discipleship, church finances and homiletics.
There was a plenary session which captured the church’s practices targeted at equipping the leaders of the ministry.
He explained that the leadership training was aimed at supporting the church’s vision to produce more dedicated and pragmatic lay leaders who would be diligent workmen of God and would not be ashamed of telling the truth about Christ.
He said those claiming to be men of God were undertaking activities for their personal benefit and using their canal knowledge to sway people from the actual word of God to purely miracles, signs and wonders.
He noted that with the current knowledge-based world and the advent of the Internet, Christians could also take advantage of the varied information on Christianity and other beneficial materials to enrich their stock of knowledge and also assist others in appreciating the goodness of the Almighty.
He also said that not all members could read and acquire knowledge for academic purposes such as Master’s and doctorate degrees, so they must constantly upgrade their knowledge to expand their knowledge about the word of God because the Bible states that some people would perish because they lacked knowledge.
He appealed to Christians to constantly pray for the peace and stability of the country and abide by the tenets of the Holy Bible and added that God would answer them if they prayed to him.
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