He also admonished them to use church revivals and conventions to effectively bring change to the society and practice the religion with passion and commitment.
The three-day event is on the theme: “Harvest Time Today: “Achieving the Great Commission Through Human Resource Development.”
He said Christians must support their religion materially, financially, socially spiritually and must be committed to the spread of the word of Christ.
According to Prof Adei, churches, which setup universities must purposely be dedicated to the teaching of Christianity in facilitation of the spread of the word of Christ and the expansion of the religion.
He urged pastors to set the examples of Christ to their congregations, devote time for the preaching of the word of God and read the Bible and pray at least one hour on daily basis.
Reverend Dr Ernest Adu-Gyamfi, Executive President of the GBC said the convention adopted holistic approaches through its educational institutions, hospitals, relief agency, local churches, home and mission field to win souls for Christ.
He said to achieve this great success, the Convention needs highly trained and qualified personnel to take up responsibilities in the local churches, run its auxiliary outreach, work and head the convention institutions and secretariat.
Rev Adu-Gyamfi said, for the past two and half years, GBC has raised additional resources to augment the 20 per cent contribution from churches to the Convention and added four brand new vehicles to its fleet.
He said three of the vehicles came as individual donations and the other through special presidential fundraising activities of which The North American Baptist Association of the GBC (NABA) provided $15,000 as deposit for a brand new Mitsubishi Pick-up truck for the Children’s Department.
“We have also purchased a house in Hohoe which provides a permanent accommodation for our Missionary in the Volta Region, drilled three bore holes within the last few weeks in the Ejura camp and provided motorbikes and bicycles for some of our pastors in the rural areas.”
The Executive President 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the GBC Senior High School, Kumasi Academy.
A year- long celebration was officially launched on July 15 on the school’s campus.
Source: GNA/News Ghana
