Presbyterian Church of Ghana
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana | |
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Presbyterian | |
Associations | |
Founder | Basel Mission Moravian Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Church of Scotland |
Origin |
Accra, Gold Coast |
Congregations | 4,889 (2019) |
Members | 1,015,174 (2019) |
Publications | Christian Messenger |
Official website | pcgonline |
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is a
Church structure
The church is a founding member of the
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has seven church departments that have specific tasks of building up the church in their respective activities. These are:[2][11]
- Department of Administration & Human Resource
- Department of Church Life & Nurture
- Department of Mission & Evangelism
- Department of Ecumenical & Social Relations
- Department of Development & Social Services
- Department of Education
- Department of Finance
Membership
By the 2015, the church had 876,257 members and 2573 congregations. By the end of 2019, the PCG had about a total membership of 1,015,174.[11][4] According to the 2019 report of the Committee on Information Management, Statistics & Planning (IMSP) of the Department of Administration & Human Resource Management (AHRM) of the church, it had 4889 congregations. As of 2021, there were more than 1.7 million Presbyterians in Ghana, representing approximately 8% of Ghanaian Christians and comprising members of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Global Evangelical Church and other smaller Reformed denominations in the Presbyterian tradition.[12][4][7]
PCG Statistics – 2001 to 2013
Year | Total | Increase | %Increase |
2001 | 500,190 | ||
2002 | 535,130 | 34,940 | 7.0 |
2003 | 565,637 | 30,507 | 5.7 |
2004 | 578,727 | 13,090 | 2.3 |
2005 | 612,337 | 33,610 | 5.8 |
2006 | 615,391 | 3,054 | 0.5 |
2007 | 622,609 | 7,218 | 1.2 |
2008 | 624,890 | 2,281 | 0.4 |
2009 | 652,083 | 27,193 | 4.4 |
2010 | 691,949 | 39,866 | 6.1 |
2011 | 721,599 | 29,650 | 4.3 |
2012 | 739,548 | 17,949 | 2.5 |
2013 | 773,504 | 33,956 | 4.6 |
The Church and education
Education is an integral part of the church's responsibility to the communities it operates in. In general, Ghanaian Presbyterians have a high educational attainment.[13][10] Together with Ghanaian Anglicans, Methodists and Roman Catholics - Christian denominations that also prioritize higher education, Presbyterians in Ghana were historically disproportionately represented in the upper ranks of government, industry, academia and the professional occupations.[13] The church is the proprietor of more than 2400 basic schools including 487 kindergarten and nursery schools, 984 primary schools and 399 junior high schools. The church has 30 senior high schools, 40 private schools, 6 vocational institutions, 5 teacher training colleges, 2 research centres, 4 nursing training colleges and 5 training centres for pastors and laity.[2][14] In 2003, the church started a university known as the Presbyterian University College. It is located at Abetifi-Kwahu in the Eastern region of Ghana.[15]
The Church and health
The church is a member of the
- Agogo Hospital – Ophthalmology, internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics / gynaecology and paediatrics
- Bawku Hospital – Ophthalmology, general surgery, orthopaedic surgery and obstetrics / gynaecology
- Dormaa Hospital – Paediatrics.[2]
The Church and agriculture
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana was established in 1828 and formalised partnership (Reg No. ACB 146/88) with the then government of Gold Coast now the Republic of Ghana in 1932 to contribute to the Spiritual and socio-economic development of the citizenry of Ghana. To this end, the Church established six (6) Agricultural Service stations in the late sixties in the Northern, Upper East, Eastern and Greater Accra regions of Ghana to complement the efforts of Government at poverty eradication in rural communities of the country.[2]
Assets
The church owns two printing and publishing houses including Waterville Publishing House, three newspapers, including Christian Messenger and eight bookshops. It has three retreat centres and operates four guest houses and three conference halls.[2]
Church leadership
Moderator of the General Assembly
The
No | Moderator | Tenure of Office |
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1 | Peter Hall | 1918–22 |
2 | Nathaniel Asare | 1923–24 |
3 | W. A. Quartey | 1925–29 |
4 | L. L. Richter | 1930–31 |
5 | E. C. Martinson | 1932–38 |
6 | S. S. Odonkor | 1939–50 |
7 | E. V. Asihene | 1951–54 |
8 | E. Max Dodu | 1955–58 |
9 | E. M. L. Odjidja | 1959–66 |
10 | J. K. Sintim-Misa | 1967–78 |
11 | I. H. Frempong | 1979–86 |
12 | D. A. Koranteng | 1987–95 |
13 | A. A. Beeko | 1995–98 |
14 | Sam Prempeh | 1999–03 |
15 | Yaw Frimpong-Manso | 2004–10 |
16 | Emmanuel Martey | 2010–16 |
17 | Cephas Narh Omenyo | 2016–18 |
18 | J. O. Y. Mante | 2018–23 |
19 | Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye | 2023- |
Synod Clerk / Clerk of the General Assembly
The
No. | Synod Clerk / Clerk of the General Assembly | Tenure of Office |
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1 | Nicholas Timothy Clerk | 1918–32 |
2 | D. E. Akwa | 1933–40 |
3 | M. A. Obeng | 1941–49 |
4 | Carl Henry Clerk | 1950–54 |
5 | A. L. N. Kwansa | 1955–69 |
6 | T. A. Osei | 1970–74 |
7 | R. K. Sah | 1978–85 |
8 | E. S. Mate-Kodjo | 1985–95 |
9 | Ofosu Adutwum | 1995–97 |
10 | Nii Teiko Dagadu | 1997–99 |
11 | Charles Gyang-Duah | 1999–03 |
12 | Herbert Oppong | 2004–12 |
13 | Samuel Ayete-Nyampong | 2012–19 |
14 | Godwin Nii Noi Odonkor | 2019– |
Notable people
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (July 2019) |
- Gottlieb Ababio Adom
- Clement Anderson Akrofi
- Rose Akua Ampofo
- David Asante
- John Azumah
- Emilie Christaller
- Johann Gottlieb Christaller
- Alexander Worthy Clerk
- Carl Henry Clerk
- Nicholas T. Clerk
- Nicholas Timothy Clerk
- Peter Hall
- Regina Hesse
- Rose Ann Miller
- Catherine Mulgrave
- Theophilus Opoku
- Fritz Ramseyer
- Carl Christian Reindorf
- Andreas Riis
- George Peter Thompson
- Rosina Widmann
- Johannes Zimmermann
Gallery
See also
- Basel Mission
- Christianity in Ghana
- Christian Messenger
- Christ Presbyterian Church, Akropong
- Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu
- Ramseyer Memorial Presbyterian Church
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana
- Methodist Church Ghana
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- ^ Online, Peace FM. "Presbyterian Church of Ghana is 190 Years Today". peace fm online. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "PUC". Presby university ghana. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Welcome to the CHAG website". Chagghana. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
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