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Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists, continue to undermine peace and security across Wum municipality, in Menchum Division. The Senior Divisional Officer for Menchum Division, Abdoullahi Aliou, has warned the perpetrators of such acts on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, calling for sustained engagement with all partners to urgently advance a holistic approach to peace.   As the local and administrative authorities intensify peace talks across the board, Defense and Security forces are also intensifying counter-terrorism operations, and some communities have organized volunteer groups and self-defense militias for protection.   “The growing linkages between terrorism, organized crime and inter-communal violence cannot be overemphasized”,   Abdoullahi Aliou said.   “Terrorists continue to exploit latent ethnic animosities and the absence of total collaboration and cooperation between the population and Defense and Security forces for intelligence reports to com...

The PCC National Training Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Mih Clement Kum has begun training Pastors of the Menchum Presbytery on the important role of chaplaincy, given that in Menchum Presbytery, chaplaincy programs are very timid. Cross section of Pastors at the refresher course. This is the focus of a four-day refresher course which started on Wednesday March 30th 2022 at the Women's hall of PC Naikom in Menchum Presbytery. It will end on Saturday April 2nd 2022. The interest, the National Training Chaplain says, is to enable PCC Pastors in Menchum Presbytery to revamp chaplaincy programs that have gone comatose.                                So, this refresher course is aimed at bringing back the attention of Pastors to what they often neglect after they are given their charge. It should be recalled that in the seminary, focus is more on the general evangelization whereas there are specific things to do when it com...

Rev. Fonki Samuel addressing the Presbyterian Church in Ghana The moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, RT. REV. FONKI Samuel FORBA, was guest of honour at the 21st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ghana. During the august assembly, the Spiritual Leader of the P.C.C,   addressed the 21st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana on the theme “Jesus Christ: the Light of the world” drawn from John 8:12. He also used the opportunity given to him to present the P.C.C to the Presbyterian Christians in Ghana. Crest of The Presbyterian Church of Ghana The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is a mainline Protestant church in Ghana. The oldest continuously existing established Christian church in Ghana, it was started by the Basel missionaries on 18 December 1828. The missionaries had been trained in Germany and Switzerland and arrived on the Gold Coast to spread Christianity. The work of the mission became stronger when Moravian missionaries from the...

His Holiness Pope Francis Ahead of New year day celebrations, the head of the Roman Catholic church, His Holiness Pope Francis, releases a message of peace as the world observes the 53rd WORLD DAY OF PEACE under the theme; " PEACE AS A JOURNEY OF HOPE: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION "    1. Peace, a journey of hope in the face of obstacles and trial   Peace is a great and precious value, the object of our hope and the aspiration of the entire human family. As a human attitude, our hope for peace is marked by an existential tension that makes it possible for the present, with all its difficulties, to be “lived and accepted if it leads towards a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify the effort of the journey”.[1] Hope is thus the virtue that inspires us and keeps us moving forward, even when obstacles seem insurmountable.  Our human community bears, in its memory ...

By Stephen Ojang.  Christians of Presbyterian church Naikom in Menchum presbytery, are poised to celebrate the 62nd Presbyterian Church day in a befitting house of worship, as their giant ceiling project is near completion. Works are on going and each Christian feels joyful to dwel in the house of God with such a dignified ceiling.  The Presbyterian Church day shall be celebrated this year under the theme " Be steadfast in your transformation ". PC Naikom is celebrating at a time when Christians are fleeing from the atrocities and violence comited on God's children. The 62nd Presbyterian Church day celebration, also comes up at a time when human rights abuses have reached crescendo as human life now has no value in the eyes of fellow humans. Human beings are butchered, killed,mutilated and abandoned like animals. Christians of the PCC in Menchm presbytery, will have to pray fr long life since life is uncertain in this part of the Presbyterian church.