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Asante Presbytery of PCG elects new Chairperson
Kumasi, April 19,
Ghanadot/GNA – The Reverend Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong,
Head of the Department of Religious Studies of the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has
been elected as the new Chairperson of the Asante Presbytery
of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG).
He polled 80 votes to beat his two contestants, Rev Dr
Isaack Kwaku Fokuo and Rev Peter Kofi Nyarkoh, who polled 51
and 23 votes respectively.
The election forms part of the 87th Asante Presbytery
delegates meeting which ended in Kumasi at the weekend under
the theme “Put on the Whole Armour of God”.
Rev Opuni-Frimpong succeeds Rev Otuo Acheampong whose
five-year term ends in August, this year.
Addressing the delegates, Rev Opuni-Frimpong thanked the
presbytery for the confidence reposed in him, promising that
he would bring all stakeholders on board in the discharge of
his duties.
Rev Acheampong praised the congregation for the immense
support during his tenure and said he would collaborate
effectively with the Chairperson-elect in his work for the
progress and development of the church.
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