Andrews Nelson Awintia, the Head Pastor of the Bethel Family Chapel Assemblies of God in Tema, has been inducted as the Assemblies of God’s new Regional Superintendent for Greater Accra East.
On Sunday, May 15, 2022, the induction ceremony was held at the Bethel Family Chapel of the Assemblies of God at Tema Community 22 Annex.
Rev. Stephen Wengam, Chairman of the Planning Committee, spoke at the event and urged the church to be professional in all of their activities.
In his sermon, Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong Manso, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, urged Rev. Awintia to be firm but caring in his duties.
“You are a leader for all the people.” Be firm, be principled, but also be gracious and caring, “he said.
Rev. Awintia in his speech promised to undertake a number of programmes to ensure that ministers within his jurisdiction were able to carry out their mandate.
“My predecessors worked tirelessly to address many of these issues. Some are recurring matters that do not go away. Others are issues that come up due to the times that we find ourselves in and together with my team, we will assist pastors in the region to fulfill their calling and their God-given mandate,” he promised.
He further pledged to improve upon the benefits of retired ministers within the region.
“Another area of focus will be to revise the current retirement benefits. We may not be able to do as much as we wish, but we would like to put in some effort to ensure that our retired ministers are not discomforted after giving their all to build the church and the body of Christ. We must be intentional about how to care for and support the widows of our departed ministers,” he added.
The ceremony was attended by Ministers of God, Ministers and Members of Parliament including Alan Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade, Sam George, MP for Ningo Prampram, Ernest Norgbey, MP of Ashaiman, Rev Prof Asamoah Gyadu, President of the Trinity Theological Seminary and Regional Superintendents of other regions.
BY LINUS SIAW NARTEY
