3 December 2008
Branches of the Methodist Church of Ghana in the Sunyani Municipality have decided not to hold church service on Sunday December 7, to enable members to fully exercise their franchise on that day.
They would, however, hold short church services on Saturday, December 6, and pray for peaceful polls.
The Reverend Samuel Budu Arthur of Ebenezer Methodist Church at Penkwase in the Municipality told the GNA at Sunyani that the leadership of the Church took the decision to ensure smooth voting since the Electoral Commission (EC) had located polling stations at the premises of some of the Church's branches.
"It is our social responsibility as a Church to assist the EC to ensure the success of the exercise", he said.
In a related development, the Very Rev. Alexander Addae in charge of the Sunyani Circuit of the Church has called on members to come out in their numbers to exercise their franchise on Election Day.
He reminded them that they were stakeholders in national development and they must contribute to the success of Election 2008.
Rev. Addae urged Christians to be patriotic and cautioned that any one caught fomenting trouble on December 7 would not be spared. "I plead with you to sacrifice a little for Mother Ghana. It is our responsibility as Christians to ensure that the elections are fair, free and peaceful", he said.
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