Assessing Ghanaian Primal Consciousness: A Key Factor in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity

Patrick Tetteh Kudadjie

Issue: Vol.5  No.1 February 2024  Article 1 pp. 1-11
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/pecanep.2024511  |   Published online 15th February 2024.
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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The article examined the influence of the Ghanaian primal consciousness on Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. Although the primal religion seems to have lost its physical presence in the Ghanaian religious space, its ideologies and tenets continue to be alive in the lives of many Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians. Relying on the researcher’s pastoral experience, personal observations and by paying attention to some sayings and proverbs of some Pentecostals, the study identified the extent to which primal consciousness affects Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana. It discovered that while some elements of the primal religion are closely related to Christianity and may thus positively affect it, others appear to be in opposition to biblical truth and may thus affect it negatively. The study posits that a good knowledge of the reality of the effect of the primal consciousness by Pentecostal-Charismatic churches would advance the Christian mission in Africa. The article adds to existing literature on the impact of the primal religion on Christianity.

Keywords: Primal consciousness, Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Ghana, religion.

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Rev Dr Patrick Tetteh Kudadjie is a Lecturer with the Pentecost School of Theology and Mission (PSTM), Pentecost University. He is the Head of the Theology Department. Rev Kudadjie is also a full-time minister in the Church of Pentecost and is currently the resident minister for the Kusi Donkor Worship Centre. His research interests include Christian Morality, Moral Pneumatology in Pentecostal Context,Systematic Theology, Pentecostalism and Public Space Engagement and Pentecostal-Charismatic Studies.

Kudadjie, Patrick Tetteh. “Assessing Ghanaian Primal Consciousness: A Key Factor in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity.” Pentecostalism, Charismaticism and Neo-Prophetic Movements Journal 5, no.1 (2024): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.38159/pecanep.2024511

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