Economic hardship making it difficult for Christians to pay offering -Mahama
According to the Former President, the economic hardship has taken a toll on church members
Prosper Kwaku Selassy Agbitor 
Former President John Mahama has said that Ghanaians could not pay offerings due to the hardship facing the country. Mr. Mahama made a case that due to the unbearable economic hardship, Church members are finding it difficult to give offertory in church.
According to him, followers of Christ are unable to give offerings in the church due to economic hardship, which has affected the pockets of Ghanaians. He disclosed the 175th-anniversary thanksgiving service of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Ho, Volta Regional Capital over the weekend.
He said, “We must always spread Christian love, especially in this time, when money doesn’t like noise”. “Especially at this time when we all agree that times are hard. This is the time we must show our Christian charity by loving our neighbors as ourselves”.
The former President added that “And so whatever little you have to share, you should share with your neighbor. I mean we could tell the hardship in the system from the appeal for funds”. He explained that “When it was GH¢2000, madam chair and a few people came and donated, then it came down to GH¢1000, then to GH¢500, then to GH¢200 and GH¢100. And when it got to the silver collection, GH¢1, GH¢2, the place was full, it shows that the pocket was not too good”.
The former President, therefore, appealed to Christians to pray for him and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win the 2024 general elections. He further noted that winning the 2024 elections would enable him and his party to rescue Ghana from the current economic hardship, rising inflation, and suffering. “After we pray for Pakistan, Moderator should also say a special prayer for me and the NDC so that in some year that is just coming, luck will smile on us, God will smile on us and give us the power to come and rescue this country from the suffering we are going through,” he said. Mr. Mahama lauded the efforts of the E.P Church, Ghana, to the development of the country, especially in the education and health sectors.
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Rt. Rev Dr. Bliss Divine Agbeko, advised Christians to remain righteous followers of Christ and persevere to the very end. He also implored persons in leadership positions to eschew corruption to earn a place in paradise adding the church would continue to shepherd its congregation for the common good of humanity.
