Church And State: The Involvement Of The Methodist Church In Ghana‘s Political Dispensations And Nation building (1957-2017)

Abstract

This study looked into the role played by the Methodist Church Ghana and some of its well-known individuals in the country's political growth. The research examined the contributions made by the Methodist Church and its adherents between 1957 and 2017 to Ghana's socio-economic and political development. The qualitative research approach was used to conduct this historical study. In this study, three key aspects of political regimes— democracy, political economy, and pulpit politics—were thoroughly examined. The study discovered that politics is essential to any society's development or decline. Since its establishment and especially after achieving independence from the British Methodist Conference, the Methodist Church Ghana has taken an active advocacy role in national politics. Because Christianity encourages socio-economic development and every attempt to separate church and state is a formula for underdevelopment. Christian participation in national politics and governance must therefore be encouraged not because they are paragon of virtues and others are not but from the Christian theological perspective, they ought to live the faith out practically according to the teachings of the Bible to affect society positively.