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Ministerial Formation and Theological Education in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Victor Atta-Baffoe
Victor Atta-Baffoe
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victorattabaffoe@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The inconsistency between theological education and parish life is a sign of the breakdown of a theological paradigm for doing and communicating theology in Africa today. The role of Scripture within the framework of an Anglican tradition is now a matter of examination. There are biblical foundations for ministerial formation but they need to relate to the current situation of ministry. The only theological seminary in Ghana is St Nicholas, where the staff are indigenous but the programme offered is Western and imported. The result is that ministerial formation has failed to meet the needs of the people of Ghana. The way forward demands a thorough revision of the present course content and a focus on the needs of the particular time and place that is modern Ghana.

Keywords

GhanaAnglicanministerial formationtheologycontextualization
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Anglican Studies , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , June 2008 , pp. 41 - 48
Copyright
Copyright © SAGE Publications (Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore) and The Journal of Anglican Studies Trust 2008

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