Dansoman Pentecost Gets New Building (Page 31)

THE Kaneshie Area Head of the Church of Pentecost (COP), Apostle D. K. Noble-Atsu, has called on all Christians to educate themselves in the scriptures as protection against fraudsters who parade as men of God.
He noted that many Christians were being deceived by some unscrupulous persons because they (the Christians) lacked knowledge of the scriptures, and, therefore, believed anything they were told.
He said for Christians to protect themselves from such fraudulent characters who took advantage of them, they needed to be versed in the word to help them identify the true men of God from the fake ones.
Apostle Noble-Atsu expressed these sentiments at a dedication ceremony of a new church building by the Mount Olivet Assembly of the Darkuman District of the Church of Pentecost at Darkuman in Accra.
The one-storey building was put up at a cost of GH¢95,000 through contributions from members of the assembly, as well as financial support from the Darkuman District and the Kaneshie Area of the COP.
Present at the ceremony were the Darkuman District Pastor of the COP, Reverend Matthew Larbi-Whettey; Apostle Samuel Badu Nyarko of the COP; the Presiding Elder of the Mount Olivet Assembly, Elder Ebenezer Tagoe; the Presiding Elder of the Kwashieman Official Town Assembly of the COP, Elder Natan Kwaffo; other reverend ministers of the church, presiding elders, elders, deacons, deaconess and members of the church.
Addressing the congregation, Apostle Noble-Atsu observed that Jesus Christ was able to stand up to Satan during His mission on earth because He knew the scriptures and often quoted to support His arguments anytime Satan tried to deceive Him.
He took the opportunity to advise Christians to always be mindful of the fact that their bodies were the temple of God, adding that since they would not willingly carry dirty objects into any man-made temples, so should they respect their bodies and not pollute them with unclean things such as smoking, drinking of alcohol and prostitution.
He called for patience in all things, adding that with patience one was able to cool down tempers and prevent conflict situations even when others were peeved.
Giving a brief history of the Mount Olivet Assembly, Elder Joe Aryee, touched on the sacrifices many individuals, including members of the church as well as non-members, made in the mid 1980s when the assembly began as non-denominational fellowship to the time when the members acquired a land for a temple to the current period when the church had managed to put up a place of worship.
He expressed gratitude on behalf of the assembly to individuals or groups who contributed to the building of the chapel and advised that members should try to convert more people to fill the building to the glory of God.