A CRITICAL STUDY OF CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY IN CONTEMPORARY GHANA
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2018
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GOSPEL & PLOUGH INSTITUTE OF THEOLOGY SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES PRAYAGRAJ 2018
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Pentecostalism/Charismaticism is a movement that is inspired by the Holy Spirit. It differs from other streams of Christianity by its affirmation and conscious promotion of the experience of the
Holy Spirit in Church life. Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity has become very popular in Ghana. Let me use the words of Anderson who says Pentecostalism suggesting also Charismaticism has become a big business. Whichever town or village that you visit in Ghana, you will notice warehouses, museums, cinema halls, classrooms, tents etc being converted to worship centres for Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. Anderson points out that West
Africa(Ghana inclusive) is one of the hot spots of the world, as far as Pentecostalism and Charismaticism is concerned, which has rapidly become one of the most prominent and influential
religious movement across this region. In a similar development, Asamoah-Gyadu points out that there has been a shift of the centre of gravity of Christianity in the twentieth century from the North to the South with Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity; the religion of the Holy Spirit representing
the most concrete evidence of the phenomenal expansion of Christianity in African countries like Ghana.
The emphasis of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity is their dependence on the Holy Spirit and
the practice of the Spiritual gifts. The Holy Spirit baptism opens the door for believers to enter the spiritual realm for the operation of the gifts of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit blesses our lives with mighty deposit of divine ability.
This study seeks to examine contemporary Charismatic Christianity in Ghana in order to open up the challenges and problems posed by the movement for further scholarly investigation.
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