President Receives Accolades at Major Church Event in Sierra Leone -Touts the Enduring Relations Between Liberia and Sierra Leone

President Boakai said the peoples of the region are one, referring to boundaries between them as "Linking Points" because of the historic cultural relations that bind its peoples in languages and cultural values.

President Boakai was speaking Sunday, October 18, in Bo City, Sierra Leone, during a special thanksgiving and honouring service where he served as Guest of Honor.  The occasion marked the 5th anniversary of the Omega Fire Baptist Church of Mount Plesant in Bo City.

At the honoring and thanksgiving service, delegates and choirs came from Guinea and Liberia, joining their colleagues in Sierra Leone to celebrate five years of existence of the Omega Fire Baptist Church.

President Boakai, himself a Baptist Deacon, expressed his delight to be a part of the celebration of a ministry that has constructed an edifice to worship God.

Speaking on the theme "The Power of the Spoken Word,” the Guest Preacher, Pastor Eddie Monroe of the Inspirational Global Ministries of the Bahamas, said the spoken word can shape lives, influence behavior, encourage, strengthen, and empower lives.

Pastor Monroe enjoined the congregation to speak words that will positively impact their lives, adding, "life and death lie in the power of the tongue."

In his remarks, Mr. Alpha Ibrahim Sesay, the Sierra Leonean Minister of Trade and Industry, who proxied for the President of Sierra Leone, Rtd. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, spoke of the enduring brotherhood between Liberia and Sierra Leone and thanked President Boakai for finding time out of his demanding schedule to attend the Thanksgiving service. 

Minister Sesay, who is also the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, pointed out that the thanksgiving and honoring service for Presidents Boakai and Maada Bio is also a reflection on God's blessings, wishing the two continued good and mutually beneficial relations.

In his thanksgiving remarks, host Pastor Rev. Dr. Fayia F. Barclay reflected on the enormous contributions of President Boakai towards the Kingdom of God and praising the Liberian Leader for the unreserved humility towards fellow men.

Rev. Barclay described the representation of 

Presidents Boakai and Bio at the program as indicative of the unity and cordiality prevailing in the region.