{"id":779186,"date":"2020-01-09T10:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T10:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/seventh-day-congregation-of-theocracy-calls-for-peaceful-election\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T10:39:12","slug":"seventh-day-congregation-of-theocracy-calls-for-peaceful-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/seventh-day-congregation-of-theocracy-calls-for-peaceful-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventh-Day Congregation of Theocracy calls for peaceful election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>By Patrick Obeng, GNA<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Accra, Jan. 9, GNA \u2014 Apostle Kadmiel<br \/>\nEmmanuel Hodasi Agbalenyoh, Founder of the Seventh-Day Congregation of<br \/>\nTheocracy, has called on Ghanaians to cultivate the spirit of love, peace,<br \/>\nharmonious living, mutual tolerance and sustainable development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said it was only when Ghanaians longed<br \/>\nand desired for peace that they would respect each other\u2019s views and work<br \/>\ntogether for the well-being of all the citizenry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Apostle Agbalenyoh made the call at the<br \/>\nopening of a three-day lecture in Accra on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The lecture was on the theme; \u201cShould Ghana<br \/>\nBuild A National Shrine for Traditional Religion?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Apostle Agbalenyoh said Ghanaians would be<br \/>\ngoing to the polls this year and encouraged citizens to eschew all activities<br \/>\nthat will mar the peaceful conduct of the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said Ghanaians needed to be prayerful and<br \/>\nfollow the teachings of Jesus Christ and ensure that they lived in mutual<br \/>\nrespect and love, which would propel prosperity and sustainable development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The Founder appealed to politician to<br \/>\neradicate hate speech, especially ahead of the election 2020 when they mounted<br \/>\nplatform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said political parties and their<br \/>\nsupporters should champion issued-based campaign that will promote peace and<br \/>\nunity in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cIt is very important for political party<br \/>\nleaders to focus more or articulate their policies to woo voters rather than to<br \/>\nengage in hate speech that divides the country,\u201d Apostle Agbalenyoh said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said the Ghana was secular and democratic<br \/>\nstated that allowed\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pluralism of<br \/>\ncultures and religions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said it was therefore unconstitutional<br \/>\nfor any religious organizations to prevent the Government from recognizing any<br \/>\nother religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Apostle Agbalenyoh said if the Government<br \/>\naccepts to build a National Cathedral for Christians and a National Mosque for<br \/>\nIslam, why not also a National Shrine for Traditional Religion practitioners,<br \/>\nhe questioned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cUnderstand that the traditional worship has<br \/>\nexisted before the advent of Christianity and Islam,\u201d he said, adding that it<br \/>\nwas therefore right and constitutional for the Government through Parliament<br \/>\nand the Council of State to consider to build a National Shrine for<br \/>\ntraditional\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 religion and<br \/>\nthe chieftaincy institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA\">GNA<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Obeng, GNA\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Accra, Jan. 9, GNA \u2014 Apostle Kadmiel Emmanuel Hodasi Agbalenyoh, Founder of the Seventh-Day Congregation of Theocracy, has called on Ghanaians to cultivate the spirit of love, peace, harmonious living, mutual tolerance and sustainable development. 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