- Funds fifty church buildings, fifty-two-bedroom mission houses for AG Ghana in rural Greater Accra
Executive Chairman and Founder of First Sky Group, Eric Seddy Kutortse has reiterated the commitment of the Group through its subsidiaries to stay focused and resilient in its partnership with the church to facilitate the prosecution of the great commission in promoting the kingdom of God.
He emphasized First Sky Group would continue to invest thirty per cent (30%) of its profits after tax as funding for interventions that support the poor and needy in society as its contribution to promote the work of God and help humanity.
Mr. Kutortse explained the commitment to continue investing thirty per cent of the Group’s profit was in fulfilment of a pledge made in 2016 following a decision by the Group Board to commit that percentage (30%) of its annual profits (from all subsidiaries) to support God’s Kingdom Business and men of God and to bring relief to humanity, the poor and needy.
Mr. Kutortse made this statement at the sod cutting ceremony for the construction of 50 church buildings and 50 two-bedroom mission houses in different location in rural Greater Accra, dubbed the Legacy Temples Project, for the Assemblies of God, Ghana.
Commenting on the initiative Mr. Kutortse explained “We have been doing this religiously in the past eight years where the Group has already built some 72 churches across the country. Our key objective for this new 50 Legacy Temple Project is to use our resources to eliminate classroom churches and those held under trees and to bring dignity to the priesthood”.
Mr. Kutortse said the investment in the Church is a long-term decision by the Board of the Group to devote thirty per cent of its net profit to bring relief to the church and humanity and urged other business to emulate the example of First Sky Group in assisting local churches in the rural parts of the country to better the lives of the communities.
Mr. Kutortse observed the fulfilment of the 2016 Board decision saw the adoption of the Korle Bu Renal Dialysis Unit, which so far has benefitted from Thirty-Four million Ghana cedis (GHc34 million) through the free dialysis scheme by paying off all the medical bills of all patients for patients who frequent the Unit and could not afford to pay for treatment, kidney transplant procedures and also the establishment and operationalisation of a modern Kidney Transplant Centre in Ghana, the first of its kind in West Africa, to serve patients within the country and the sub-region.
Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony at Prampram on July 15, to officially start construction of the temples, General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Rev. Stephen Wengam, applauded the gesture of the First Sky Group in response to the call to support the Church’s Missions activities.
Rev. Dr. Wengam explained the construction of the 50 church buildings and 50 2-bedroom mission houses in different location in rural Greater Accra, under the Legacy Temples Project, will go a long way to resource the local branches of the Assemblies of God, Ghana as a rural focused faith-based organisation to push on with the promotion of the work of the Kingdom of God.
He said through the intervention of the First Sky Group in the Legacy Temple Project, local Assemblies of God, Ghana Churches will have the breather to focus their resources on other key aspects of the Kingdom work, including resourcing pastors among others.
“Assemblies of God Ghana is grateful to Deacon Eric Kutortse and his wife, and the entire First Sky Group for this very critical intervention in the growth of our church” Rev. Wengam acknowledged.
He explained that the motive for the construction of the 50 mission houses as part of the project, is to provide decent accommodation to pastors who sometimes struggle to rent conducive housing facilities whilst doing the work of God.
Design and features of the project
A member of the project supervisory committee and Chief Executive Officer of First Sky Commodities, Mr. John Ahia Awate explained that the 50 temples will have a seating capacity ranging between 200 and 450 in the various beneficiary communities, with each auditorium having dedicated halls for children and teens, equipped with pastor’s office, washrooms, general office and its washrooms.
The 50 mission houses, will each have a master bedroom with lavatories, study room, kitchen, among other key facilities.
