The leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is worried over the increasing negative effects of illegal mining, which they say is affecting the soul-winning efforts of the church.
Executive Secretary of the Northern Ghana Union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pastor Edward Nyarkoh, says the church can no longer baptize new converts in streams in areas affected by illegal mining because of increasing turbidity levels in water bodies across the country.
He told Joy News churches are now forced to construct baptisteries for new converts because the church can no longer conduct baptismal services in rivers. "Galamsey has come to destroy all the water bodies.
So it's also affecting our baptism".