EXTEND SUPPORT TO LESS PRIVILEGED SOCIETIES - BISHOP BORLABI BORTEY APPEALS TO METHODISTS

Story: Sarah Naa Merley Mensah and Emmanuel Ashong, Accra

An appeal has been made to Methodists to extend support to less privileged Societies of the Church across the country.

The appeal was made by the Methodist Bishop of Accra, the Rt Rev Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey in an address to congregants at the Rev Joseph Thomas Clegg Memorial Methodist Chapel, Kaneshie on Sunday, November 28, 2021. The day had been set aside by the Church to create awareness on and raise funds for the Methodist Development Fund (MDF).

Bishop Borlabi Bortey disclosed that the Fund is a “Connexional collaboration to help our Church grow”. He bemoaned the deplorable state of some Methodist chapels and noted, “MDF is to take away our reproach”. Rt Rev Borlabi Bortey urged members to look beyond their personal comfort and extend assistance to those in need.

Set-up over a decade ago, the Methodist Development Fund provides support for development projects in less privileged Societies. The Fund has over the years assisted in the construction and rehabilitation of Methodist schools, chapels, manses and other related facilities.

In a message read on his behalf by Sis Agatha Ennin Osei, the Lay Chairman of the Accra Diocese, the Presiding Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Rev Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo pointed out that the prime goal of MDF is to equip Methodists with befitting places of worship throughout the connexion. “It is expected of every member to faithfully support this worthy cause every year with a minimum amount of GHS 1.00”, the message added. Most Rev Dr Boafo disclosed that his visits to various Societies and Dioceses have helped him to better appreciate the benefits of MDF.

The Fund projects that an amount of GHS 4.5 million will be needed to complete unfinished projects and begin new ones in 2022.

The Accra Diocesan MDF Special Fund Raising Service hosted by the Kaneshie Circuit at the Rev Joseph Thomas Clegg Memorial Methodist Chapel, Kaneshie yielded over GHS 14,000.00. The 14^th edition of the Special Fund Raising Service will be hosted by the Dansoman South Circuit in 2022.