‘Educate women to be more assertive’
The Katiejeli District Pastor of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (E.P Church, Ghana), Reverend Mathew Emmanuel Moh, has called on pastors and church leaders to sensitise their members, especially women, to the activities of charlatans in the church.
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He said the sensitisation would enable many women to know their rights in the church and avoid falling victims to religious charlatans who were perpetuating all kinds of abuses against women in the name of religious rites and worship.
Reverend Moh, who is also the Women’s Facilitator of the church, made the call in Tamale during the annual women’s conference of the E.P Church, Ghana.
It was held on the theme “God of life, lead us to justice, peace and development of women” and drew participants from the church throughout the country.
During such conferences, the women deliberate on problems that affect them and seek solutions from the leadership of the church to address them.
Reverend Moh said some women fell victims to the activities and machinations of those charlatans as a result of desperation to find solutions to their problems and urged them to stop being desperate and approach God in faith and they would get solutions to their problems.
He also used the occasion to call on pastors to preach against gender-based violence, as there were all kinds of discrimination against the girl-child, even in Christian homes.
The Presbytery Synod Moderator of the E.P Church, Ghana, Rev. Humphrey Alidu, urged the women to let peace and love dwell among them.
He said they could only live in love and harmony by being desirous of Christ at all times.
“People claim to be walking in Christ whilst their works are those of darkness and evil and I urge you to shun all kinds of darkness and let the love of Christ dwell richly in you,” he admonished.
The Women’s Desk Officer of the church, Reverend Mabel Morny, entreated women to be bold and champion issues that affect their lives.
She particularly urged them to take active roles in the fight against climate change, as its consequences would be felt more by women than their male counterparts.
