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- Methodist_Church_Ghana abstract "The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, Ghana. Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman, another missionary, emerged as the father of Methodism in West Africa, taking the Christian message beyond Cape Coast to the Ashanti Kingdom, Nigeria, and other parts of the region.By 1854, the church was organized into circuits constituting a district with T.B. Freeman as chairman. Freeman was replaced in 1856 by William West. The district was divided and extended to include areas in the then Gold Coast and Nigeria by the synod in 1878, a move confirmed at the British Conference. The district were Gold Coast (Ghana) District, with T.R. Picot as chairman and Yoruba and Popo District, with John Milum as chairman. Methodist evangelization of northern Ghana began in 1910. After serving as a district in the British Methodist Conference, the Methodist Church Ghana attained full independence on 28 July 1961. It adopted an episcopal structure at the Koforidua Conference in August 1999. Currently, the Methodist Church Ghana has 15 dioceses headed by bishops. Between 2003 and March 2008, 406 new congregations were started and ministry was initiated in Burkina Faso.The current Presiding Bishop is the Most Reverend Prof Emmanuel Asante, the third presiding bishop and the tenth person to lead the Methodist Church Ghana. The administrative bishop is the Right ReverendDr Kweku Asamoah-Okyere , and the lay president is Mr. J. E. K. Pratt.".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana wikiPageExternalLink www.methodistchurch-gh.org.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana wikiPageID "7693778".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana wikiPageRevisionID "603143217".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana associations "World Council of Churches, World Methodist Council, Christian Council of Ghana".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana caption "Methodist Church Ghana logo".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana foundedDate "1835".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana foundedPlace Cape_Coast.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana foundedPlace Ghana.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana hasPhotoCollection Methodist_Church_Ghana.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana imagealttext "Methodist Church Ghana logo".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana mainClassification Methodism.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana name "The Methodist Church Ghana".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana orientation Mainline_Protestant.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana parent Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana polity "Episcopal".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana spiritualFounder John_Wesley.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana website www.methodistchurch-gh.org.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana subject Category:1961_establishments_in_Ghana.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana subject Category:Christianity_in_Ghana.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana subject Category:Members_of_the_World_Council_of_Churches.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana subject Category:Methodist_denominations_established_in_the_20th_century.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana subject Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_1961.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type Abstraction100002137.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type Denomination108146782.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type Group100031264.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type MethodistDenominationsAndUnionsEstablishedInThe20thCentury.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type NongovernmentalOrganization108009834.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type Organization108008335.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type ReligiousOrganizationsEstablishedIn1961.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type SocialGroup107950920.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana type YagoLegalActor.
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- Methodist_Church_Ghana type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana comment "The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, Ghana. Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman, another missionary, emerged as the father of Methodism in West Africa, taking the Christian message beyond Cape Coast to the Ashanti Kingdom, Nigeria, and other parts of the region.By 1854, the church was organized into circuits constituting a district with T.B.".
- Methodist_Church_Ghana label "Methodist Church Ghana".
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- Methodist_Church_Ghana sameAs Methodist_Church_Ghana.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana wasDerivedFrom Methodist_Church_Ghana?oldid=603143217.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana homepage www.methodistchurch-gh.org.
- Methodist_Church_Ghana isPrimaryTopicOf Methodist_Church_Ghana.