By P. Lincoln Nyanrue Jr., elincoln1986@gmail.com
As part of observing Liberia 170 independence day, Bethel Zwedru Church has donated assorted items to less fortunate in Grand Gedeh County. Items include copy books, clothes, tooth paste, wash and bath soups, and medication.
Those who benefited are old folks and orphans children living at the Premier Timber Plantation (PTP) refugee camp, outside Zwedru. The host community members living with disabilities also benefited from the gesture.
In an exclusive interview with the head pastor of Bethel Zwedru Church, Rev. Andrew R. Kollimine, he said this was the second time the Church has undertaken this initiative and promised to continue.
Rev. Kollimine described his church’s gesture to the less fortunate as taking the gospel to the poor.
According to him, many times those who cannot afford or the disabled population have been overlooked and marginalized in the communities, but added that God is interested in them.
The Bethel Zwedru Church Head Pastor said the intent of the occasion was in fulfillment of the scriptures, quoting Matthew chapter 14 that Jesus preached at one point in time to five thousand people and later felt them with three loaves of bread and two fish, as a means of providing to the needy.
Pastor Kollimine said the Church would continue until God’s kingdom comes.
He used the occasion to call on Liberians to join in prayers for the country as we gear towards October 10, 2017 representatives and presidential elections for the best person to be declared winner for the development of our society.
Also speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, the Coordinator of the National Commission on Officials of Bethel Zwedru Church, Francis Nyongbao Dweh who said the Church will continue to recognize and support people living with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities. “This is not our first time,” added.
Pastor Dweh used the program to call on other philanthropic organizations to follow the foot step of Bethel Zwedru Church in rendering assistance to the less fortunate people to alleviate their sufferings.
