{"id":246840,"date":"2016-09-08T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246840"},"modified":"2016-09-08T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:30:32","slug":"being-christian-not-a-requirement-for-presidency-ransford-obeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/being-christian-not-a-requirement-for-presidency-ransford-obeng\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Christian not a requirement for presidency- Ransford Obeng"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ransford Obeng has opined that, Ghana does not necessarily need a Christian to govern the nation, but one who seeks to develop the country economically.<\/p>\n

The Founder and Leader of the Calvary Charismatic Church, was speaking to Citi News<\/strong> ahead of Pastor Eastwood Anaba\u2019s visit to his church this weekend.<\/p>\n

He explained that \u201cwhen you go to India, India has a big large population. Most of them, you go there, they don\u2019t even worship God. And yet, they are progressing. Go to Japan, Japan has 1% Christianity, so it means that the people that pray to God in Ghana are more than the people that pray to God in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question that someone is Christian, someone is not a Christian, does not come in to play at all, because this is what a lot of Christians do\u2026 we need someone who will manage our economy. Whether he is a Muslim, whether he is a Hindu, whether he is this or that, if he can manage the economy, full stop! That is the reason why we vote for a President, to manage our resources for us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Ransford Obeng noted that, although he would not lure church members into voting for a particular candidate, he admonishes them to \u201clook into your own economic life. And then when you look into it, listen to the messages the political people are saying, and the person you know can manage our economy, vote for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He emphasized that \u201cany political leader who will not give jobs to my people, who will not create jobs, and people are suffering and they can\u2019t give offering, I am not for you, its full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

He again advised ministers of the gospel\u00a0to desist from raising anxiety among\u00a0Ghanaians ahead of the election.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

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

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