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Ghanaian heads A.M.E. Zion Church Western West Africa
The Pastor in charge of the Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church at Mamprobi in Accra, Rt Rev. Dr Hilliard Dela Dogbe, has been elected as the Resident Bishop of the Western West Africa Episcopal District of the AME Zion Church.
He was elected at the 50th Quadrennial Session of the Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, in the United States of America.
The Western West Africa Episcopal District of the Church covers Ghana, Togo, Cote d’ Ivoire and Liberia.
Rt Rev. Dr Dogbe contested the position with two other Ghanaians: Rev. Dr Richard Gadzekpo and Rev. Dr Felix Ofosu. The new bishop polled 417 votes out of a total of 607 voters during the second round of voting. Rev. Dr Gadzekpo received 171 votes while Rev. Dr Ofosu had 19 votes. Rt Rev. Dr Dogbe would be inaugurated on October 2, 2016 in Accra. The newly elected Bishop told the Daily Graphic that his election was historic since “this is the first time the general church worldwide has elected an indigenous resident person as a presiding bishop in the AME Zion Church”. “I see it not only as a joy and privilege to be the one to be elected but also as an honour to the people of Ghana and Western West Africa that a son of the soil resident on this land has been elected to serve the Church of God and the people of this country,” he indicated.
Asked what worked for him, he explained that his work in Ghana resonated with the delegates who recognised his services and sacrifices for the church.
Source: http://www.graphic.com.gh
Date: 09/03/2016
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