ChangeswithinChristianity : the case of the MusamaDiscoChristoChurch / Kofi A.... OpokuAuthors:
Opoku, Kofi A. (1980). ChangeswithinChristianity : the case of the MusamaDiscoChristoChurch. In: Kalu, O.U. (ed.) The history of Christianity in West Africa, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, p. 309-320
Kofi Asare OpokuYear:1980Source:The history of Christianity in West Africa / ed. and introd. by O.U. Kalu: (1980), p. 309-320
ASCsubjectheadings:Ghana; African Independent ChurchesAbstract:A description of the MusamaDiscoChristo (=Army of the Cross of Christ) Church, established in Ghana in 1922 by Joseph William Egyanka APPIAH, a Methodist cathechist, after he and his followers had been asked to leave the Methodist Church. It draws on traditional Akan religion and culture in its search for mor satisfactory answers to the problems of contemporary life and combines elements of Methodism with a strong African policy. Notes, tab.
Wyllie, Robert W. (1980). The spirit-seekers : newreligiousmovements in southernGhana. Missoula, MT : Scholars Press.
The spirit-seekers : newreligiousmovements in southernGhana / Robert W. WyllieAuthors:Robert W. WyllieYear:c1980Publisher/printer:Missoula, MT : Scholars PressSeries:Studies in religion ; no. 21, ISSN 0084-6287ISBN:0-89130-355-3, 0-89130-356-1 pbk.Pagination:viii, 139 pIllustrations:mapsDimensions:23 cmAnnotation:Bibliography: p. 137-139ASCsubjectheadings:Ghana; African Independent Churches; faith healingAbstract:A study of the independent Spiritist or prophethealing churches of southern Ghana, viewed at the local, grassroots level as they appear in one particular community, the town of Winneba, some 40 miles west of Accra. Spiritism here goes back to 1930 with the introduction of the MusamaDiscoChristoChurch. In May 1968 there were some 15 Spiritists Churches functioning. Introduction - Origins and growth: 1930-1968 Faith in action : 1967-68 - Pastors and prophets: 1967-68 - The Spirit seekers: 1967-68 - Continuity and change: 1968-77 - Conclusion. Three appendices: Statistical summary - Examples of Spiritist Services - Short biographies of Spiritist leaders (1968).
/ Title: / Aspects of continuity in the religiousroles of women in 'SpiritualChurches' of Ghana / Brigid Sackey
Authors: / Brigid M. Sackey
Year: / 1989
Source: / Research Review / Institute of African Studies: (1989), n.s., vol. 5, no. 2, p. 18-33
ASCsubjectheadings: / Ghana; African Independent Churches; women
Abstract: / In Ghana the Spiritual Churches, widely known as African Independent Churches, and more recently as AfricanIndigenousChristianChurches, provide ample evidence of continuities in the indigenous religious roles of women. The author examines two traditional religious functions of Akan women which have been incorporated in the new religious movements, namely the office of priesthood and that of the queen mother. She focuses on the prophetess Grace Tani, who founded the first ever Spiritual Church in Ghana, the Church of the Twelve Apostles, in 1914, and on Hannah, the wife and first queen mother of the prophet Jemisimiham Jehu-Appiah, whose Faith Society, founded in 1919, rapidly developed into the MusamaDiscoChristo Church (MDCC) following Hannah's admission. Bibliogr., notes, ref.