Apostle Dr Samuel Vincent Ansah, Chair, Ghana National Council, Great Commission Church International (GCCI) has urged Churches to develop structures for making Christ-like disciples.
He reiterated that making Christ-like disciples was the Great Commission given to the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Apostle Dr Ansah made the appeal in his State of the Church Address to the 34th Annual National General Council Meeting (ANGCM) of GCCI Ghana at Adenta near Accra
The four-day meeting on the theme “Structuring to Deliver the GCCI Mandate”, is being attended by GCCI Ghana Ministers and their Wives and Presiding Elders.
Apostle Dr Ansah underscored that an appropriate structure delivers the expected outcome.
He noted that in the book of Genesis chapter one, God structured creation to ensure that when he created man in his image and likeness, he would be on a habitable earth, and had all the resources that would enable him to live God’s mission to the fullest.
“Appropriate structures ensure that human society is run with the least of friction, especially, in matters that require timely judicial settlement,” he said.
“Also, appropriate structures help leadership in a theocratic nation to have time to meet God, know his mind, and teach it.”
He noted that implicitly, appropriate structure saves leaders from premature death as they enable them to share their burdens with others.
Adding that furthermore, structures help train more leaders for the proper functioning of society at all levels.
“All of the above benefits among others, were realized when on the advice of Jethro and with the approval of God, Moses set up a management by exception structure, to run the affairs of Israel in the wilderness.”
He said appropriate structures were needed for the local, district, regional, national, and international churches to function to fulfill the Great Commission.
Apostle Dr Ansah said these structures would ensure that each member of the body of Christ was rightly positioned and related to others, in order that he would be able to contribute his quota in love, and at his highest ability
Touching on the theme for 34th ANGCM of GCCI Ghana, Apostle Dr Ansah said in practical terms the theme translates to activating/actuating the structures of GCCI.
Apostle Joseph Felix Kwesi Mensah, the Chair of the International Executive Council of GCCI, urged GCCI Ghana to consider amending the portfolio of the Director of Evangelism of the Church to Director of Evangelism, Disciple-Making and Church Planting to reflect current realities on the ground.
“The Church is saying that let’s take discipling making seriously, work at it”, he added.
Reverend Moses Kwame Pinkrah, Second Vice Chair, Finance and Administration, Ghana National Council of GCCI, urged Church leaders and Christians in general to commit to fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
“Let’s arise and put our heart into what we are doing now. Do what you can do now to build it, for God is with us. See yourself as part of the work force. God will remember you here on earth and remember you in the world to come”.
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