[ 2013-07-22 ]

Church members take on Kwesi Pratt
Some members of the International Central Gospel
Church (ICGC) have expressed dissatisfaction with
the purported derogatory remarks by Kwesi Pratt
about their head pastor, Dr Mensa Anamua Otabil on
some media networks.

Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Managing Editor of The Insight
newspaper and social commentator, reportedly said
that Ghanaian pastors who have recently prophesied
doom about the destiny of the nation were
suffering from high fever.

He reportedly made the remarks earlier on Adom FM
and repeated same on Peace FM on Friday in a
reaction to the recent declaration by the General
Overseer of ICGC that “something heavy” could
befall the country in month’s time if Christians
do not wake up and pray for the country.

Mr. Pratt has incurred the wrath of members of the
Christian community, especially thousands of
followers of Pastor Otabil, with some demanding an
unqualified apology from him.

“If Kwesi Pratt thinks Pastor Mensa Otabil
cannot respond, the contempt of the Almighty God
awaits him,” an aggrieved member of the Sunyani
Salem Temple of the ICGC, Nana Yaw Sarpong said.

He commented: “How on earth can you compare a
statement made by a renowned man of God to that of
a high-fever patient?”

The ICGC member challenged Mr Pratt, who has
practiced journalism for over 30 years, to
pinpoint his achievements in the country.

“We can talk of a church by Mensa Otabil, he has
established a renowned university in Ghana. He has
a scholarship scheme and has contributed to many
communities across the country in many ways,” he
disclosed.

“This Pastor has written books out of the
“high-fever” for him (Kwesi Pratt) to read,
yet he talks ill of him. I am not surprised at his
conduct. The Bible states that “carnal minds do
not achieve much.”

Making reference to Proverbs 23:9 -“Do not try
to talk sense to a fool; he cannot appreciate
it,” Nana Yaw Sarpong appealed to the ICGC
family to disregard the disparaging comments of
Mr. Pratt Jnr and move on since God Himself would
deal with the situation.

“It’s better we keep quit because what we say
might confuse him the more.”

The ICGC member explained that “all that Pastor
Mensa Otabil did was to talk to his congregation
about a feeling and a sense of heaviness in his
spirit. It is well-known in the Christian
community in Ghana that the ICGC as a church holds
its spiritual fasting and prayer in July and as a
result seek the face of God in many ways.

“Pastor Mensa Otabil made the statement and went
further to lead his congregation in prayer for and
on behalf of the nation. In my over 15 years of
being with the church I have never seen nor heard
the doctor being so passionate on a prayer topic
as this. It’s because this is his home and he
and all other well-meaning Ghanaians have nowhere
to go.”

Source - Daily Guide

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