Members of the Christ Apostolic Church of Christ International (CACI), Bantama Central Assembly (BCA), have climaxed their forty days fasting and prayers with donations to three organisations, which are were in need of assistance.
Costing GH¢40,000.00, the gesture which was done to the Kumasi Children’s Home, Rhema Rehabilitation Centre and Destitute Infirmary at Asante Bekwai, was made up of materials such as beans, oats, sugar, gari, cooking oil, three hundred loaves of bread, milk, soft drinks, toiletries, clothes, shoes, and a host of other items, including an undisclosed amount of money to each of the organisations.
The donations formed part of an annual event of the CACI-BCA where items are given to the needy in society, and the recipients are those who are bereft of parental and guardian care.
Presenting the items to the organisations, the General Secretary of the Church of Christ International, Apostle Samuel Amponsah Frimpong, explained that the gesture was a tradition of the Bantama locality of the Christ Apostolic Church International, adding that every year, a prayer festival, dubbed “Forty Days”, was held, where they pray and seek the face of God.
“We know that the Bible instructs us to give than to receive. And Jesus said: ‘When I was in prison, you visited me; when I was cold, you clothed me; when I was hungry, you fed me’.”
The Chief Scribe of CACI said: “As much as you did this to my younger brothers and sisters, you have done it to me, so as a Church, we believe that service to humanity is service to God.”
In view of the above, Apostle Samuel Amponsah continued saying, “that is exactly what we have done today. It is our expectation that this will not be a nine-day wonder; God will continue to bless his Church, and every year we do it to the glory of God.”
Asked about what he would like to tell other religious bodies in Ghana to emulate what the Church of Christ of Apostolic International had done, Apostle Frimpong noted that Christianity was best expressed when you do good to humanity.
“Without doing good the Church does not have any meaning to humanity and to God, so we still encourage the Christendom to do good to humanity.”
On behalf of the beneficiary organisations, Mr. Samuel Joe Amissah, Director at Rema, expressed appreciation to CACI-BCA and asked other religious bodies to follow suit.
