Ghana's Charismatic Churches

Paul Gifford

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GHANA'S CHARISMATIC CHURCHES BY PAUL GIFFORD (School of Oriental and African Studies, London) Among the most striking characteristics of African Christianity in the last decade has been the proliferation of new autonomous Pentecostal churches. The word 'charismatic' is used of these, to distinguish them from the churches of established Pentecostal denominations like the Assemblies of God. These churches have ' proliferated -in Ghana as much as anywhere else. There is com- paratively little research on them and even the valuable Ghana Evangelism Committee surveys shed little light on their nature, numbers-or growth. By adopting the categories they have, these surveys

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