Wengam to Kufuor: You’re still exhibiting exemplary leadership
Reverend Stephen Wengam led members of the Executive Presbytery of Assemblies of God Ghana to pay a courtesy call on the former president
The General Superintendent of Assemblies of God Ghana, Reverend Stephen Wengam, has commended the former president John Agyekum Kufuor for serving Ghana as a president with excellence and dignity.
He was speaking when he led some members of the Executive Presbytery of Assemblies of God Ghana to pay a courtesy call on the former president.
The visit was to introduce the new leadership of the church to the former president. It was also to share the Church’s vision with him and commend him for his exemplary leadership both as President of Ghana and after he left office.
Reverend Wengam mentioned the social interventions and infrastructural development Ghana witnessed under the leadership of the former president.
Mention was made in particular of Kufuor’s bold decision to lead Ghana into the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, and social interventions such as the National Health Insurance Scheme and School Feeding Programme, among many other initiatives undertaken during his tenure, as testament of his excellent leadership as president.
Reverend Wengam recalled commendations he had witnessed in international circles of President Kufuor for his contribution to solving conflicts and election disputes in other African countries and remarked, that the visit was to “celebrate him and to show that he is loved”.
He remarked that even after leaving office, President Kufuor has shown leadership of exemplary proportions.
The Assemblies of God General Superintendent used the occasion to brief the former president on the global impact of Assemblies of God, as the largest Pentecostal denomination, with more than 70 million members.
In Ghana, he said, Assemblies of God has “contributed significantly to social aspects of the country, especially the educational and health sectors”.
Reverend Wengam further briefed the former president on the vision of the new leadership tagged, the transformation agenda and invited him to his induction service on 25 February 2023.
Reverend Wengam also commended the government for the efforts it is making to stabilise the economy.
He called on the “government to bring everybody, no matter their background, on board”, noting that “no one party has the solution to all Ghana’s problems”.
The former president recalled his first association with AG Ghana as a child, when a friend invited him to an Assemblies of God Church. It was then, he said, that he noticed the communality of Assemblies of God churches. He commended the Church for running its administration on the lines of democratic governance.
He noted that just as God used the prophets and judges and later the monarchical system, so are the spiritual and physical aspects of governance intertwined.
He said that despite the need for humanity to appreciate the spiritual, the Church cannot be exclusively spiritual, and cited Assemblies of God Ghana’s investment in social interventions such as schools and hospitals.
The former president Kufuor congratulated Reverend Stephen Wengam on his election to the office of General Superintendent, noting his contribution to the discourse on national development. He said he hoped that Wengam’s leadership will serve not only the Church but the community at large, exhibiting the spirit of servant leadership.
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