{"id":443706,"date":"2017-12-05T02:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T02:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/there-is-a-moral-slide-in-churches-osafo-maafo\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T02:42:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T02:42:03","slug":"there-is-a-moral-slide-in-churches-osafo-maafo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/there-is-a-moral-slide-in-churches-osafo-maafo\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a moral slide in churches \u2013 Osafo Maafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/77765655.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rti Maafo\" title=\"Rti Maafo\" width=\"295\" height=\"185\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mr. Maafo lamented that the church is losing its position as the moral torchlight in the society<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512441723_447_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Minster, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has said that there is a moral slide in churches in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, churches embrace criminals and corrupt individuals so far as these individuals can provide the financial assistance they need.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented that the church is losing its position as the moral torchlight in the society, as well as the fight against corruption in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first the churches won\u2019t touch you if you have been to jail, let alone come and preside over a harvest occasion. But these days the churches have ignored this part. There is a moral slide and it is therefore important what we do as an example to the society\u201d, Mr. Osafo Maafo said. <\/p>\n<p>The Senior Minister made these submissions during a panel discussion at the launch of the National Anti-Corruption and Transparency week on Monday, November 4, 2017 at the La Palm Royal Beach hotel. <\/p>\n<p>He made reference to instances whereby the church looks out for wealthy people to chair their financial events such as harvest programmes without considering the source of the person\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if during harvests the church will look for a wealthy man to go and chair a harvest, irrespective of how this man made his money, and the whole congregation, the whole village, the whole town knows that Mr. XYZ who has come as chairman came from prison a year ago, [then] what lesson is being taught in the whole community?\u201d, he asked.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MdN1c7LU2h0\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 43 updated by: 66 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 4 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-04 play videoMr. Maafo lamented that the church is losing its position as the moral torchlight in the society Senior Minster, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has said that there is a moral slide in churches in the country. 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