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Item The Influence of Charismatic Churches on Musama Disco Christo Church (Mdcc) and Apostles’ Revelation Society (Ars) in Ghana.(University of Ghana, 2015-07) Ainoo, E.E.; Kwakye, A.N.O.; Amoah, E.; University of Ghana, College of Humanities, School of Arts, Department of ReligionsGhana has not been left out of the worldwide outburst of Pentecostal/Charismatic movement. Its impact has been felt on Ghanaian Christianity today. The African Independent Churches (AICs) popularly referred in literature as sunsum sore (Spiritual Churches) which emerged in the 1930s is one strand of Ghanaian Pentecostalism. It has undergone renewals, changes and developments over the years. This thesis investigated the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) and Apostles‟ Revelation Society. (ARS), noting the influences that charismatic churches have had on them. It examined the efforts that had been made to adapt features of charismatic churches to suit present day Musama Disco Christo Church MDCC and Apostles‟ Revelation Society (ARS). The study answered the question, to what extent has the Charismatic Churches in Ghana influenced Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC) and Apostles Revelation Society (ARS)? It investigated the complex nature of the impact of charismatic movements in the program of activities including dress code, removal of footwears, use of media and language, levels of growth and place of women. Both historical and phenomenological approaches have been adopted in this study. Primary and secondary sources were used in this study. Data collections from field research, focused group discussion, interviews with the top hierarchy of the church were also used. Church documents including reports, minutes, constitution etc. were also examined. Secondary sources including published works of scholars were used.Item Language, Literature, Prayer, and Music Repertoires as Sources of African Christian Spirituality and Values(SAGE, 2021) Amenga-Etego, R.M.; Kwakye, A.N.O.; i Emeka-Nwobia, N.; Onovoh, P.; Fretheim, S.Every interreligious encounter produces a cross-fertilization of ideas and values. To what extent is the Christian-African indigenous religious encounter mutually impacting? And what aspects of the African worldview make it receptive to Christianity? This article addresses these questions by engaging the underexplored phenomena of African literature, music, and prayer as sources of African values and spirituality, as well as of Christian theology. Through in-depth interviews, focused group discussions, participant-observation, along with archival data and African literary works, it argues that the wealth of African metaphors and values therein richly express African spirituality, values, and Christian theology.Item Returning African Christians in Mission to the Gold Coast(Studies in World Christianity, 2018-04) Kwakye, A.N.O.The transatlantic slave trade created an African diaspora in the Westernworld. Some of these diaspora Africans encountered and embraced thereligion of their Western masters. Life in the Caribbean diaspora providedan opportunity for the nestling of ideas that were to shape theestablishment of the Christian faith in Africa. Following the failures ofEuropean missionaries to make an impact in Africa in the earlynineteenth century, freshly emancipated Christians from the Caribbeanbecame agents of social transformation in the Gold Coast, Cameroun andNigeria. Using archival records from Basel in Switzerland and Ghana, thispaper explores the missionary initiative of Jamaican Christians whoworked under the aegis of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society from1843 to 1918. It provides evidence that these Jamaican Christians becameprincipal agents for the success of the Basel Mission's enterprise in theGold Coast in the nineteenth century. The paper argues against aEurocentric approach to mission historiography that has obviated theroles of Africans in the nineteenth century and demonstrates the legacywhich these returning Africans have left the church in Africa.Item The Youth and the Numerical Growth of the Ga Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana(University of Ghana, 2016-07) Quartey, J.C.; Kwakye, A.N.O.; Sarbah, C.E.; University of Ghana, College of Humanities, School of Arts, Department of ReligionsThis study examines the role of the youth of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana towards its numerical growth. It focuses on the role the youth have played throughout the development and continue to play towards the growth of the church and also examines the challenges faced by the youth in the discharge of these roles. Methodologically, the study adopted the method of research where data on the subject matter were collected and analysed through the use of personal interviews, questionnaire administration, participant observation and consulting of relevant reports and brochures. The respondent included both the clergy, lay and the youth. It also reviewed relevant literature. The study foundout that, the youth played various roles in the numerical growth of the church. These roles includes evangelism, seeing to the holistic development of members, providing ecclesiastical leadership, serving as teachers of the JY and Children Service, providing financial assistance and moderning worship. This notwithstanding, the research revealed that there are some challenges faced by the youths in the role they played which if solved, would enhance the contribution of the youth towards the numerical growth of the church. The study concludes that, the youth of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana play a prominent role in the numerical growth of the church.