{"id":89616,"date":"2015-02-09T07:06:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T07:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89616"},"modified":"2015-02-09T07:06:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T07:06:06","slug":"photos-veep-commends-bible-society-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89616","title":{"rendered":"[Photos] Veep commends Bible Society of Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has commended the Bible Society of Ghana(BSG) for the work done over in the distribution of bibles in the country over the years.\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking at the Golden Jubilee launch held at the Pentecost International Worship Centre in Accra, he expressed joy over the success in “making\u00a0God’s Word easily accessible, easy to comprehend, and at prices that are definitely affordable.”<\/p>\n

\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

“On behalf of the government and the people of this republic, let me\u00a0congratulate members of the Bible Society for completing 50 years of\u00a0faithful services to God and country,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

According to him, the\u00a0Bible continues to have a profound impact on the spiritual,moral and\u00a0political life of people of which Ghana is no exception.<\/p>\n

\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

He bemoaned “global apprehension and anxiety about acts of\u00a0intolerance, intimidation, brutality and gratuitous violence that has\u00a0been visited in the name of religion in parts of West Africa and the\u00a0Middle-East.”<\/p>\n

\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

According to him,while religion has inspired deeds of great\u00a0compassion, it has also been used to justify may murderous acts. He\u00a0therefore prayed and emphasized on the ability of the Bible “to\u00a0strengthen public and private morality.”<\/p>\n

\"H.E<\/a><\/p>\n

In attendance were the Chief Justice of Ghana, Theodore Georgina Wood;\u00a0the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Ghartey; as well as Heads\u00a0of various orthodox and protestant Churches in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\"veep<\/a><\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Kumi Obed Afari\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has commended the Bible Society of Ghana(BSG) for the work done over in the distribution of bibles in the country over the years. Speaking at the Golden Jubilee launch held at the Pentecost International Worship Centre in Accra, he expressed joy over the success in “making\u00a0God’s Word easily accessible, easy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"class_list":["post-89616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}