The Church of Pentecost has said it does not encourage sex outside marriage contrary to comments by an elder and counsellor of the church, Nii Armah Hammond, that the youth of the church who cannot control their sexual desires be allowed to have safe and protected sex with condoms.
The church’s New Achimota District elder told the media recently that safe sex was the best means of preventing teenage pregnancy and its associated complications.
However, a statement issued by Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, General Secretary, on behalf of the Church of Pentecost, said: “Sexuality has been abused over the years by man due to the fall. God in His own wisdom has restricted sex to married couples.”
The statement said sex outside marriage is regarded as a sin in the sight of God (1 Corinthians 6:13-20; 1 Thessalonians 4:2-8), whether it is done with a condom or not.
“The church will always encourage and advocate bringing up our children and youth to live according to biblical principles of abstinence and fidelity, and would not teach on what ways could be found to avoid the harmful consequences of engaging in things that God forbids us to do in His word.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
