{"id":325350,"date":"2017-06-04T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325350"},"modified":"2017-06-04T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:26:00","slug":"ghanaian-church-celebrates-chelsea-premier-league-success-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/ghanaian-church-celebrates-chelsea-premier-league-success-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian church celebrates Chelsea&#8217;s Premier League success [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big church service, supervised by one of Ghana\u2019s famous preacher-men, was held in the West African country on Sunday to celebrate football club, Chelsea&#8217;s 2016\/17 English Premier League title success.<\/p>\n<p>The massively-attended service hosted by Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Markwei (an Arsenal fan) at the Living Streams International Church in Accra was held with members dressed in their Chelsea jerseys while a cake was cut to celebrate the Stamford Bridge title.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325355 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-6.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-6\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the London-based club being thousands of miles away from Ghana, the Ghanaian fans of the club celebrated it gusto as the pastor preached the sermon under the theme \u2018Learn to promote the success of others\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The event which was heavily publicized by another famous pastor Rev. Azigiza Junior, who is an ardent Blues fan, saw supporters of some rival English sides also attending to hear the sermon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325353 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-4.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-4\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rev. Dr. Markwei told the title-starved fans of Arsenal and Manchester United who were in attendance that it is Godly to also celebrate the success of others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325352 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-3.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-3\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFellowship with those who rejoice in your victory. They were 10th last year and we called them names thinking they can\u2019t rise again but today here they are on top. With God nothing is impossible,\u201d Rev. Markwei \u00a0said in his sermon.<\/p>\n<p>The exploits of former Chelsea stars Michael Essien and Marcel Desailly \u2013 both Ghanaians \u2013 have drawn a huge following for Chelsea in the West African country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-325351 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This results in massive rivalry between supporters of various English sides in the country with Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham having huge followers while West Ham has a growing fanbase because of their Ghanaian midfielder Andre Ayew.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325357 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-8.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-8\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So when the poster emerged few weeks ago over the pending church service, many thought it was meant to poke fun at supporters of their rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325356 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/chelsea-fans-at-church-7.jpg\" alt=\"chelsea-fans-at-church-7\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the promise was delivered complete with the pomp and pageantry and the religiousness Ghanaians attach to every facet of life including football matches in the local leagues and international matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big church service, supervised by one of Ghana\u2019s famous preacher-men, was held in the West African country on Sunday to celebrate football club, Chelsea&#8217;s 2016\/17 English Premier League title success. 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