Pentecostalism in the City of Accra: a Blossom on Functional Appeal and Urban Fecundity

Abstract

This paper emanates from fieldwork being carried out since 2007 to discover why intense Pentecostal activity is proliferating in urban Accra, capital city of Ghana. The Lighthouse Chapel International (Lighthouse) and the Royalhouse Chapel International (Royalhouse), two examples of Pentecostal churches having a great appeal to Ghanaians, serve as case study of this project. The paper outlines some trends in the growth of the churches, which make them appeal to urban dwellers. Some members of both churches as well as people from the general public were garnered to expound some already known trends in Pentecostal churches such as their emphasis on both the spiritual and material needs of people, which invariably account for their remarkable growth. Related to this is the suggestive finding that the urban area forms the fertile cradle of Pentecostalism today because the said needs of people are much more pronounced in that environment, where the Ghanaian population is concentrated.

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