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“REFORMATION MEANS A LOT TO ME”

“Reformation day is a very special and important day celebrated by all Lutherans and also all protestant churches in commemorating what Martin Luther did 500 years ago. If not for this reformation even the Bible which seem so common to day was something which had been withheld by some religious authorities in the 16th century as such we should realise the essence of celebrating such a revolution”. These were the exact words that run out of the mouth of a man who saw the essence of this celebration as soon as he was given the mandate to address the august house.
Not a Lutheran but a Methodist, Mr. Mantey was highly filled with the joy of listening to choral music as part of the celebration of the reformation day. Further on he tried to make clear the intense importance of this celebration by linking it with Christmas celebration.
The unique thing about Mr. Mantey and his wife was that, though they heard of the choral concert so late, they were still able to make it to the venue all the way from Larteh in the eastern region, about 150miles away from Accra, something which seemed so impossible to achieve. He further on went on to explain all the inconveniences he and his wife went through before popping up at the venue.
His story touched all who were present and especially those who knew just a little about the importance of the reformation. Such people now showed more affection for the program by participating vigorously in the choral concert. Since music revamps the defunct soul, he was very happy to see all those wonderful choirs perform with great enthusiasm.
Finally he congratulated the Lutheran Media Ministry for such an effort made to celebrate this world-changing reformation day and appealed to the ministry to extend invitation not only to Lutherans but to all people since the reformation by Luther was not only for Lutherans but the entire world. He also called on the ministry to make available books on reformation so many could read and appreciate the work done by Christ through his servant Luther. He pledged to support the effort of LMM to reach out to the world with God’s message of hope.

"A CHURCH CANNOT CONTROL WHAT ITS MEMBERS LISTEN TO ANYMORE. . ."

One of the most important items on the internet in recent time is religion. Hence there is a wide range of preaching and other gospel messages received through this medium. It is therefore a fact that a church now cannot control what its members must hear be it on the lines of doctrine or otherwise. This was disclosed by the Vice president of Trinity Theological Seminary, during a media day of prayer and networking spearheaded by the Lutheran Media Ministry in collaboration with the Religious Broadcast   department of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and other Christian media organizations. “ A church cannot control what its members Listen to anymore so by the time members appear in church, they may have already heard two or three sermons already”. He said.
He called for the recognition of the power of internet and for it to be used appropriately to advance the course of Christ. This, he believes the charismatic and Pentecostal movements have realized and are using greatly to their advantage unlike the historic mission churches which use it as a place of putting historical information on the church and about their leaders.
“Unlike the historic mission churches into their emphasis on liturgical, doctrine and sacramental orthodoxies, the Pentecostal / charismatic churches tend to be more intentionally evangelical. So for them, the radio, television and internet are media for Christian outreach and membership recruitment in fulfillment of divine mandates to win the world for Christ. Although the historic mission churches also use the media  these days, they have virtually restricted their presence to the traditional newspapers and churches magazines. Again an electronic media is used for the purpose of public relations than for intentional evangelistic purposes,” he  Said.

He urged Christians and the church as a whole to saturate the media, including the internet with God’s presence so as to weaken the influence of the world and other immoral activities that have made media a very dangerous area for spiritual warfare. “The Holy Spirit can use television, radio and the world wide web as media for influencing lives in the world,” he added.