| 词条 | Presbyterian Church of Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Presbyterian Church of Ghana | image = Presbyterian Church of Ghana logo.jpg | alt = Presbyterian Church of Ghana logo | imagewidth = 170px | caption = Presbyterian Church of Ghana logo | main_classification = Protestant | theology = Reformed | polity = Presbyterian | spiritual founder = | founded_date = {{unbulleted list|1828/1955[1]|{{Time ago|18 December 1828}}}} | founded_place = Cape Coast, Ghana | separated_from = | parent = Basel Mission of Switzerland | merger = | separations = | associations = World Council of Churches and World Communion of Reformed Churches[1] | area = | congregations = 2,573 | members = 876,257 | website = [https://pcgonline.io/ pcgonline] | website2 = | footnotes = }}The Presbyterian Church of Ghana is a mainline Protestant church in Ghana. The church was started by the Basel missionaries on 18 December 1828.[2] The missionaries had been trained in Germany and Switzerland and arrived on the Gold Coast to spread Christianity.[3] The work of the mission became stronger when Moravian missionaries from the West Indies arrived in the country in 1843.[5] In 1848, the church set up a seminary, now named the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, for the training of church workers to help in the missionary work. The Ga and Twi languages were added as part of the doctrinal text used in the training of the seminarians. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Presbyterian church had its missions concentrated in the southeastern parts of the Gold Coast and the peri-urban Akan hinterland. By the mid-20th century, the church had expanded and founded churches among the Asante people who lived in the middle belt of Ghana as well as the northern territories by the 1940s. The Basel missionaries left the Gold Coast during the First World War in 1917. The work of the Presbyterian church was continued by missionaries from the Church of Scotland, the mother church of the worldwide orthodox or mainstream Presbyterian denomination. The official newspaper of the church is the Christian Messenger, established by the Basel Mission in 1883.[4][5] Church structureThe church is a founding member of the Christian Council of Ghana.[6] The association is an umbrella group that unites several churches in Ghana and monitors the activities of members to ensure that they are united in their Christian mission.[6][7] Ordained ministers wear the Geneva gown and a clerical collar. Historically considered a "high church" denomination, the institution’s form of worship is marked by formality – liturgical readings, traditional hymn singing and periodic administering of the Holy Communion. Yearly religious observances, such as Advent and Lent are noted in the church’s almanac. In contemporary times, however, a 'praise and worship' segment, more commonly associated with evangelicalism, is sometimes incorporated into church services to meet the preferences of younger congregants. The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has seven church departments that have specific tasks of building up the church in their respective activities. These are:[3][12]
MembershipBy the end of 2013 the church has about 773,504 members and runs 1,907 schools and a university.[8][9] In 2012 according to the WCC data it has more the 565,600 members and almost 2,200 congregations. 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 Church and educationEducation is an integral part of the church's responsibility to the communities it operates in and Ghana. There are 487 kindergarten and nursery schools, 984 primary schools and 399 junior high schools. The church has 27 senior high schools, 40 private schools, 6 vocational institutions, 5 teacher training colleges, a research centre.[3] 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.[10] Church and healthThe church is a member of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG).[11] CHAG is an umbrella group that unites all the health facilities in Ghana that are owned and run by Christian churches in Ghana. The church is the third largest in terms of number of health facilities. It operates four hospitals, 11 primary health care programmes, eight health centres, 13 clinics, two nurses' training colleges and a technical unit.These institutions provide a substantial portion of health services in the rural areas with a workforce of 1,977 and total hospital beds of 745. Curative, preventive and promotive services are provided to clients by the facilities in their respective catchment areas. The PHC interventions cover areas such as antenatal care, postnatal care, family planning, nutrition, growth monitoring of children between 0 – 5 years, immunization, health education, environmental sanitation, HIV&AIDS control, prevention, home-based care and counselling and clinical care at the health centres.The Church is currently the third largest single provider of health services in the country. The hospitals provide medical specialist services with resident specialists as follows:
The church and agricultureThe 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.Vision: The Presbyterian Agric. Services exist as a key player in development cycles in Ghana in Partnership with other Actors and as Centres of excellence in integrated Agricultural and Rural Development Mission: To provide innovative, participatory and continuously proven agricultural development services that respond to the immediate and strategic needs of farm families in their effort to attain sustainable household food and income security in a sustainable farming environment in partnership with other Development Actors.[3] AssetsThe 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.[3] Church leadershipModerator of the General AssemblyThe Moderator position is equivalent to the chief executive officer or managing director of the national church organisation.[12] Serving moderators use the honorific style, The Right Reverend. Retired moderators use the style, The Very Reverend after leaving office. In August, 2018, Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante was elected the new Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) to succeed Cephas Narh Omenyo, the then incumbent, who had been ill for over a year and the General Assembly had to take a decision to declare the moderator seat vacant to allow new leadership. The following clergymen were elected and served as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana:[12]
Synod Clerk / Clerk of the General AssemblyThe Synod Clerk or Clerk of the General Assembly position is equivalent to the chief administrative officer or secretary-general or executive secretary of the national church organisation, responsible for daily operations or performance.[12] The Clerk use the title style The Reverend. The following ministers were elected and served as the Synod Clerk or Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana:[12]
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 |accessdate=August 18, 2013|title=WCRC churches |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808192417/http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 |archivedate=August 8, 2012 }} {{Portal|Christianity}}{{Ghana topics}}{{Christianity in Ghana}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Origins-Heritage-Birth-of-Presbyterian-Church-of-Ghana-383219|title=Origins, Heritage, Birth of Presbyterian Church of Ghana|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719045836/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Origins-Heritage-Birth-of-Presbyterian-Church-of-Ghana-383219|archive-date=2017-07-19|dead-url=no|df=}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/presbyterian-church-of-ghana|title=World Council of Reformed Churches|last=|first=|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Oikoumene.org|work=World Council of Churches website|accessdate=15 June 2011|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623205409/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/presbyterian-church-of-ghana|archivedate=23 June 2013}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://christianmessengerpcg.com/site/about.asp|title=Christian Messenger, Ghana|date=2017-05-22|access-date=2017-11-28|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522095347/http://christianmessengerpcg.com/site/about.asp|archivedate=2017-05-22|df=}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/religion/Christian-Messenger-takes-new-look-163076|title=Christian Messenger takes new look|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-28|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512024044/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/religion/Christian-Messenger-takes-new-look-163076|archivedate=2017-05-12|df=}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |title=Welcome to the Christian Council of Ghana . |url=http://www.christiancouncilofghana.org/ |publisher=Christiancouncilofghana.org/ |accessdate=22 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627005050/http://www.christiancouncilofghana.org/ |archivedate=2011-06-27 |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Organization profile |url=http://www.ecuspace.net/eisp.nsf/c976d90432fb1c57c1256aea0059c9e9/04a574cb44135167c1256c77003f668e?OpenDocument |publisher=Ecuspace.net |accessdate=22 May 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309161231/http://www.ecuspace.net/eisp.nsf/c976d90432fb1c57c1256aea0059c9e9/04a574cb44135167c1256c77003f668e?OpenDocument |archivedate=9 March 2012 |df= }} 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://pcgonline.org/index.php?nid=152083&s=au|publisher=Pcgonline.org|accessdate=15 June 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 9. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.pcgonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=10 |title=History of The PCG |publisher=Pcgonline.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-27 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 10. ^{{cite web|title=PUC |url=http://www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh/new/ |publisher=Presbyuniversity.edu.gh |accessdate=15 June 2011 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612005803/http://www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh/new/ |archivedate=12 June 2011 }}.Number of Academic Institutions(2012): Nursery/Kindergarten 669 Primary 1057 Junior High School 514 Senior High School 29 Vocational School 4 Centre for Craft Instructors Development 1 College of Education 5 University 2 Trinity Theological Seminary - Presbyterian Church of Ghana, a co-founder. University of Education - Presbyterian Church of Ghana contributed St.Andrews Training College to the constitution of the varsity. 11. ^{{cite web |title=Welcome to the CHAG website |url=http://www.chagghana.org/chag/ |publisher=Chagghana.org |accessdate=15 June 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626152344/http://www.chagghana.org/chag/ |archivedate=2011-06-26 |df= }} 12. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title="The Presbyterian Church of Ghana: History and Impact."|last=Nkansa-Kyeremateng|first=K.|publisher=Sebewie Publishers|year=2003|isbn=|location=Accra|pages=97-99}} 5 : Protestantism in Ghana|Members of the World Council of Churches|Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches|1828 establishments in the British Empire|Presbyterian denominations in Africa |
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