ADDAI CUTLASS HONOURED BY PRESBY CHURCH

The Ntribuoho Presbyterian Church under the Asante Presbytery has been officially named Paul Addai Memorial Congregation, after the late Kwadwo Addai, a renowned Ghanaian entrepreneur and philanthropist, popularly called Addai Cutlass. 

This is the first time the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has accepted a proposal for the naming of one of its congregations after a Ghanaian indigene. 

The initiative is to encourage members of the church not to relent in their efforts in contributing their quota towards the development of the local Presbyterian congregations. 

The Asante Presbytery Chairperson of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Dr. Kofi Amfo Akonnor performed the dedication and naming of the chapel. 

The Minister-in-charge of the Ntribuoho Presbyterian Church, now named Paul Addai Memorial Congregation, Rev. Paul Owusu Badu in his submission said though Mr. Addai was not a Presbyterian, he had the welfare of the Christian community at heart, more especially Presbyterians at Ntribuoho. 

This he demonstrated by purchasing a piece of land and building a chapel on it for the Ntribuoho Presby congregation. Rev. Owusu Badu said the building of the Presby chapel by the late Mr. Addai, who was also a native of Ntribuoho was inspired by the fact that it was his prayer to evangelize the people of Ntribuoho. 

Delivering the sermon at a special church service preceding the dedication and naming of the Ntribuoho chapel, the Asante Presbytery Chairperson, Rev. Dr. Amfo Akonnor admonished especially Christians to accept the call of God to help the vulnerable and needy to bring societal transformation. 

He said God expects Christians to be each other’s keeper by condemning ungodly acts and attitudes, and championing the cause of the weak.

 Rev. Dr. Amfo Akonnor noted that in this era where injustice has permeated all spheres of life, it behoves Ghanaians to pray persistently for God’s intervention when denied justice, instead of resorting to the invocation of curses.  

 He called on members of the Presbyterian Church to emulate the gesture of late Mr. Addai and also on Ghanaians to make peace their hallmark as they prepare for the December polls.