{"id":25978,"date":"2022-09-26T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/anglican-bishop-blames-growing-corruption-on-clergy-politicians-and-public-servants"},"modified":"2022-09-30T00:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T00:30:27","slug":"anglican-bishop-blames-growing-corruption-on-clergy-politicians-and-public-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/anglican-bishop-blames-growing-corruption-on-clergy-politicians-and-public-servants","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Bishop blames growing corruption on clergy, politicians and public servants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Right Reverend Dennis Dabukari Tong, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tamale, has blamed the clergy, politicians, public and civil servants for contributing to the \u201cdeeply rooted corruption\u201d in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the country\u2019s resources are harnessed properly and distributed equally without the level of corruption we witness in this country, may be no Ghanaian will complain of poverty,\u201d he said. The Bishop said this in a sermon to confirm candidates prepared for communion at the Saint Cyprian\u2019s Anglican Church in Bolgatanga.<\/p>\n

Preaching on the theme: \u201cYour Duty towards Your Neighbour,\u201d the Bishop blamed most Christians for not living according to the teachings of Christ and said: \u201cOur lives as Christians must reflect the life of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are stewards and whatever God has blessed us with is to share with our neighbours. In the same way, let your light so shine and people will see your good works.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bishop said greed, selfishness, cheating and mistrust were rife in the country as people used their positions to enrich ourselves at the expense of the vulnerable.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want admission into security services pay money, admission into training colleges, pay money, you want job, pay money\u2026.then you come to church singing \u2018l love you Lord’\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we insist on making a living from corruption and corruptible acts, then, we are confirming that we don\u2019t love our neighbours..Every productive human relationship is love. Without it, there is no life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Love brings God closer to Christians so they must not push Him away through corruption, which resulted in more people getting impoverished, he said. Right Reverend Tong charged Ghanaians to reassess the love they expressed to their neighbours and follow what God instructed, which would grow Ghana to achieve the desired results.<\/p>\n

He urged Christians to take a cue from the story of the rich man and Lazarus in the Bible seriously and be each other\u2019s keeper to reflect the will of God in all endeavours.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. 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