Pastor Francis Kodom, a Pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church in the Bono Region, has expressed worried about the growing negative influences of the new media driving innocent and unsuspecting young people into behaviours that harm society.
He said the nation ought to be proactive enough in stemming the upsurge of pornographic sites, profane songs, indecent dressing and nudity that had taken over the digital space.
Pastor Kodom, who is the Penkwasi Location Pastor of the church, emphasised that several young people followed those social media and blogging sites blindly, endangering their lives.
He called for the right government initiative and responsibility, to control those social media influencers from negatively impacting the minds and lives of young people.
Nonetheless, Pastor Kodom, also the Deputy Bono Regional Director of the Center for National Culture (CNC), said families also ought to monitor and guard their children in using social media wisely for their spiritual growth and development.
He delivered a sermon on the theme: “Forsaking all and following Christ” at the youth division of the 2026 Global Retreat of the Deeper Life Bible Church.
Thousands of congregants comprising youth, children and adults, drawn from the various divisions, districts and locations of the church are attending the five-day Easter Retreat on the theme: “The Glory of Christ Resurrection”.
The retreat offers an opportunity for the congregants to listen to live sermons of Pastor Dr William F Kumuyi, the Founder and General Superintendent of the DCLM from the church headquarters in Nigeria via satellite.
Pastor Kodom noted that adolescent age was associated with certain characteristics, pushing the youth to know and understand more, saying that “We can’t sit down unconcerned and allow them to watch unedifying contents that turn to harm the entire society.”
“Jesus Christ is the true way and the surest icon that you must follow and not regret,” he told the young people, urging them to unfollow social media platforms that harm their spiritual lives.
Earlier, Pastor Charles Ollu, the Camp commandant at the Youth Division of the Retreat, also urged the youth to live exemplary lives, prioritising their spiritual growth and wellbeing as well as their academic progress above everything else.
