The truth is Ghana would not be better this way without the church; there are no two ways about that. Churches in Ghana have played an extraordinar
The truth is Ghana would not be better this way without the church; there are no two ways about that.
Churches in Ghana have played an extraordinary role in Ghanaian development as they have established schools and hospitals across the length and breadth of the country.
Since the days of the introduction of Christianity in Ghana, churches have added to their list of helping improve society by prioritising educating Ghanaians.
Bishop Agyinasare, the founder of the World Miracle Church International, has reminded Ghanaians of how the church has made a huge impact on education and believes they have more schools than the government.
“This nation cannot do without the church. The Church has more schools in Ghana than probably the government. In fact, from some of the statistics I have, there are over 3,000 basic schools owned by Churches, 53 Senior High Schools, 31 Colleges of Education, and eight Church established universities with Perez University College as one,” Bishop Agyinasare said.
“If you take some of the major institutions that we have like Mfantsipim School, Adisadel College, St Augustine College, St Mary’s Senior High School, Holy Child, Wesley Girls High School are all Christian schools so are we going to say that the Church has not helped?” The listed schools at the secondary level are all A schools established by churches.
Per Bishop Agyinasare, churches have more and better schools than the government.
“In 1984, I went to teach at Battor Aveyime in the Volta Region; the only hospital there was the Battor Catholic Hospital, which was the only health facility in the area,” he concluded.
Ghanaian churches, indeed, have played a much relevant role in developing Ghana. Not only schools have they established but also proper hospitals that many people visit for healthcare.
Churches like Anglican, Methodist, SDA, Presby, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic, among many others have established basic, secondary and tertiary schools in every region of the country.
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