http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1030 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:18:56 GMT 2026-04-14T23:18:56Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12158 Social Media and Moral Decadence Among the Youth in Ghana: A Case of Effia-Kwesimintsim District Nubila, Sampson Social media has witnessed much usage over the years since its inception. Social media use especially its contents consumption comes with some level of influence on the users' lives, either positively or negatively. This study investigates how contents consumption has contributed to the decline of the youth's morality. This research aimed at identifying the youth’s experiences and outcomes of their consumption of social media contents on their moral lives. A qualitative research method was used to investigate this, where twenty-eight (28) participants were sampled for the data collection via interviews and focus group discussions. Social media contents come with positive impacts on users; however, the negative contents seem to outweigh the positive ones. According to the data, moral decadence is a reality and the contents the youth often consume have contributed to moral decadence in the district. The study further points out that the consumption of social media contents lures the youth to become immoral. The study concludes that the youth have become morally decadent as they practice unethical lifestyles such as disrespecting the elderly, masturbation, prostitution (Hookups), fraud, identity theft, drug abuse, stealing and betting as a result of consuming negative contents on social media. The youth are found in such unethical lifestyles because they watch contents such as sexual-related contents, gambling contents, videos and movies on any of the social media handles. It is therefore, recommended that, proper measures should be put in place to check the canker to avoid the occurrence of more decadence in the society. Again, to achieve this aim, there should be government and stakeholders’ intervention especially social media service providers to regulate social media usage in Ghana. x, 158p:, ill. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12158 2025-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12149 Factors Responsible for the Youth Leaving fhe Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana: A Study of the Obuasi District of the Ashanti Presbytery Kwaku, Wuaku James The goal of the study was to identify the causes of the drop in young membership in the Obuasi District of the Ashanti Presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Employing a mixed methods design, 25 youth members were recruited conveniently from E.P. church at Obuasi District for the quantitative data collection. Additionally, purposive sampling strategy was used to collect data from eighteen E.P church officials with interviews until data saturation. A questionnaire from self-structured instruments and semi-structured interview guide were used for data collections. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were employed for quantitative data analysis while Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used for qualitative data. The lack of employment prospects within the E.P. church (72%) and financial uncertainty of the youths (62%) were cited as the main reason for the drop in church youth participation. Hence, the study recommend that the E.P. church should create policies that address the demand for youth employment while concentrating on its primary mission of spreading the gospel. xiii 186p:, ill Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12149 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11923 The Settlement Of Christian Migrants In Ghana: A Study Of The Action Chapel International, Spintex Branch Akuamoah- Boateng, Eric Marks-Williams (2016) contends that at any given time three percent of the world’s population is moving from one geographical area to another. Ter Haar (2001) asserts that the migration of people across geographical boundaries is a permanent phenomenon within human history. These assertions do indicate that for academic purposes migration has received a lot of attention from various disciplines for years. However, Frederiks (2015) posits that studying migration from the discipline of religion was a late entry into academia. This late entry has caused a disparity in the geographical areas for the study. Much of the focus has been on the global north. Due to this apparent paucity of empirical research in migration and religion that focuses on global south countries, particularly as destination areas in the migration process, thus this study sought to find out how Ghanaian churches help immigrants to settle in Ghana. This study employed the qualitative method using both case study and phenomenological approaches to find out how churches in Ghana help migrants to settle in Ghana using Action Chapel International (ACI), Spintex branch as the study area. The study established that Action Chapel International provided the environment and opportunities for migrant Christians to settle and integrate well into the Ghanaian society, especially those in the urban areas due to ad-hoc policies, positive perception towards migrants and an equal status granted to both migrants and Ghanaian church members. The study recommends that the church moves from ad-hoc policies to instituinalised policies for migrants. Moreover, the study recommends a broader teaching by the church especially into mainstream society about how migrants should be treated since there is a positive perception about migrants at the church. ix, 168p; , ill. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11923 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11776 The Church Of Pentecost And Customary Marriage In Ghana TEYE, EMMANUEL SACKITEY The researcher investigated the reason The Church of Pentecost prefers ordinance marriage to that of the customary. The researcher observed that some members of the Church preferred only customary marriage, but the Church does not support their position. Although the customary is unarguably, the oldest form of contracting marriage and its practices reflect Ghanaian values and biblical principles, much importance seems to have been given to the ordinance marriage with no stated reasons. The case study approach was used to investigate the problem under consideration. This is due to the large size of the population involved. Mixed method was used to text for convergence or divergence of views of congregants and top leadership view on marriage. Three instruments including questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and documents analysis were used. Although the study revealed that members view on customary marriage deviate with that of leadership, there are significance reasons for these divergent views. For instance, the study uncovered that the polygynous nature of customary marriages pushes top leadership of the Church from fully embracing the customary marriage. Another aspect of divergent view was security; whiles top leadership sees customary marriage as a type which does not guarantee security to the marriage, most members and lay-officers sees it as the best form to adopt. Again, it was discovered that the position of the Church is not to bless marriages that ends at customary, meanwhile, this has not been effectively communicated to majority of her members. The study further revealed that, most of the churches used as case studies in this study do not have the required registered church buildings to officiate ordinance marriage. The implication of the research is that proper appraisal of the marriage processes in the church should be carried out in order to adopt the best practice for the upcoming generation. Since the study reveals that some of the members are unformed about marriages that CoP accepts, it calls for education of members on marriage issues. Again, a general open forum is recommended for members to share their concerns on the subject. Lastly, it is recommended that the Church should promote the review of the Marriages Acts Law to favour Christian marriages. xiii,189p:, ill. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11776 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z