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Title:The evangelical Christian fellowships and the Charismatization of Ghanaian Christianity
Author:Atiemo, Abamfo O.
Year:2007
Periodical:The Ghana Bulletin of Theology (ISSN 0855-7942)
Volume:2
Period:July
Pages:43-65
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Ghana
West Africa
Subjects:religious movements
Pentecostalism
Christianity
1970-1979
1980-1989
religion
Abstract:The author examines the evangelical fellowships, which formed the main link in the transition from the dominance of old orthodox/mainline Christianity to the current dominance of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity in Ghana. These non-denominational evangelical Christian fellowhips sprang up in the country in the 1970s and could be classified as town and neighbourhood fellowships; workplace fellowships; evangelistic associations; and fellowships with international connections. The author pays attention to the teachings of the fellowships, their relationship to the churches, and their role in the spread of the Pentecostal/Charismatic culture. The late 1980s saw the beginning of the gradual fading away of the evangelical fellowhips. Notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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