This coming Sunday, December 7, has presented a bit of a challenge for churches in Ghana, including the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana.  This Sunday Ghana will hold national elections and the churches are encouraging their members to be responsible Christians in both the spiritual and the civil spheres.  In addition to being sure that members can participate in both worship and voting, the situation is complicated in many communities because the churches are used as polling places.  The circumstances have led the denominations to consider the alternatives of moving worship to Saturday, or doing it earlier or later on Sunday.

It appears that PCG is discouraging the Saturday alternative, as an article from the Accra Daily Mail suggests.  In this case, the early alternative is encouraged, and by early they mean at least an hour before the 7:00 a.m. opening of the polls.  This information is echoed in an article on GhanaDot.com.

On the other hand, based on the Ghana Elections 2008 blog, the national recommendation for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, is to hold worship on Saturday evening before the elections.

Which ever alternative churches take, it is clear that they are also encouraging their members to vote responsibly and to pray for the elections.  The GhanaDot.com closes with the sentiment from the Moderator of the PCG General Assembly:

Rt. Rev.
Dr.
Frimpong-Manso
urged
Christians
to
continue
to pray
for
peaceful,
fair and
transparent
election.