The St Justin Anglican Church, Ablekuma in Accra, Ghana, has been Consecrated and dedicated by the Most Rev’d Dr. Justice Ofei Akrofi, Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa and Bishop of Accra performed the Dedication , supported by the Very Rev’d Dr. Emmanuel K. Addo, the Dean of the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity, Rev. Fr. Cecil Williams , Priest in Charge of and a number of Priests. The dedication service attracted a number of dignitaries and Anglicans of all walks of life.
St. Justin Anglican was planted in the year 1986 by two Anglicans from St. John Anglican Church, Odorkor who relocated to Ablekuma; Catechist John O. Quaye and Madam Gladys Naa Yemoah Ashley all of blessed memory.
Church Services started in the house of the catechist and continued in the school building until, 2006 when Rev. Fr. Cecil A.M Williams was made Priest-in-Charge and encouraged the young church to put up this Church building. Co-incidentally, the Church was planted when the Archbishop who dedicated it was the Provost of the Cathedral Church of Holy Trinity. It is on record that, it was the then Provost Akrofi who encouraged the Cathedral to adapt St. Justin as its outstation and help it grow.
The dedication was followed by a thanksgiving service and confirmation on the following Sunday. In a sermon based on the story of the widow of Zarephath in 1 Kings 17:7-16, Archbishop advised Christians to always obey and do the will of God. He observed that, the Israelites experienced the famine, narrated in the story, because they disobeyed God and Elijah obeyed God and moved to enemy territory to do the work of God and the woman of Zarephath obeyed the man of God and experienced the miracle of abundant food in her home. He said God is the same and will still do miracles in the life of people who obey him even if they don’t understand him . To the confirmation candidates, Archbishop Akrofi advised them to allow the Holy Spirit to completely change their lives, so that they will not go back to continue in sin.
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