Ghana

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Official name: The Republic of Ghana Area: 239,460 (sq km) 92,456 (sq mi) Government: Official languages: Monetary unit: cedi ¢ Cities: Accra, Kumasi, Obuasi, Wa, Tamale, Tema, Cape Coast, Sunyani

DEMOGRAPHY Population: 22,409,572 Population density: ECONOMY GDP (PPP): $54,450,000,000 (USD) per person: </small>

LIFE & LIBERTY HDI

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Climate 1.3 Natural Resources 2 Demographics 2.1 Peoples 2.2 Languages 2.3 Provinces 3 Life 4 Economy 5 Government 6 Religion 6.1 Islam 6.2 Buddhism 7 Christianity 7.1 History 7.2 Churches 7.3 Church and State Relations 7.4 Mission and Evangelization 7.4.1 Broadcasting 7.5 Councils and Networks 8 Future Trends 9 For More Reading

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

[edit] Climate

[edit] Natural Resources

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Peoples

• The Akan people are using Twi as their main language of.
• The Hanga people, population 7 400 person, Christian 7,5%, most of the people belong to Ethnic Religions, they have the New Testament in their language, since 2006, "Faith Comes by Hearing" tapes of dramatized Hanga Scriptures became available, a number of persons got converted through these tapes. The Hanga Christians are reaching out to their own people, also to the sister tribes in the remote places.
• The Konkomba people, read about the church planting among them in Ronaldo Lidorio, Unafraid of the Sacred Forest, 128 pages, Christian Focus Publications, this book is written by Brazilian trained anthropologist Ronaldo Lidorio, and tells the full, thrilling story of how the Gospel impacted the Konkomba who had not encountered it before.

[edit] Languages

• Languages spoken in Ghana, see GRN

The main language of the Akan people is Twi. There are 32 different variations of Twi.

[edit] Provinces

• The Provinces of Ghana

[edit] Life

• The Cities of Ghana:

Accra

Kumasi

Nkwanta

HoHoo

Tamale

[edit] Economy

[edit] Government

[edit] Religion

See Religions in Ghana for a statistical breakdown.

• The people of Ghana are a religiously passionate people, see Francis's page.

[edit] Islam

[edit] Buddhism

[edit] Christianity

• The government has given the Bible Society permission to give every student in Ghana’s Junior Secondary Schools a Bible commemorating Ghana’s 50 years of independence. That is a million 12 to 16 year-olds, a whole generation of boys and girls who could grow up inspired and influenced by the Bible's enduring message.

[edit] History

[edit] Churches

• Evangelical Church of Ghana, founded 1977 by WEC International in Ghana.

On 23 September 2007 the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Evangelical Church of Ghana has reached a climax with a special celebration in Accra under the theme Celebrating God's Faithfulness. May the leaders and church members will be greatly encouraged and spurred on to greater commitment and evangelistic zeal.

• On of the problems among the Christians - saved and unsaved - they are too superstitious; often they want to appease both God and the spirits of their ancestors.

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[edit] Mission and Evangelization

• There has been a spiritual upsurge. The evangelistic zeal of many Christians has increased in evangelism among the animistic and Muslim northern peoples.

• There is also rapid growth of African Independent churches which offer excitement, involvement and miracles, but not always salvation by faith. May the true gospel may shine into hearts.

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Councils and Networks

[edit] Future Trends

[edit] For More Reading

• Wikipedia
• Joshua Project
• GRN