Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter
A pedestrian stares at a 'Timothy' billboard located near the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Red Hills Road in St. Andrew. - RUDOLPH BROWN/CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." - I Timothy 2: 1-2 (New King James version)
AN ANONYMOUS group has been urging Christians across the Corporate Area and sections of St. Catherine to pray for the Government through the use of billboards.
The 'signs of the time' are jet black with white inscriptions. They simply read 1 Timothy 2: 1-2, a scripture from the New Testament written by the acclaimed Apostle Paul, encouraging Christians to pray for the leaders of their land.
Oral McCook, managing director of OGM Integrated Communications, the company contracted to erect the billboards, told The Gleaner that his clients were not publicity seekers and, as such, had requested to remain in the background.
CHARGE TO CHRISTIANS
Mr. McCook revealed, though, that the message is a charge to Christians. "This is not one of the things we are trying to get the total population involved with that's why it is located in close proximity to churches," Mr. McCook said.
VERY RELEVANT
He added: "It is very relevant. I think we need to realise that we have a responsibility to pray for our leaders. Sometimes we fall short by not bringing them before God in prayer."
But the Timothy boards may not be having the same effect on non-Christians. "Mi see it every day and it nuh strike me fi take up mi Bible and look it up," said Richie Buchanan, a taxi driver who hangs out a stone's throw away from the sign on Washington Boulevard in St. Andrew.
Buchanan, 24, told The Gleaner that he noticed the sign two months ago and thought it lacked appeal. "Maybe they should put some more colour on it to draw people's attention. It just dead so, as it is only Christians' attention it will get," he said.
So far, five signs with the same inscription have been erected in select locations across the Corporate Area and Portmore, St. Catherine.
Mr. McCook revealed that the Timothy boards have no relation to the 'Godboards' that surfaced a few years ago.
