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CCG And GCBC Hold Worship Service In Accra
The Christian Council of Ghana and Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference have held their annual Worship Service in Accra.
This year's event which took at the St. James Catholic Church in Accra brought together members of the two Christian bodies to thank God for the year and also to seek the face of the Lord.
Prayers were said for the President of the Republic, government and the unity of the nation. Prayers were also offered for God's intervention in the affairs of the nation and also against the menace of social vices.
In attendance were Rt. Rev. Prof. J.O.Y Mante, Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Cyril G.K Fayose, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Immediate past Chairman of the Christian Council of Ghana and Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most. Rev. Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Gabriel Anokye, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, Rev. Dr. Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Chairman of the National Peace Council, Catholic Bishops from the various arch-dioceses, Heads of Churches of the Christian Council of Ghana and Staff of CCG.
Source: CCG - Friday May 7, 2021
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