{"id":165229,"date":"2015-11-07T14:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T14:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=165229"},"modified":"2015-11-07T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T14:55:44","slug":"singing-about-love-not-worldly-ofori-amponsah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/singing-about-love-not-worldly-ofori-amponsah\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing about love not worldly – Ofori Amponsah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi-life musician turned pastor, Ofori Amponsah, says it is not worldly to sing about the love between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Otoolege\u2019 hit maker, whose latest song, \u2018Alewa\u2019 has been criticized to be worldly considering that he now claims to be a pastor in ministry, said this on Citi FM\u2019s late afternoon show, Traffic Avenue.<\/p>\n

Amponsah, who was speaking to Jessica as part of his visit to the Adabraka-based station to present a surprise birthday cake for the station\u2019s 11th<\/sup> anniversary, said \u201csinging about love is spiritual\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Jessica,<\/a>
Jessica, Ofori Amponsah and Philip Ashong cut a cake to commemorate Citi FM’s 11 years anniversary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ofori<\/a>
Ofori Amponsah’s gift to Citi FM. He said the Citi brand has supported his career.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”vHlR1FMnQ0ZqiDTnofnn73rOSPfnqC97″]\u201cI believe that love is something that God wants; it is a part of God\u2019s word. Singing about the love between a man and a woman is not worldly music; it is absolutely spiritual music. It is the kind of music that heals people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ofori Amponsah recently returned to the hi-life music scene by releasing the \u201cAlewa\u201d track with Sarkodie.<\/p>\n

The song has been met with mixed reactions, with some criticizing the artiste for returning to \u201csecular\u201d music after announcing that he was devoting time to preaching the word of God.<\/p>\n

Ofori Amponsah, however, insists that it is not wrong for him to be a Christian and still sing about love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what I want to do. I want to tell people I can serve my God, love my God. God has been a part of the whole Ofori Amponsah project. I just want people to know that this is who I am. I don\u2019t have to hide anymore. I still can do my love songs that I really love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also revealed that his return to hi-life music \u201cis not about money, I just love what I do. I don\u2019t look at money; I look at how I can send my message across.\u201d<\/p>\n

He therefore explained that people should not find anything wrong with him being a hi-life singer and a preacher, just like the soldier Cornelius was able to say that he met an angel of God.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has a right to know God. We are all standing in for God. Whoever you are, you have a right to know God\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi-life musician turned pastor, Ofori Amponsah, says it is not worldly to sing about the love between a man and a woman. The \u2018Otoolege\u2019 hit maker, whose latest song, \u2018Alewa\u2019 has been criticized to be worldly considering that he now claims to be a pastor in ministry, said this on Citi FM\u2019s late afternoon show, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":164849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,2],"tags":[38,6],"yoast_head":"\nSinging about love not worldly - Ofori Amponsah - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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