{"id":753255,"date":"2019-11-27T16:29:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-scaring-us-with-hell-and-urge-us-to-plant-trees-okyeame-kwame-to-religious-leaders\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:29:37","slug":"stop-scaring-us-with-hell-and-urge-us-to-plant-trees-okyeame-kwame-to-religious-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-scaring-us-with-hell-and-urge-us-to-plant-trees-okyeame-kwame-to-religious-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop scaring us with hell and urge us to plant trees \u2013 Okyeame Kwame to religious leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"431\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1574872177_154_image-241-696x431.png\"   alt=\"Okyeame Kwame\" title=\"Okyeame Kwame\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Okyeame Kwame\/ Photo Source: Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Okyeame Kwame has urged religious leaders in the country to advocate environmental change through sermons they preach to members of their congregation.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Rap Doctor\u2019 as he is popularly known,\u00a0said sustainable development will be achieved faster if religious institutions go beyond preaching morality and urged members to practice measures that will sustain resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the churches will tell the congregants to plant trees, this world would be green,\u201d the Hip-life artistes born\u00a0Kwame Nsiah-Appau said at the\u00a02019 Global Youth SDG summit.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, greed has been the cause of under-development in most\u00a0communities because people are concerned with satisfying personal desires rather than protecting the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we just decide to be one with this body of ours and this earth that God has gifted us and just live in it as though it is the test to go into the heavens?\u201d he requested.<\/p>\n<p>Okyeame Kwame said everyone had a role to play. The rap doctor believes that the conversation to achieve the SDGs must go beyond stakeholder participation and involve everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must go beyond big English and go down to the streets. We need to have some of the slay queens\u2026 because if we get Moesha Buodong to post the SDG messages, 2 billion people will hear it instantly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged that lustful desires should be cut in order to sustain the environment. According to him, pastors should cut down on living luxurious lifestyles and\u00a0support communities and empower the needy with resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okyeame Kwame\/ Photo Source: Instagram Okyeame Kwame has urged religious leaders in the country to advocate environmental change through sermons they preach to members of their congregation. 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