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We’ve reached that era where people are ‘using’ God instead of allowing God to use them. Peo- ple pretend and scheme and once they get what they want they are out. Sacrifice is no longer the or- der and instead it’s only about convenience. You assign roles and responsibilities yet people are still not working. talking to people and helping them build a solid relationship with God as well as emphasizing the need to be co-labourers in the kingdom of God. TCM: What is your take on the Gha- naian gospel music industry? AT: Things are hanging. We’ve been exposed to people doing ur- ban gospel and these are people TCM: How can this be changed? who love God and choose to ex- AT: I think we need to continue press themselves in that area. It’s got to a point when I really wasn’t listening to Ghanaian gospel. At some point, it was all noise and shouting and you really couldn’t meditate with these songs but I think that now the urban gospel, are doing things differently and passionately. They should have a little more bible-based content and they need to wait more on the face of God so they can be more prompted in the things of God TCM: What role have you played in ensuring that worship leaders in your church minister & lead from a place of authenticity and truth- fulness? AT: I’m a worshipper myself. In my church, we do a lot of fasting and prayers and leaders don’t just come and lead but are required to minister in their area of calling in order to lead under divine inspira- tion. We teach them to prayerfully wait on the Lord and allow them