The Central University College (CUC) is to build a William Ofori Atta Centre for Governance and Leadership for academia, Dr Pastor Mensa Otabil, Founder of the International Central Gospel Church
The centre would be a place for research, mentoring and nurturing wholesomeness in public life.
Dr Pastor Otabil described William Ofori Atta as a Statesman having the spirit of God, intellect, energy and compassion towards the development of the country.
He made the announcement at the fifth in the series of public lecture of the William Ofori Atta Centenary celebration on the topic: William Ofori Atta: His Christian Heritage and its relevance to Contemporary Ghana" inAccra
Dr Pastor Otabil said William Ofori Atta was concerned about the civil liberties and the future ofGhana
He said the statesman's life had compelled all to examine how personal faith in Christ interfaced with public concepts such as justice, service, integrity and productivity.
He noted that “Christians throughout the ages have often been guilty of majoring on the minors and minoring on the majors. Frequently we focus all our time and energies on endless debates about the non-essentials of our faith".
Dr Otabil explained that the mark of true Christianity was not seen in the invocation of the name of Jesus but was also seen when the spirit of Christ motivates our actions and when our lives were lived in accordance with God's laws.
He said Christians have a mission to be good stewards of the earth's resources, noting that Christians should demonstrate God's love for all, by crossing racial, ethnic, economic and national boundaries.
"As practising Christians we must seek to live our lives in accordance with scripture. We submit to authority of the Bible in areas where we have clarity on what the will of God is," he added.
He urged Christians to engage in public policy with detail social, economic, historical, legal and political analysis, if they wanted to understand their society and wisely applied their belief to political questions.
The centre would be a place for research, mentoring and nurturing wholesomeness in public life.
Dr Pastor Otabil described William Ofori Atta as a Statesman having the spirit of God, intellect, energy and compassion towards the development of the country.
He made the announcement at the fifth in the series of public lecture of the William Ofori Atta Centenary celebration on the topic: William Ofori Atta: His Christian Heritage and its relevance to Contemporary Ghana" in
Dr Pastor Otabil said William Ofori Atta was concerned about the civil liberties and the future of
He said the statesman's life had compelled all to examine how personal faith in Christ interfaced with public concepts such as justice, service, integrity and productivity.
He noted that “Christians throughout the ages have often been guilty of majoring on the minors and minoring on the majors. Frequently we focus all our time and energies on endless debates about the non-essentials of our faith".
Dr Otabil explained that the mark of true Christianity was not seen in the invocation of the name of Jesus but was also seen when the spirit of Christ motivates our actions and when our lives were lived in accordance with God's laws.
He said Christians have a mission to be good stewards of the earth's resources, noting that Christians should demonstrate God's love for all, by crossing racial, ethnic, economic and national boundaries.
"As practising Christians we must seek to live our lives in accordance with scripture. We submit to authority of the Bible in areas where we have clarity on what the will of God is," he added.
He urged Christians to engage in public policy with detail social, economic, historical, legal and political analysis, if they wanted to understand their society and wisely applied their belief to political questions.
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