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So What Makes One A Christian In Ghana?

Church

The last time I went home (Ghana), I found a church at every corner and every step; big, massive, small, shed, tent, and some with funny names all ending with ‘International’.

When I scan through their weekly activities, it seems they always had a programme every other day. If it is not a bible study, it is a night vigil or the usual deliverance services or prayer night. I found it quite interesting because during my growing years in Ghana, the only churches I knew were the orthodox churches and major ‘charismatic’ churches.

Ghanaians claim Ghana is a Christian country, but it is very unfortunate for me to say that, we don’t know what makes a ‘Christian’. Our idea of Christianity is to identify ourselves with a particular church, carry bibles that are bigger and heavier than our bags, disturb the whole neighbourhood with ‘Christian’ songs every Sunday morning, go to church and speak all manner of tongues.

I read an article, found it very interesting and decided to share it on my Facebook wall. A ‘friend’ quickly sent me a comment without even reading the article, but just looked at the picture of a man and woman saying that I should not be sharing things like that because ‘God’ hates it. It really showed me how ignorant some people can be when it gets to the issue of Christianity and God. Christianity is not about going to church, it is all about mankind.

What even pushed me to write this article? I was watching comic relief on BBC and saw how passionate celebrities had involved themselves in different ways and means to entice viewers to call in and donate £5 pounds to eradicate preventable diseases in Africa.

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