El Shammah @ 40: Churches urged to promote national unity through faith, culture

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has urged churches to use cultural promotion as a tool to deepen national unity and strengthen the country’s social cohesion.

The El Shammah example Ms Gomashie commended the congregation for using the celebration to showcase the country’s cultural diversity, describing it as an example of how faith and culture could work together to foster unity.

She said religious institutions had a significant role to play in preserving and promoting the country’s diverse cultural heritage, stressing that culture was not separate from Christian faith but a gift that could be used to glorify God.