President Akufo-Addo, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto (right), Mr Simon Osei Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister (3rd left), Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (left), Asanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party and some party and government officials at the funeral of the late Mrs Joyce Obeng

President mourns with Calvary Charismatic Centre Head Pastor

Kwadwo Baffoe Donkor Jan - 06 - 2020 , 10:37

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Saturday joined sympathisers and members of the Calvary Charismatic Centre (CCC) at Ayigya in the Ashanti Region for the burial ceremony of Mrs Joyce Obeng, wife of the head pastor of the church, Pastor Ransford Obeng.

The President, together with some regional executive members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and government officials as well as members of the diplomatic corps, pastors and traditional rulers, commiserated with the family of the deceased and the members of the church.

There were also other political party officials including the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, and some regional executive members of the NDC.

Head Pastor

Pastor Obeng is the head pastor of the largest English congregation of the church in Kumasi.

With branches all over the country and other parts of the world, the church has a large following within the Ashanti Region, particularly the Kumasi metropolis.

Sermon

Delivering the sermon at the memorial service, the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, asked Christians to show love and affection to their loved ones while alive and not wait until their death to do so.

He said people felt loved and cherished when relations showed that they loved them.

Pastor Otabil said that Mrs Obeng led a life that would earn her a place in the life after resurrection, where she would reign for eternity with Christ in his kingdom.