Ghana

Africa

Year opened: 1987

The Mission Society's work in Ghana began with an invitation in 1986 from the Methodist Church of Ghana to provide personnel for ministries of evangelism and pastoral training. Since that time, a partnership between these two ministries has grown to also include church planting, medical outreach, water sanitation treatment, and children’s and literacy ministries.

In 1990, J.K. Manu, a Ghanaian from the village of Ankaase, decided to provide a hospital in his hometown that was in dire need of medical care. He asked the Methodist Church Ghana for help, along with The Mission Society. Today, the Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital is a model facility and provides medical care for the more than 10,000 residents in the immediate area and for those in surrounding towns and villages. It serves as a catalyst for the transformation of lives through ministry to the physical and spiritual needs of patients.

Community Health Evangelism (CHE) has taken root in Ghana and provides rural communities with basic education about health care as a foundation for explicit Christian witness. Begun by Mission Society missionaries, the CHE program is now largely conducted by Ghanaian workers.

Other Mission Society missionaries are addressing water sanitation and treatment issues. Clean water wells are a great need in rural areas, as sanitation issues and waterborne illnesses are prevalent throughout the nation.

A literacy program has enabled many Ghanaians to learn how to read, and a library was built in the village of Ankasse to serve the children and high school students. A missionary in the northern region of Ghana works with an orphanage and helps care for HIV/AIDS orphans.

A medical doctor worked at the Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital for 12 years before moving to Accra, Ghana. There he coordinates Crosspoint Global Health, a group of medical professionals that provide medical care to underserved areas in Ghana and Sierra Leone.

Another couple plans to start a addiction and recovery ministry in Ghana.

Prayer Requests

Pray for continued nurture of our relationship with the Methodist Church Ghana.
Pray for continued infrastructure and economic development in the country.
Pray for the continued growth of discipleship in the Ghanaian church.
Pray for the continued momentum of Kingdom-centered ministries.