A harmonious collaboration between the Clergy and the laity is essential to the holistic development of the Christian community, especially the people called Methodists, the Rt. Rev. Professor Joseph M.Y. Edusa-Eyison, Immediate Past Bishop of the Northern Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana has disclosed.
In addition, he said, it was also key for the men, women, the youth and all to work together for the accelerated expansion and qualitative growth of the Church as no single group could do it alone.
Rt. Rev. Edusa-Eyison made the call at the 3rd Prof K.E. de Graft-Johnson Memorial Lectures organized by the Airport East Circuit of the Methodist Church Ghana at the Immanuel Methodist Chapel, Regimanuel Gray Estate at the weekend as part of the Annual Men’s Week celebration of the Methodist Church Ghana.
He said the primary responsibility of Christians are to ‘intertwine with undivided attention and enthusiasm, with each fulfilling their distinct yet complementary roles’ for positive impact. He expressed appreciation to the Airport East Men’s Fellowship for honoring the late Prof. de Graft-Johnson whom he described as a doyen in Christiandom and academia.
The Special Guest for the lecture, Very Rev. Dr. Jacob W. French, Immediate Past Superintendent Minister of the Airport East Circuit said the late Prof. de Graft-Johnson was an ecumenical Christian who dedicated his life to the service of God and humanity right from the beginning to the very last breath of his life of over 90 years.
Very Rev. Helena Opoku-Sarkodie, the Superintendent Minister of the Airport East Circuit of the Methodist Church Ghana, who was the Chairman for the lecture disclosed that the late Prof. de Graft-Johnson was the one who shared a vision of planting the Immanuel Methodist Society about 3 decades ago with his colleagues when it was a Bible Class of worshippers at the Calvary Methodist Church who lived in the Airport Residential Area and its environs.
Prof. Kwame Asamoah, Chairman of the Airport East Circuit of the Men’s Fellowship said the idea of instituting the K.E de Graft-Johnson annual memorial lectures was to honor a personality who devoted his life to the work of God and most importantly to the Men’s Fellowship as it’s founding member and first Chairman of the Immanuel branch Fellowship. The lecture was under the Theme: Discipleship : Growing into Christian Maturity-Men of the Church.
Speaking on behalf of the de-Graft-Johnson family, Mr. Amoako de Graft-Johnson praised the organizers for the honor done to the late Professor and the family and expressed the hope that the legacy of the Late Prof. de Graft-Johnson will continue to be worth emulating by others.
