{"id":440748,"date":"2011-06-14T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/churches-called-upon-to-fight-against-poverty\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T08:22:11","slug":"churches-called-upon-to-fight-against-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/churches-called-upon-to-fight-against-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches called upon to fight against poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"57.2755659641\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/general-news\/\" title=\"View all posts in General News\" rel=\"category tag\">General News<\/a> \u00bb Churches called upon to fight against poverty<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Reverend Dr Kojo Osei-Wusu, President of the Ghana Baptist University College, has called on the Church to provide the needed leadership in the fight to purge the society of injustices.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Church must everything to help achieve some level of fairness to make life a bit comfortable for all.<\/p>\n<p>Rev Osei-Wusu who was preaching at a special service by the Grace Baptist Church in Kumasi, on the theme: \u201cContending earnestly for the faith through evangelism and social action \u2013 Meeting the criteria for passing God\u2019s final exams,\u201d said the Church must stand with the poor and the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Church should act as powerful advocacy for those who had no means to support themselves and were in distress.<\/p>\n<p>Rev Osei-Wusu condemned the hypocrisy of people professing to be Christians but whose actions tended to worsen the suffering of the poor.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was important for all followers of Christ to accept to support the poor and the under-privileged, stressing that Christians were enjoined by their faith to extend the love of God to the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/06\/14\/churches-called-upon-to-fight-against-poverty\/\" title=\"Churches called upon to fight against poverty\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Churches called upon to fight against poverty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb General News \u00bb Churches called upon to fight against poverty Page last updated at Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:08 AM \/\/ The Reverend Dr Kojo Osei-Wusu, President of the Ghana Baptist University College, has called on the Church to provide the needed leadership in the fight to purge the society of injustices. 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