Speaking on Citi Fm’s Breakfast show on Monday June 6, the Archbishop opined that, “I’m feeling a lot of unrest and agitation in my spirit concerning 2012 and even 2013 because what I’m perceiving is that it’s not just 2012 but whoever wins and the way they win would also determine a lot of things.
“The outcome would have to be acceptable on both sides to prevent any possible unrest in the country so the prayers must not just be done for 2012 but we have to pray into 2013 so that after the elections and the transition, it would all be peaceful and that God’s hand would guide the whole process to bring stability and I believe that if God helps us and Ghana prevails and makes it through 2013, Ghana would fly by 2014”.
Archbishop Duncan Williams’ caution comes on the back of recent unrests in the West Africa sub region, with the renowned man of God saying “there is an evil wind blowing.”
“As much as in some of the places one would say that it’s a positive thing in the sense that certain people have held onto power for so long a time and wouldn’t let go, it’s a wind of change therefore it’s a good thing but at the same time if it is not well handled and managed, evil forces can take advantage of the wind of change to destablise and disorganize true governance and create a lot of difficulties.
“If you look at what had happened in Cote d’Ivoire, before then the war in Liberia and when the war in Liberia was going on, there was nothing in Sierra Leone and the church in Sierra Leone just took things for granted and felt like they were safe.
“A lot of Liberians went down into Sierra Leone to seek refuge and immediately the war ended in Liberia, there was an outbreak of war in Sierra Leone so looking at the past history of Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire and even Rwanda – the genocide which was a result of a radio discussion that triggered that whole evil flame that led to the distraction and murder of so many people… we need to wake up and start reading the signs and take heed and not take for granted the peace and stability we have in this country”.
Archbishop Duncan Williams, who also doubles as the National Chairman of the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC) said although there is the need for both politicians and the church to work together in ensuring that there is absolute peace in the country, “I’ll take on any President and any government and any political party if ever I feel like they are threatening the existence of the church or the peace of the nation is under some kind of danger as a result of a pronouncement or a stance they are taking”.
Commenting on the rise in arrests of supposed men of God for committing various crimes including sexual assault, he said it is not new and is not just a happening in Ghana but across the world. He however said the NACCC would take ameliorative measures.
To practicalise his concern about the rising political tension, Archbishop Duncan Williams has led a number of men of God and a host of believers to lift up prayers to the Almighty God to intervene in Ghana’s impending elections under the theme-‘Provoking God for divine turn around through corporate prayer’.
The prayer program, according to the Archbishop would be taken to other regions in the country. The next prayer conference would be on June 10 at the Christian Action Faith Ministries because the country is currently in the rainy season. The first session was held at the Accra Sports stadium.
See original here: