The growth of non-Western Christianity across Africa is largely due to the New Pentecostal Churches. Upwardly-mobile youth are drawn to their dynamic worship styles and pursuit of wealth and success.
The prosperity gospel has found fertile soil as it resonates with tribal religion. Prosperity promoters raise serious theological concerns. The gospel of Jesus Christ glorifies neither poverty nor prosperity.
For thousands of believers in Ghana, ‘Jericho Hour’ is the place to be on a Thursday morning. Founded in 1998, this prayer meeting — where ‘giant solutions await your giant problems’ — is hosted by Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams in the Prayer Cathedral on Accra’s Spintex Road. 3,000 make their way there to pray for breakthroughs in business, for international travel, for a suitable spouse, and, when experiencing setbacks, for vengeance on those spiritually responsible.
