News Briefs: Bediako Noted in Top Ghanaian Newspaper

Pastor Matthew Bediako and his wife, Elizabeth, were recently front-page news in "The Mirror," an Accra, Ghana newspaper billed as that nation's "most popular weekly."

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Pastor Matthew Bediako and his wife, Elizabeth, were recently front-page news in "The Mirror," an Accra, Ghana newspaper billed as that nation's "most popular weekly."

Pastor Matthew Bediako and his wife, Elizabeth, were recently front-page news in “The Mirror,” an Accra, Ghana newspaper billed as that nation’s “most popular weekly.” The article by reporter Jojo Sam notes that Bediako, elected executive secretary of the worldwide Adventist Church in 2000, made history as the first African to hold the position, one of the top three in the church. Tracing his work both in Ghana and the world field, the article observed that Bediako prayed for peaceful elections in Ghana.