{"id":779476,"date":"2020-01-09T18:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/dont-turn-religion-into-gymnastic-most-rev-boafo\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:02:21","slug":"dont-turn-religion-into-gymnastic-most-rev-boafo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/dont-turn-religion-into-gymnastic-most-rev-boafo\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t turn religion into gymnastic &#8211; Most Rev Boafo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">By<br \/>\nLydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Accra, Jan. 9, GNA &#8211;<br \/>\nThe Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, Chairman of the Christian Council of<br \/>\nGhana, has asked his fellow men and women of God not to turn religion into<br \/>\ngymnastic, and into sycophancy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cWe see religion now<br \/>\nturn into gymnastics and into sycophancy and fantasy. All we need for the<br \/>\npeople is the truth and the word of God, which brings deliverance, healing, and<br \/>\nlight to the world and into dark places. Let\u2019s peach the truth and not<br \/>\nfalsehood,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Speaking to the<br \/>\nGhana News Agency in an interview in Accra, Rev Boafo who doubles as the<br \/>\nPresiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, said: \u201cLet us be weary with what we<br \/>\nsay and what we prophesy on, and what we tell the people in the nation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said most often,<br \/>\nand especially in election periods, &#8220;men and women of God&#8221; want to<br \/>\ncome out with predictions and all kinds of prophesies \u201cbut we should learn to<br \/>\nbe professionals\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said men and<br \/>\nwomen of God needed to learn to be \u201cprofessionals in the delivering of their<br \/>\nwork so that they just don\u2019t stand to say anything that will cause confusion<br \/>\nand would bring about acrimonies within the nation and among political<br \/>\nparties\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">According to the<br \/>\nMost Rev, because in a new year, people move into the unknown, with their<br \/>\ndoubts, fears and anxieties, they seek for solutions \u201cand that is when men and<br \/>\nwomen of God want to cash in to allay the fears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cAnd in their<br \/>\nattempts to allay fears they rather put fear in people, prophesying things that<br \/>\nare not true and just to make sure that they are seen to be powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cAt the end of the<br \/>\nday, they cause confusion in individuals and in families and even in<br \/>\ncommunities, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He urged pastors to<br \/>\navoid falsehoods and remain true to their calling by practicing what the word<br \/>\nof God preaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He gave the<br \/>\nassurance that the Christian Council and the Church in general, would continue<br \/>\nto play its role in the nation, and keep praying for peace and prosperity for<br \/>\nthe country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Rev Boafo said \u201cthe<br \/>\nLord will lead, guide, guard and protect everyone, the vulnerable, the<br \/>\nunderprivileged, children, women and people in high positions and those who are<br \/>\ndown there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA &#8211; The Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, has asked his fellow men and women of God not to turn religion into gymnastic, and into sycophancy. \u201cWe see religion now turn into gymnastics and into sycophancy and fantasy. 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