Methodist Clergy Rev. Savior Owusu Advocates for Thoughtful Naming of Children, Emphasizing Lasting Impact on Identity and Future Prospects

Rev. Savior Owusu, a clergy member of the Methodist Church, has urged parents to adopt a deliberate approach when naming their children, stressing that names possess profound meanings and can have a lasting impact on a child’s life, identity, and future.

Rev. Owusu, who serves as the Circuit Minister of the Methodist Church Ghana at Manso Abiram in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, expressed concern that naming ceremonies have increasingly become a matter of fashion rather than purpose.

According to him, many parents now select names based solely on their aesthetic appeal, current trends, or internet suggestions, without taking the time to understand their meanings or implications.

He explained that names are not merely labels but carry spiritual, cultural, and psychological significance.

For this reason, he advised parents to research and understand the meaning of any name they intend to give to their child before the naming ceremony.

He cautioned that giving a child a name without knowing its meaning could negatively influence the child’s identity, self-perception, and future development.

Rev. Owusu further used the opportunity to appeal to parents, particularly fathers, to take full responsibility for the upbringing of their children.

He urged fathers not to abandon their parental duties but to remain actively involved in the lives of their children by providing guidance, discipline, care, and support to help shape them into responsible and productive members of society.

He made these remarks during a church service held at the Ebenezer Society of the Methodist Church at Manso Tontokrom.

Meanwhile, an opinion leader at Manso Tontokrom, Mr. Nyarko Isaac, also made a passionate appeal to fathers in the community to take their responsibilities seriously.

He stressed that children require not only financial support but also love, guidance, and moral direction from their fathers.

Mr. Nyarko Isaac warned that the abandonment of children by fathers has serious social consequences, including indiscipline and social vices, and called on men to be present in the lives of their children to help secure a better future for both the family and the community.

BY: SAMUEL OFORI BOATENG

SOURCE: DLNEWSROOM