All is set for the 20th edition of Mission Africa Incorporated’s annual African Union (AU) Day Prayer Conference, scheduled for Saturday, 25th May 2024 in Accra.
Dr Kodjoe Sumney, the Founding President of Mission Africa Incorporated, said the conference would be in two parts.
The first part of the AU Day Prayer Conference will happen on 25th May a day set aside to commemorate the AU Day celebrations, held on Zoom and the Facebook pages of Mission Africa and other social media platforms while the second part which will come in the form of prayer festival will be held at the forecourt of Parliament of Ghana in late November 2024.
“The prayer festival in November 2024 will bring together some renowned African American pastors, to join their Ghanaian counterparts to pray for the African continent and Ghana especially as the country prepares for her presidential and parliamentary elections in December,” he told journalists, in Accra.
The theme for the Zoom event is: “Solutions for Peaceful Elections, Graduates and Youth Unemployment Evidence for Reparation,” while the theme for the November edition, (part two of the AU Day Prayer Conference) is “Peaceful Elections and African economic development …Bringing the gap between the Diaspora Returnees.”
Again, the November edition, according to the organisers, is geared towards promoting the government’s dual citizenship agenda and for easy facilitation of Ghanaian American citizens coming home to participate in the upcoming general elections.
The November edition of the AU Day Prayer Conference will be chaired by Mr. Peter Kwesi Terkper, Chief Executive Officer of 3T Aromatic Services Ltd
The annual African Union (AU) Day Prayer Conference is an initiative by Mission Africa Incorporated in collaboration with the Parliament of Ghana, Inland Empire concerned African American churches, California-USA, and the nation’s broadcaster, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.
The keynote speaker to speak at the 2024 edition of the Prayer Conference is the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.
Other speakers are the Founding President of Mission Africa Incorporated, Dr. Kodjoe Sumney; Founder of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh; Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye, Chairperson of Church of Pentecost; Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana; and Mr. Emmanuel Bedzrah, Chairperson of Parliamentary Christian Fellowship.
The rest are Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee, Founder of Salt and Light Ministries; Apostle Abraham Lamptey –Founder of Believers House of Worship International; Nene Kukrubour T. K. Agyemang, Chief of Dodowa; and Dr. Mrs. Akosuah Sumney, Vice President of Mission Africa Inc.
Dr. Sumney asked the public to participate fully in the two activities to pray for the most prosperous continent in the world but the poorest in its human and economic development.
He said Mission Africa’s strong advocacy, presence, and network abroad, especially in the USA is paying off as most people of African origin are returning home, especially in Ghana.
Again, the promotion of the Year of Return and Beyond by the Mission has helped motivate some sons and daughters of African origin who have returned home to help the development of the continent of their birth.
Ghana for instance has witnessed remarkable inflows from the diaspora through investment, humanitarian work, building churches in remote areas and schools.
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24 May 2024
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