By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
THE EVANGELICAL Lutheran Church, Ghana has officially ordained Nicholas Salifu as its pastor in a colorful ceremony held at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kanda.
The ordination ceremony performed by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Paul Kofi Fynn, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana, was graced by hundreds of people across the country.
The new pastor joins the existing team of pastors at the church in their pastoral ministry as preachers of the Good News.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church is the largest protestant church in the world founded by Martin Luther King Jr. after breaking away from the Catholic Church in 1521.
Rt. Rev. Fynn stressed the need for pastors to be circumspect in their dealings with their members.
He said they should lead exemplary lives using the Bible as their yardstick.
In his acceptance speech, Pastor Nicholas Salifu pledged to preach the gospel in its totality as he shepherds the flock of Christ.
Many well-wishers presented gifts to Pastor Salifu and prayed for God’s guidance and blessing as he embarks on his pastoral journey.
Nicholas Salifu joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1971. In 1978, he was sent to the Lutheran Church Seminary in Nigeria for four years after which he went to the University of Ghana, Legon where he read sociology and religion.
After his first degree, he was sent to Bawku in the Upper East Region where he opened several congregations and translated the catechism into the Kusa language for the people in the region.
Pastor Salifu was then sent to the US to undertake a Master of Divinity programme at the St. Luis Seminary after working for a while in Bawku.
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