#Ghanas economic productivity is under threat because workers are spending too much time at all-night church services, according to a senior cleric. Reverend Dr Frimpong Manso, the head of the Assemblies of God church, criticised the growing popularity of prayer services that last through the night, saying employees were arriving at work feeling weak. Mansos comments come as authorities have increasingly indicated they will close down churches guilty of noise pollution in the densely populated capital of Accra. In one district, Ga West, legal proceedings were launched against 10 churches last month after the local authority said noise levels were disrupting community life. Two-thirds of Ghanaians are Christian and church attendance is high across the nation. It is popularly believed that charismatic, all-night prayer services can offer solutions to problems of poverty and illness, but many have been critical of the practice. The churches ought to encourage people to work harder and fight corruption wherever they work. That is what would really benefit this nation, said media commentator Kofi Thompson. Surely, it is time local authorities in Ghana stopped tolerating those who claim to be born-again Christians, yet in reality are so un-Christlike in their selfish disregard for the right of their fellow humans to a sound nights sleep after a hard days work. theguardian/world/2013/oct/28/ghana-all-night-services-threaten-economic-production?CMP=twt_gu
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:32:49 +0000
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