By Emmanuel Nyatsikor, GNA
Ho, Aug. 18 GNA – The 12th General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG) has endorsed a nine member Adhoc Committee to review her Constitution.
Members of the Committee are Presbyter Doris Wunu, Convener, Presbyter Ernest Gbesemete, the Clerk of General Assembly, Human Resource Director of the Church and Presbyter Babara Wutor Esp.
The others are Catechist Francis Seigu, Rev Dr Bridget Ben-Naimah, Rev Dr Vida Asima, and Rev Felix Fiabu.
The General Assembly noted that the current revised Constitution has served the Church since the ninth General Assembly (2020) when it was promulgated.
It stated that the review became necessary because over the years some challenges have been identified by various stakeholders in both the current EPCG Constitution and the Manual of Order.
The General Assembly stated that the challenges included (but not limited to) the process of nominating and electing principal office bearers of the Church, election of Synod Moderators and name and size of the General Assembly Executive Council (GAEC).
It named the others as grievance procedures for the Church and mechanisms for transfers of Church agents.
The Ghana Assembly noted that at its first quarter meeting of 2026, the GAEC took a decision to have a review of the current Constitution and Manual Order.
It mentioned the terms of reference of the Committee as memoranda and inputs presented by stakeholders such as the Standing Committee, GAEC, the EPCG Pastors Association, Presbyteries and present the proposed amendments to the GAEC through the Clerk of the General Assembly by the first quarter meeting in 2027.
The others are fine tune the proposed amendments in accordance with the inputs received, forward the proposed amendments to the Presbytery Synod for their feedback and submit the final document through the Clerk of General Assembly to the GAEC and then to the 13th General Assembly for its promulgation.
It said the period of the review will be from the 12th General Assembly until the 13th General Assembly in August, 2027 and that the Committee could consult stakeholders for more insight.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Linda Asante Agyei
