Sam Prempeh is a Ghanaian theologian and Presbyterian minister who served as the 14th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), equivalent to the chief executive officer or managing director of the national church organisation from 1999 to 2003.[1][2][3]

Education

Prempeh was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from where received his PhD in 1977, with a thesis title, "The Basel and Bremen Missions in the Gold Coast and Togoland, 1914-1926: A Study in Protestant Missions and the First World War."[4]

Ministry

Moderator of PCG

In August 1999, Prempeh was elected and declared as the new Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana to succeed Rt. Rev. A. A. Beeko.[5] He served in this position until 2003. Sam Prempeh was the chairperson of the Ghana Christian Council from 2001 to 2003.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Team, Presbyterian Church (U S. A. ) Congregational Ministries Publishing Mission Education and Promotion Program (2003). Two Thousand and Four Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study. Witherspoon Press. ISBN 978-1-57153-046-2.
  2. ↑ Evans-Anfom, Emmanuel (2003). To the Thirsty Land: Autobiograp[h]y of a Patriot. Africa Christian Press. ISBN 978-9964-87-717-0.
  3. ↑ Knispel, Susanne (2003). Let's Talk About--a Teaching Manual for Christian Youth Leaders on HIV/AIDS Related Topics. Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
  4. ↑ Miller, Jon (22 May 2014). Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast 1828-1917. Routledge. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-136-87625-7.
  5. ↑ Presbyterian Church of Ghana 1828-2003: Anniversary Brochure. 2003.
  6. ↑ "Past Chairperson | Christian Council of Ghana". Christian Council of Ghana. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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