Apostle Onyina interacts with market women (1/11/08)

Story: Gifty Bamfo & Jennifer Dornoo
The Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah, has paid a visit to the Makola and Kaneshie markets in Accra to interact with market women and to exhort them to continue to play their crucial roles in national development.
He said the leadership of the church had designed the programme to reach more people with the gospel. He urged the market women to seek the lord’s guidance in their daily activities, urging them to pray for God’s protection anytime they sat to sell.
On the December elections, he urged those seeking political office to stop condemning each other and address the issue of what they would do for the country and the electorate.
“The best way of promoting yourselves is to tell the people what you can do instead of condemning what someone has done and also not saying things that will incite violence in the coming elections”,he added.
Apostle Dr Onyinah asked leaders of political parties to promote peace and tranquility among themselves and the electorate. He said the Church of Pentecost had launched a monthly prayer session to pray for peace for the December polls.
The Women’s Director of the church, Mrs Beatrice Kwaffo, advised the women to endeavour to do the will of God, while selling their wares.
The Queen of the Makola Market, Yemoteley Quaye, said she was grateful to the church for its initiative and appealed to other churches to emulate the example and visit them from time to time.
Commenting on the elections, Yemoteley said ”we ask for peace during this year’s election since anything that would bring violence would affect women and children”.