At a press launch at Home Africa, here in Accra, the Executive Producer of Film Africa and the latest movie, Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, cautioned the public to carefully examine their worship to make sure God and their consciences approve of what they do.
The renowned Ghanaian director has set out to confront the relationship between Ghanaians and the church.
It is undisputable fact that religion plays an important role in the life of Africans and that belief is borne out by the explosion of churches on the continent.
In places like Ghana and Nigeria, the church is also big business and the wealth raked in by many pastors makes it difficult to keep opportunists away from the pulpits.
Mr Ansah in an interview expressed worries of how "men of God" have been exploiting the masses(mostly the least educated) in the name of preaching.
Nonetheless, he mentioned the possibility of having genuine preachers across the country who in diverse ways are trying to impart positively on the Ghanaian society.
It can be seen that in recent times you could count about 25 new churches springing up and several also fading out for loosing credibility. A lot of these preachers "self acclaimed Pastors,Prophets" are usually heard on Radios,TV's,lorry stations and street corners claiming to have solutions to all plights confronting the people only to end up extorting sums of money from unsuspecting congregants.
Some section of Ghanaian youths also express worries about this trend and even suggest government should be seen acting against such miscreants or possibly ban their activities on radio which has become their predominant medium of deception.
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