The Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches (FGF), one of the leading Christian denominations in Guyana, is celebrating its 50th year of existence.
The year-long activities planned to coincide with the fellowship’s Golden Jubilee anniversary were officially launched last Saturday with a prayer breakfast held at the Marian Academy located on Carifesta Avenue.
Among the hundreds in attendance were Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Opposition Leader David Granger, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman, other political leaders and heads of various Christian denominations in Guyana.
Presenting the fellowship’s history was Professor Winston McGowan, who noted that it started out of a vision God gave to the late Philip Mohabir, a Guyanese who had migrated to the United Kingdom.
Mohabir returned to Guyana and along with several other persons started the fellowship in April of 1964. Today, the FGF consists of about 120 churches located all across the 10 administrative regions. McGowan, who is also a member of the fellowship’s highest leadership body, highlighted that the FGF was a unique denomination as it was native to Guyana.
He pointed out that the majority of the workers were Guyanese and the organisation was not at any stage overly dependent on overseas sources for financial and other support.
Superintendant of the fellowship, Apostle Elsworth Williams, declared the celebrations open. Acknowledging God’s faithfulness to the fellowship over the years, he stressed that there is much more to achieve. He called for leadership in the churches and nationally.
The theme of the celebrations is “Let’s celebrate! Together we build; together we achieve!” The fellowship has several activities planned for the rest of the year, particularly during the month of July.
These include a relay torch run, a march of witness, community projects, evangelistic outreaches and a youth extravaganza. The celebrations will culminate in December with a celebration rally in Corentyne, Berbice.
