B/A Presby to invest in hostel facilities

Page 21, March 17, 2010
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
THE Brong Ahafo Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) is to invest in hostel accommodation facilities to generate alternative source of income to finance its activities.
The Chairperson of the presbytery, Reverend R.R. Brobbey, who announced this noted that the presbytery could no longer depend solely on assessments and levies from the districts and congregations as its sources of income.
He said it had, therefore, become necessary for the presbytery to venture into the business world to get enough money to finance its evangelism and other activities.
Rev Brobbey was speaking at a meeting in Sunyani to generate funds to complete a hostel facility, which is nearing completion.
The said beside evangelism, the presbytery was also providing social services to a number of communities and, therefore, needed to raise funds to meet such demands.
Rev. Brobbey, therefore, appealed to members of presbytery, who were had been blessed by God financially to assist the presbytery to complete the hostel facility.
Speaking on the need for the church to embark on income generating ventures, a Chartered Accountant, Mr Kwame Agyei-Henneh said the traditional method of raising funds for the church was gradually loosing its appeal.
“We can no longer rely on this old method,” he said, adding “We need to tap on the rich human resource base within the church and enter into income-generating ventures to make money for the church.”
Mr Agyei-Henneh cited the example of the Methodist Church, which had established the Donewell Insurance Company as a source of income for the church.
He urged the Presbyterian Church to come out with a product that would be patronised by its members and the society at large to generate more income instead of continuing to depend on its traditional sources of income.