THE Church of Christ in Ho has ordained an elder and four deacons to enhance evangelisation in the Volta Region.
The church has also extended pipe-borne water to the newly constructed clinic at the cured lepers settlement at Ho.
The new clinic was constructed by Cured Lepers Foundation with support from benefactors from the Netherlands.
The ordination and inaugural ceremonies were jointly performed by partners of the church in the United States of America (USA) and their local counterparts in Ghana.
The newly ordained elder is the Principal of the Volta School of Evangelism, Evangelist Samuel K. Dzamesi, and the deacons are Mr Emmanuel Atandji, Mr Samuel Arthur, Mr Godfred Kpeli and Mr Joseph Dzamesi.
At the ordination ceremony, the officiating minister from the Takoradi Church of Christ, Rev. Daniel Ampadu-Asiama, reminded the elder and deacons that their call to the office carried a lot of responsibilities and obligations.
He stressed that those obligations called for self-denial, dedication and humility to enable them to accomplish the task ahead of them .
Rev. Ampadu-Asiama implored them to use prayer as their main tool to overcome the devil and its negative influence.
Mr Ray Boatright of the USA told them that they were shepherds into whose hands God had entrusted the flock so they must not fail to feed the flock with the word of God.
The guest speaker for the function, Brother John Tameklo of Tema Community Two branch of the Church of Christ, encouraged the new ordinands that they were stewards in a vine yard, adding that they were new talents imbued with a skill and trade which should not be taken for granted.
He advised them to respect the church members and think of their welfare first to enable them to receive rewards awaiting them.
In a response, elder Dzamesi, on behalf of his colleagues, assured the congregation of their readiness to serve them with all humility and pleaded with the congregation to support them with prayers.
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