| 词条 | Methodist Church Ghana | |||||
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| name = The Methodist Church Ghana | image = Methodist_Church_Ghana_Logo.JPG | alt = Methodist Church Ghana logo | imagewidth = | caption = Methodist Church Ghana logo | main_classification = Methodist | orientation = Mainline | polity = Episcopal (Connexionalism)[1] | spiritual founder = John Wesley[2][3] | founded_date = {{unbulleted list|1835/1961|{{Time ago|January 1 1835}}}} | founded_place = Cape Coast, Ghana | separated_from = | parent = Methodist Church of Great Britain | merger = | separations = | associations = World Council of Churches,[1] World Methodist Council, Christian Council of Ghana[4] | area = Ghana | congregations = | members = | website = {{URL|http://www.methodistchurch.org.gh/}} }}{{methodism}} The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest mainline Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of the Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, Ghana.[5] The 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.[6] 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.[6] 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.[7] Currently, the Methodist Church Ghana has 15 dioceses[8] headed by bishops. Between 2003 and March 2008, 406 new congregations were started and ministry was initiated in Burkina Faso.[9] The current Presiding Bishop is the Most Reverend Titus Awotwe Pratt, the fourth presiding bishop and the eleventh person to lead the Methodist Church Ghana.[8] The administrative bishop is the Right Reverend Dr. Kweku Asamoah-Okyere, and the lay president is Mr. J. E. K. Pratt.[8] Presidents and Presiding Bishops
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/methodist-church-ghana.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-08-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521155709/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/methodist-church-ghana.html |archivedate=21 May 2011 |df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|url = http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/methodist.html| title = The United Methodist Church |publisher = University of Virginia|accessdate = August 3, 2007}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.umcwfb.org/_ABOUTUS/about_us_ourstory.htm |title=What We Believe – Founder of the United Methodist Church |publisher=United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay |accessdate=1 August 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325213036/http://www.umcwfb.org/_aboutus/about_us_ourstory.htm |archivedate=25 March 2008 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/ccg.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-10-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829113530/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/ccg.html |archivedate=29 August 2008 |df=dmy-all }} 5. ^F.L.Bartels. The Roots of Ghana Methodism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965, pp. 12-18. 6. ^1 F.L.Bartels. The Roots of Ghana Methodism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965, pp. 28-72. 7. ^The Methodist Church Ghana (1835-2005): 170th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure. Accra, 200 8. ^1 2 Valedictory Service in Honor of Most Rev. Dr. Robert Aboagye-Mensah Booklet, 27 September 2009, Accra, Ghana. 9. ^5th/43rd Conference of the Methodist Church Ghana, Board of Ministries Report, Winneba, Ghana, 2008 10. ^The Methodist Church Ghana (1835-2005): 170th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure. Accra, 2005 See also
5 : Protestantism in Ghana|Members of the World Council of Churches|Religious organizations established in 1961|Methodist denominations established in the 20th century|1961 establishments in Ghana |
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