The Jos Plateau environment in general and Beromland in particular has witnessed severe decimation and change due to a number of agents of change. These agents of change have created a great ecological imbalance on the land, even as tin mining activities have left behind human-made ponds, dumps, bare vegetation, and have precipitated an avalanche of gully erosion and other activities of denudation that are now a common phenomenon on the Jos Plateau landscape. Many researchers have ventur...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the religious and ethical implications of prostitution in Ghana. The purpose of the study was to examine why prostitution still persists in spite of condemnation by some religious groups. Six selected communities, where mining and industrial activities are done, comprising 53 respondents and interviewees (50 prostitutes and 3 religious leaders) were used and this was done using the purposive and snowball sampling techniques, in the selection of ...
ABSTRACT The Temple of Praise Church is an indigenous Neo-Pentecostal church whose mode of operation slightly differs from both the Historic and Classical Pentecostal churches. It is one of the churches founded by indigenous Africans in 1988, and it is among the first Neo-Pentecostal churches to be established in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The Temple of Praise church, Bethel Prayer Ministry, The Apostle Continuation Church and others which are not mentioned here are categorized as indig...
ABSTRACT Exod. 19:6 contains a statement that is unique in the Tanak, and greatly influenced the Jewish and Christian Theology vAd+q ' yAgæw> ~ynIßh]Ko tk,l,îm.m; . (“kingdom of priest and holy nation”). For some centuries, scholars have offered diverse interpretations of the syntagm that can be summarized into two main schools of thought: the ‘elitist’ and the ‘activecorporatist’. The elitist argue that “kingdom of priests and holy nation” refers to just a group of Israeli...
ABSTRACT The book of Hosea, popular for its marital metaphor, presents a link between unethical deeds and ecological crises in ancient Israel. However, existing studies on the book have focused mostly on its nuptial imagery with less emphasis on the ecological consequences generated by unethical deeds in Israel of the period, which could be relevant to understanding the ecological problems in selected communities in contemporary Rivers State. This study, therefore, interpreted the Book of Ho...
This study has examined the extent to which the mass media serves as instrument of escalation, generation and de-escalation of religious-related conflicts in the Northern part of Nigeria and the consequent effects of the role of the mass media in the development of the region and the nation as a whole. The secondary sources of data were the main method employed in the collection of data. The study examined critically news reports and analysis, editorials, advertorials and special column...
ABSTRACT This study was an historical appraisal of the strategies of evangelisation adopted by the Akuapem Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) in the Eastern region of Ghana from 1980-2005. The purpose was to investigate the linkage between the strategies of evangelisation and community development. The study was conducted in seven Church Districts using a sample size of 515 respondents, interviewees and discussants comprising members in leadership positions, ordinary members...
ABSTRACT Christian indigenous literary texts, particularly, songs and poetry, form a central component of Ghanaian Christianity. These songs and poetry are not just literary texts but theology in action that express the religious understanding and reflections of a people. They function as a vehicle for proclaiming the Gospel and the rudiments of Christian life outside the usual rubrics of Western missiology. This study examines these indigenous literary texts as sources of African Christian e...
ABSTRACT Some Christian expression present in music, sermons and life styles of contemporary Ghanaian preachers suggest that once a person becomes a Christian they will not face predicaments such as sickness, barrenness and pains. However, in reference to Christian history, there is no Christianity without a cross; in essence, suffering is part of the Christian tradition and theology. It is important therefore to reminisce from the examples and from the history of the early Christians and the...
ABSTRACT Over the last two decades, presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana have been interspersed with prophecies mainly from the prophets of the neo-prophetic churches in Ghana. The neo-prophetic churches are one of the Pentecostal strand of churches in Ghana. These prophecies seeks or attempt to give an advance declaration of a presidential candidate whom God has chosen to win an impending presidential elections. This study, thus focuses on prophecies regarding presidential elect...
ABSTRACT From the very beginnings of the Basel Mission Church in Accra, indigenous people played very meaningful roles to ensure the success of the mission. The work of these African Christians is significant, and some historical accounts have sought to credit their roles. This study seeks to examine three (3) of these indigenous Ga in the Basel Mission Church and their contributions to the growth of the Basel Mission Church in the Ga district. These persons are Carl Christian Reindorf, Paul ...
ABSTRACT This work is concerned with the divergent opinions on church government in the Anglican and Methodist Churches. At the 1999 Methodist Church Conference, at which there was a resolution to adopt the episcopal system of church government, the ‘laity’ admitted that they lacked adequate understanding about the systems of church government. Also, a claim that was made by the Methodist Church Ghana during and after the discussions to adopt episcopacy was that her episcopacy is more bib...
ABSTRACT The silence of God and the problem of evil are mysterious issues and a major concern for human history which many have tried to unravel. However, some contemporary Charis-matic Churches try to use motivational or prosperity gospel to resolve the problem of evil. Some of their leaders preach that Christians must not lack anything. If that is so, how do we explain the circumstances of poverty, sufferings, natural and man-made disasters that claim so many lives? Is it because those who ...
The considers the possibilities and otherwise of inter-faith harmony in the face of the Covid19 pandemic. It notes that man from the beginning of consciousness has been trapped by one challenges or the other, which his restless struggle gives birth to magic, religion and science. As societies progresses, magic and science remain bastard brothers of religion. This is because when magic and science failed, man turn to religion. It further notes that man's attempt to interrogate the existence of...
ABSTRACT The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG) experienced a number of conflicts and divisions from 1942 to 1991. Among them, the schism on the 8th June, 1991 is considered the greatest. After twenty-four years, the effect of this split still persists. The study therefore investigates the effects of the 1991 schism on the EPCG, within the period of 1992 – 2015. It examines the consequences of the Schism from EPCG perspective, highlighting both the challenges and the potentialiti...