AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Ghana in Africa

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Jun 03: Ghana

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Ghana

Republic of Ghana

Africa

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Geography

Area: 238,533 sq km
Grasslands in north, farmland and forest in south. Centre dominated by the 520-km-long Lake Volta, Africa’s largest man-made lake.
Population: 24,332,755    Annual Growth: 2.11%
Capital: Accra
Urbanites: 51.5%
HDI Rank: 152 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 109 (18% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: English    Languages: 84 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	15,426,967	63.40	2.2
Evangelicals	5,879,102	24.2	4.5

Answer to Prayer

The continued surge to translate Scripture into written and audio formats is a powerful driving force behind recent church growth and discipleship. Only five languages had the Bible in 1965; now the majority of Ghanaians have at least the New Testament in their mother tongue. The work of Ghana Institute of Linguistics Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) and UBS is crucial to this. Every language in Ghana still needing a Bible translation has a work in progress! Hundreds of churches have been planted largely due to people’s response to newly translated Scriptures in their language.
     For an additional 3 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

Challenge for Prayer

Mature Christian leaders remain at a premium. As churches multiply, biblical faith is challenged and doctrines become confused. Compared with some other countries, however, Ghana is blessed by the number of training institutions. Among the many schools are Christian Service University College in Kumasi started by WEC, Maranatha University College (SIM), Ghana Christian University College and Good News Theological College & Seminary. There are over 30 other accredited denominational and interdenominational Bible schools as well as a range of TEE and lay training programmes run by different denominations and agencies, including a growing number in the AICs.
     For an additional 10 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Ghana.