A sod cutting ceremony has been held for the construction of 50 church buildings and 50 two-bedroom houses in different locations of the Greater Accra Region by First Sky Group for the Assemblies of God, Ghana as part of its support for mission work of the church.
The ceremony, which took place on July 15, 2024 witnessed the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Dr. Stephen Wengam perform the sod cutting supported by the Executive Chairman of First Sky Group, Mr. Eric Kutortse to signal the commencement of the project, dubbed First Sky group Legacy Temples Project.
In attendance were senior members of the Presbytery of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Chief Executive Officers of the subsidiaries of First Sky Group with their management and staff, traditional stakeholders from the locations where the projects would be executed among others.
Executive Chairman and Founder of First Sky Group, Eric Seddy Kutortse reiterated the commitment of the Group through its subsidiaries to stay focused and resilient in its partnership with the church to facilitate the prosecution of the great commission in promoting the kingdom of God.
Mr. Kutortse said the investment in the Church is a long-term decision by the company to devote thirty per cent of its net profit to bring relief to the church and humanity and urged other business to emulate the example of First Sky Group in assisting local churches in the rural parts of the country to better the lives of the communities.
Mr. Kutortse explained the commitment to continue investing thirty per cent of the Group’s profit was in fulfilment of a pledge made in 2016 to commit that percentage of its annual profits to support God’s Kingdom Business and men of God and to bring relief to humanity, the poor and needy.
This has seen the adoption of the Korle Bu Renal Dialysis Unit, which so far has benefitted from Thirty-Four million Ghana cedis (GHS 34 million) through the free dialysis scheme by paying off all the medical bills of all patients for patients who frequent the Unit and could not afford to pay for treatment, kidney transplant procedures and also the establishment and operationalisation of a modern Kidney Transplant Centre in Ghana, the first of its kind in West Africa, to serve patients within the country and the sub-region.
General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Stephen Wengam, applauded the gesture of the First Sky Group in response to the call to support the Church’s Missions activities.
Rev. Dr. Wengam explained the construction of the 50 church buildings and 50 two-bedroom missions in different location in rural Greater Accra, under the Legacy Temples Project, will go a long way to resource the local branches of the Assemblies of God, Ghana as a rural focused faith-based organisation to push on with the promotion of the work of the Kingdom of God.
He said through the intervention of the First Sky Group in the Legacy Temple Project, local Assemblies of God, Ghana Churches will have the breather to focus their resources on other key aspects of the Kingdom work, including resourcing pastors among others.
“Assemblies of God Ghana is grateful to Deacon Eric Kutortse and his wife, and the entire First Sky Group for this very critical intervention in the growth of our church” Rev. Wengam acknowledged.
