The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has said that the 5-year strategic vision of the church primarily focuses on equipping the members and releasing them into society as agents of transformation for ministry outside church auditoriums.
According to him, “in the context of Vision 2023, what we do in the church will not be considered as a ministry, rather what we do outside the church auditorium. Each one of us must, therefore, look for opportunities for ministry at home, at the workplace, in the community, and wherever we may be.”
He further explained that “the work we do in the church during meetings or services will be our contribution to equipping members with the required resources for ministry, however, the actual ministry work is what each member of the church does outside the church auditorium; and this ministry must begin at the home, because the family is the basic unit of every society.”
Apostle Eric Nyamekye said this on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, when he met with ministers and officers of the Agona Swedru Area as part of his weeklong visit to the Central Region.
Touching on Vision 2023, the Chairman said that the declining rate of moral decadence in the society does not reflect a country which has over two-thirds of its population claiming to be Christians. This, he attributed this to the fact that many Christians fail to take righteousness of God beyond the walls of church auditoriums.
He said that the proliferation of churches in the country has done little to change the fortunes of the country for the better, thus validating Proverbs 14:34 that “righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.”
Apostle Eric Nyamekye said that Vision 2023, which has as its theme: “Possessing the Nations: Equipping the Church to Transform Every Sphere of Society with Values and Principles of the Kingdom of God,” would, therefore, seek to bridge this gap.