Brief History of the Presbytery
The Asante Kingdom became more prominent with the arrival of the Rev. Fritz Ramseyer and his colleagues as war booty after the Adubofo military campaign in the late 1890’s. Mission work could not commence largely because of the unstable conditions at the time. For instance during that period all the missionaries took refuge in Kumasi Fort for not less than three months before they could escape. The locals were suspicious of the whites who had arrived not long after the British Colonial Authorities had emerged.
Apart from preaching spree in the surrounding neighbourhood where a few converts could be made, many of the converts had scattered for fear of their dear life. All the same the few dedicated and committed Ministers, Catechists, Evangelists, Deaconess, and volunteers shared the message faithfully, in spite of problems like lack of personnel resources, reliable transport and opposition from traditional religious personnel. A few converts were made thereby starting what was to be a new generation of Church members.
Schools were opened essentially to teach pupils the three R’s but in the process a few more converts were also made through education. Agricultural extension work and health delivery were media in reaching out to the locals particularly at a time when scientific medicine was hard to come by in communities.
Organisations
Records have it that by 1923 the Singing Band had been formed. Although it hasn’t made the corresponding progress as the premiere organisation, it is greatly sought after when it comes to the provision of music numerous congregations. On the other hand, the Women’s Fellowship, the first in the Presbyterian Church started in 1937 but was formally inaugurated and dedicated in 1939 by Rev’d M. A. Obeng, the then District Minister of Ramseyer Church in Kumasi. The organisation has enjoyed great patronage of women in the Church and remains consistently a popular organisation with the largest number of women joining. It has remained very supportive of the Church and the Presbytery stand to benefit from its various activities. The Bible Study and Prayer Group has been instrumental in the Church planting and expansion of the Presbyterian Churches in the rural and urban centres since 1966.
Unlike the first two organisations, the Men’s Fellowship is a recent one and finds its formation not later than 1970. It has the potential to grow and would be encouraged to do so. Other groups to be mentioned, including the Young People’s Guild, Junior Youth, Young Adults’ Fellowship, etc, are making similar strides in the life of the Presbytery. There are noticeable few other groups limited in their activities to certain parts of the Presbytery.
Asante Presbytery and other Projects
The Presbytery was late in the formation of tertiary institutions and so the establishment of Ramseyer Vocational Institute in 1972 was a welcome addition. Mention could also be made of the formation of Girls Senior High School also in Chirapatre and of late, Senior High School in Pakyi under the management of the Presbytery. Agogo Presbyterian Hospital originally within the Presbytery was handed over to Asante Akyem Presbytery. The Presbytery is now constructing a health center at Kente on the Jakobu road.
Presently the Presbytery produces Salem Water. The Salem Water projects has been said to be one of the best and hygienic water in the nation. The Presbytery is also running a Guest House and now has a Conference Hall for Meetings.
Mission to the Palace
Over the years, there has been a unstable relationship between traditional leaders and the church. The latter, has been unduly suspicious of chiefs and the stool. Efforts have been made to maintain a respectable distance in matters of admission into the church and attendance at Holy Communion. Consequently, each had remained distanced from each other. In recent years however, awareness is being created by some leaders of the church to correct this anomaly and bring the two institutions together. A good example is what has been called Mission to the Palace. Asante Presbytery has taken the initiative to bring the church and traditional leaders together to discuss issues facing the two institutions for a better understating between the two. Of late, the establishment of an annual service at the beginning of the year to organise a thanksgiving service for Otumfo Osei Tutu II, his Elders and the entire Asante kingdom has been greatly appreciated and patronage good. It is hoped that this initiative will be imitated in the other Presbyteries for a better understanding of the two institutions for the present and the future.
Leadership Provision
A number of spiritual giants have been associated with the Presbytery over the years. Names of Reverend Ministers that readily come to mind are the following: – Moderators- E.M.L Odjidja; G.K Sintim-Misa; Daniel Koranteng; Samuel Prempeh, Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Dr. Kofi Effah Ababio, Otuo Acheampong, Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, Kofi Amfo Akonnor and Benson Osafo Kantanka. All of them served and some still serving at the top hierarchy of PCG.
The Presbytery with its achievements in the past and present deserve to be commended. The future however, looks bright depending largely on the leadership and the motivation of the members to achieve greater laurels for the Master who has sent them.
Presbytery Officers
Rev. Benson Osafo Kantanka (Chairperson)
Rev. Ben Sabi Otchere (Clerk)
Mr. David Boakye Kesse (Lay Representative to GAC)
Presbytery Departmental Directors
- Mission and Evangelism: Rev. Emmanuel K. Sackey
- Church life and Nurture: Rev. Alexander Akonnor Ampofo
- Education: Rev. Isaac G. Konadu
- Finance: Ms. Lydia Yeboah Brobbey
- Ecumenical and Social Relations: Rev. Joseph Kofi Antwi
- Development and Social Services: Dr. Offei Darko
- Administration & Human Resource Management: Mr. Paul Knight French
Presbytery Statistics
Total Membership: 125,144
Number of Ministers: 135
Number of Trained Catechists 341
Caretakers: 232
No of Presbyters: 2,601
Number of Districts: 38
Number of Congregations: 328
Number of Preaching Points: 265
Number of Communicants 43,952
Number of Non-Communicants 27,821
DISTRICTS: 38
Abuakwa, Antoa Akropong
Asawasi Asonomaso Asokwa
Asuoyeboa Pankrono Dome Atonsu
Bantama Bekwai (Asante) Bomso
Bohyen Buokrom Estate Awonomaso
Ejisu Kokofu Kwaso
Kwadaso Kumasi Maakro
Mankranso Nkawie/Toase Nyinahini
Adukrom Old Tafo Offinso
Oforikrom Pakyi/Manso Patase
Santasi Suame Tanoso
Yenyawoso Akomadan TEK
Akwasiso Kwamo
ASANTE PRESBYTERY AND THE PCG MISSION BLUE PRINT
The PCG Mission BluePrint is a detailed plan of Action based on the strategic principles of the Bible to develop and build a holistic Ministry and also mobilize the entire church body to accomplish the Great Commission and ensure consistent growth of the church by 10% annually.
The Mission BluePrint is based on Four Thematic areas or cycles namely:
- Evangelism/Outreach for Soul Winning
- Discipleship Making for Empowerment and Sustainability
- Church Planting for Church Expansion
- Church Growth for Attaining Desired Goals (Great Commission)
These four thematic areas or cycles are propelled on two engines namely:
- Spiritual Awakening and Renewal
- Strategic Management and Business Plan
The Asante Presbytery, after the launch of the Mission Blue Print developed and expanded the two propelling engines into the following:
- Spiritual Awakening and Renewal:
- A yearly Presbytery Prayer Conferences and New Year Schools were developed for the entire leadership and members of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Asante Presbytery, to commit members and leaders tor Intentional Evangelism
- The Departments of Mission and Evangelism and Church Life and Nurture were tasked to be directly responsible for these Spiritual Awakening and Renewal exercises
Strategic Management and Business Plan:
Asante then set out to develop a comprehensive Action Plan to help the Presbytery reach the goal. The yearly Presbytery Action Plan were developed by and for the Seven Key Results Areas (KRAs) under the seven Departments.
The Departmental Directors prepared their plan of work which were formulated into a booklet through the process dabbed Programmes Hearing. The outcome of that process is discussed by representatives of the whole Presbytery before the launch of the Action Plan. The plan is then given out to all Congregations and Preaching Posts for the realization of the four thematic areas.
The Presbytery has been very consistent on following the goals set for the period 2014 to 2018. The Presbytery’s emphasis has been on the Bible, the Great Commission and the PCG Vision and Mission. We have consistently continued:
Mobilising the entire Presbytery (Church) for prayer, improving Church growth through Evangelism, Church Planting and Nurture (setting 12% growth as our target) and planting on the average 40 new Congregations every year and dedicating time for the nurturing of weaker Congregations/Preaching Posts.
All Agents are assessed by the “Mission Blue Print of the PCG” namely: Evangelism, Disciple making, Church Planting and Church Growth. We have consistently worked towards:
Attainment of self-sufficiency through effective resource mobilization and encouraging all Groups in the Presbytery, both Generational and Inter-generational, to express themselves through the seven (7) Key Results Areas (KRAs) namely: Mission and Evangelism; Church Life and Nurture; Ecumenical and Social Relations; Development and Social Services; Education; Administration and Human Resource Management; and Finance and Audit.
Asante Presbytery Working out the Four Thematic Areas in the PCG Mission BluePrint
- Evangelism and Outreach
The action plan developed yearly set one Sunday in every two months for members to be taught the use of operational materials design by the National office for outreach. These materials are Steps to Salvation; Share the Life and Operation Philip. Each congregational member is resourced with one of each of these operational materials for outreach.
The Presbytery Evangelism Van has a yearly designed itinerary to comb all the 36 Districts forming the Asante Presbytery for open air crusades.
- Discipleship Making
Yearly evangelism consultations and workshops on discipleship making is organized by the Department of Mission and Evangelism. The Presbytery has been zoned into seven and a team of facilitators are moved to these zones to hold the consultation and workshops. Districts are mandated by the action plan to further hold their own consultations and workshops to prepare every member to become a disciple. Books for running such consultations and workshops are designed for the Districts.
- Church Planting
To make church planting sustainable, the Presbytery appointed a full time Mission and Evangelism Director and a part time church surveyor (Church Planting Strategist). A team of 102 church members from the 36 Districts have been mobilized for church planting exercises. The team is named “Ambassadors.” The Presbytery earmarked 2014 to 2017 as years of massive church planting. The Amansie Districts were the targeted areas. The Action plan task every District to plant one church or nurture and elevate three Preaching Posts to congregational status every year.
The Presbytery on her own designed a plan to plant churches in the Amansie Districts using the Ambassadors and National Union of Presbyterian Students (NUSP-G) on the three universities in the Presbytery to do the church planting. Caretakers who manage these Churches are paid allowances from the Presbytery office for two years before the churches are fully handed over to the pastoral Districts where the churches are situated. A monitoring team visits these churches every fortnight and sometimes monthly to collate church attendance statistics.
- Church Growth
To assess the growth of the church an annual audit forum dubbed Church Growth Audit has been developed in the Presbytery. A format to collate church attendance and membership drive had been designed for the audit. The audit brings out the growth measure and how each District was able to achieve the stated figures. Areas of challenge are also addressed at the audit a way forward determined.
Results
Church planting
- The Asante Presbytery from 2014 to 2017 has planted 173 churches.
The Presbytery office out of this number planted 45 churches in the Amansie West, East and Atwima Districts.
CHURCHES PLANTED BY THE PRESBYTERY OFFICE THROUGH THE MISSION AND EVANGELISM DEPARTMENT
| YEAR | NO. OF CHURCHES PLANTED | PASTORAL AREAS |
| 2015 | 22 | Pakyi Manso – 17 Nkawie Toase – 5 |
| 2016 | 11 | Kokofu |
| 2017 | 12 | Bekwai |
All these churches are in the Amansie West, East, Central and Atwima political Districts where our research shows that there are many towns and villages without Presbyterian presence (Churches). The Presbytery, therefore, intentionally targeted these areas because the impact of Presbyterianism was not much felt.
- STATISTICS OF THE 22 CHURCHES FROM THE DAY OF PLANTING TO 2017
| MONTH | YEAR | CHILDREN | JUNIOR YOUTH | ADULT | TOTAL |
| August | 2015 | 164 | 57 | 249 | 470 |
| December | 2015 | 315 | 43 | 415 | 774 |
| December | 2016 | 399 | 75 | 627 | 1101 |
| December | 2017 | 472 | 55 | 627 | 1150 |
From August 2015, the month of planting, to December 2015 there was a growth increase of 304. From December 2015 to December 2016 there was a growth increase of 327 and
From December 2016 to December 2017 there was a growth increase of 49. It has been found that the decrease in growth (numbers) by December 2017 was mainly due to the government policy to stop the “Galamsay” activities across the country. The Atwima area was heavily affected by the policy.
- STATISTICS OF THE 11 CHURCHES PLANTED IN 2016
| MONTH | YEAR | CHILDREN | JUNIOR YOUTH | ADULT | TOTAL |
| May | 2016 | 123 | 5 | 137 | 265 |
| December | 2016 | 136 | 12 | 109 | 257 |
| December | 2017 | 225 | 73 | 134 | 432 |
From May 2016 to December 2016 there was a decrease of 8 which was as a result of some adult members who were members’ of other churches moving away from the PCG. From December 2016 to December 2017, there was a growth increase of 175.
- STATISTIC OF THE 12 CHURCHES PLANTED IN 2017
| MONTH | YEAR | CHILDREN | JUNIOR YOUTH | ADULT | TOTAL |
| May | 2017 | 111 | 0 | 131 | 242 |
| December | 2017 | 103 | 28 | 119 | 250 |
From May 2017 to December 2017 there had been a growth increase of 8
- ALLOWANCE PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Each planted church is given a Caretaker who is given a monthly allowance of GHø200.00 by the Presbytery. This goes on for 2 years before the Presbytery hands over the congregations to the District in which they are situated to continue to nurture them. The Presbytery also rents an accommodation for each Caretaker for two years.
The first 22 Caretakers had their last allowance from the Presbytery in August 2017. Each month an amount of GHS 4,400.00 was paid for 2 years.
At present 25 Caretakers are being paid for the churches in Kokofu and Bekwai. Two Caretakers among the 25 are manning the churches planted by the Presbytery Bible Study and Prayer Group.
- ITEMS PURCHASED
Plastic chairs 252 for 10 churches, 2 sets of drums (conka) for 2 churches, 4 trombones for 4 churches and 16 pavilion poles for 1 church.
- LAND PURCHASE
The Presbytery is buying one acre land (4 plots) for each of the 45 new congregations. For now, 17 churches have their one-acre land purchased at a total cost of GHS 53,200.00. 28 churches are yet to have their land fees paid. The land ranges from GHS 500.00 to GHS 2,000.00 per plot.
Districts are also heavily involved in the Church Planting business. The following table shows Districts and Groups that planted churches during the period 2014 to 2017.
| Year | Number of Districts | No. of churches planted | Groups that planted churches | No. of churches planted | Total |
| 2014 | 24 | 40 | J.Y YPG | 1 1 | 42 |
| 2015 | 23 | 28 | – | – | 28 |
| 2016 | 25 | 30 | NOP YPG | 1 1 | 32 |
| 2017 | 19 | 23 | NOP BSPG | 1 2 | 26 |
128 churches have been planted by Districts and church groups from 2014 to 2017. The Presbytery office through the Mission and Evangelism did plant 45 churches from 2015 to 2017. In total, Asante Presbytery has planted a total of 173 churches from 2014 to 2017. All these churches are still functioning.
Our successes are mainly due to our decision as a Presbytery to be Intentional in growing our Presbytery. The decision resulted in appointing a full-time Clerk, Directors of Finance and CLAN as well as Coordinators for Children and JY and NOP.
Again, our decision to Intentionally increase our Church Growth budget from GHS … in 2014 to GHS … in 2018.
Raw figures: Two Presbyteries have been carved out of Asante Presbytery – Sefwi and Asante South Presbyteries. Sefwi Presbytery was curved out in 2013 with 8 Districts and with a total membership of 16,674 and Asante South in 2015 with 6 Districts and with membership of 16,696. Since then the Presbytery’s efforts have been rewarded by the Lord. The tables below give some impressions:
GROWTH OF ASANTE PRESBYTERY IN 2017
| Ranking | Districts | 2016 population (2017 Base) | % Growth 2016 | New Members to make 12% in 2017 | 2017 Population | Numerical Growth | 2017 % Growth | Growth Increase/Decrease 2016/2017 |
| 1 | BEKWAI | 2,593 | 13.88 | 312 | 3,090 | 497 | 19.16 | Increase |
| 2 | KOKOFU | 3,315 | 21.61 | 398 | 3,931 | 616 | 18.58 | Decrease |
| 3 | KWADASO | 4,117 | 4.68 | 495 | 4,774 | 657 | 15.95 | Increase |
| 4 | PAKYI MANSO | 3,501 | 14.67 | 421 | 4,026 | 525 | 14.99 | Increase |
| 5 | SANTASI | 2,068 | 5.51 | 249 | 2,345 | 277 | 13.39 | Increase |
| 6 | BOMSO | 1,769 | 10.77 | 213 | 1,992 | 223 | 12.60 | Increase |
| 7 | ANWOMASO | 1,743 | 10.18 | 210 | 1,948 | 205 | 11.76 | Increase |
| 8 | MAAKRO | 3,324 | 20.30 | 399 | 3,706 | 382 | 11.49 | Decrease |
| 9 | ASOKWA | 2,835 | 9.63 | 341 | 3,139 | 304 | 10.72 | Increase |
| 10 | ASONOMASO | 3,649 | 7.51 | 438 | 4,036 | 387 | 10.60 | Increase |
| 11 | SUAME | 4,296 | 13.65 | 516 | 4,745 | 449 | 10.45 | Decrease |
| 12 | TEK | 3,183 | 11.84 | 382 | 3,512 | 329 | 10.33 | Decrease |
| 13 | OLD TAFO | 5,379 | 9.93 | 646 | 5,925 | 546 | 10.15 | Increase |
| 14 | NKAWIE/ TOASE | 2,772 | 16.03 | 333 | 3,044 | 272 | 9.81 | Decrease |
| 15 | TANOSO | 2,910 | 2.21 | 350 | 3,180 | 270 | 9.27 | Increase |
| 16 | ABUAKWA | 3,219 | 14.47 | 387 | 3,516 | 297 | 9.22 | Decrease |
| 17 | BOHYEN | 3,453 | 16.97 | 415 | 3,733 | 280 | 8.10 | Decrease |
| 18 | DOME PANKRONO | 3,756 | 6.61 | 451 | 4,059 | 303 | 8.06 | Increase |
| 19 | EJISU | 4,165 | 9.61 | 500 | 4,491 | 326 | 7.82 | Decrease |
| 20 | ASAWASI | 3,746 | 7.15 | 450 | 4,037 | 291 | 7.77 | Increase |
| 21 | AKOMADAN | 1,238 | 11.13 | 149 | 1,328 | 90 | 7.26 | Decrease |
| 22 | BUOKROM ESTATE | 1,267 | 5.41 | 153 | 1,358 | 91 | 7.18 | increase |
| 23 | YENNYAWOSO | 2,900 | 9.10 | 348 | 3,103 | 203 | 7.00 | Decrease |
| 24 | ANTOA | 2,682 | 10.42 | 322 | 2,860 | 178 | 6.63 | Decrease |
| 25 | AKROPONG | 2,489 | 4.49 | 299 | 2,652 | 163 | 6.54 | Increase |
| 26 | ATONSU | 6,009 | 7.15 | 722 | 6,390 | 381 | 6.34 | Decrease |
| 27 | BANTAMA | 6,256 | 6.14 | 751 | 6,629 | 373 | 5.96 | Decrease |
| 28 | NYINAHIN | 3,289 | 22.68 | 395 | 3,480 | 191 | 5.80 | Decrease |
| 29 | ASUOYEBOA | 2,083 | 4.88 | 250 | 2,166 | 83 | 3.98 | Decrease |
| 30 | OFORIKROM | 1,461 | 6.02 | 176 | 1,518 | 57 | 3.90 | Decrease |
| 31 | MANKRANSO | 2,656 | 11.55 | 319 | 2,754 | 98 | 3.68 | Decrease |
| 32 | ADUKROM | 1,670 | 5.83 | 201 | 1,727 | 57 | 3.41 | Decrease |
| 33 | PATASI | 3,037 | 26.59 | 365 | 3138 | 101 | 3.32 | Decrease |
| 34 | OFFINSO | 3,005 | 10.15 | 361 | 3,073 | 68 | 2.26 | Decrease |
| 35 | KUMASI | 7,437 | 6.58 | 893 | 7,594 | 157 | 2.11 | Decease |
| 36 | KWASO | 2,131 | 7.30 | 256 | 2,145 | 14 | 0.65 | Decrease |
| TOTAL | 115,403 | 10.34 | 13,866 | 125,144 | 9741 | 8.44 | Decrease |
- Church population of the Presbytery from 2013 to 2017.
Year Population Numerical Growth
2013 104,664
2014 115,192 10,528
2015 104,192 -10,601(curving of Asante South)
2016 115,403 10,812
2017 125,144 9,741
Table of Growth Percentages of the 36 Districts in 5 years
| Districts | % Growth 2013 | % Growth 2014 | % Growth 2015 | % Growth 2016 | % Growth 2017 | % Average Growth Rate for 5 years | |
| 1 | PAKYI MANSO | 14.31 | 19.96 | 30.58 | 14.67 | 14.99 | 18.90 |
| 2 | YENNYAWOSO | 20.50 | 18.58 | 13.49 | 9.10 | 7.00 | 13.73 |
| 3 | KWADASO | 11.76 | 15.38 | 13.51 | 4.68 | 15.95 | 12.25 |
| 4 | NKAWIE/ TOASE | 13.08 | 9.84 | 10.35 | 16.03 | 9.81 | 11.82 |
| 5 | SUAME | 7.63 | 17.69 | 9.47 | 13.65 | 10.45 | 11.77 |
| 6 | PATASI | 18.94 | 4.95 | 3.90 | 26.59 | 3.32 | 11.54 |
| 7 | MAAKRO | 14.86 | 21.12 | -10.29 | 20.30 | 11.49 | 11.49 |
| 8 | BEKWAI | 16.66 | 9.18 | -2.36 | 13.88 | 19.16 | 11.30 |
| 9 | OFFINSO | 13.15 | 19.64 | 10.85 | 10.15 | 2.26 | 11.21 |
| 10 | BOMSO | 14.39 | 11.40 | 6.11 | 10.77 | 12.60 | 11.05 |
| 11 | TEK | 8.46 | 12.18 | 12.40 | 11.84 | 10.33 | 11.04 |
| 12 | ABUAKWA | 7.24 | 11.01 | 10.27 | 14.47 | 9.22 | 10.44 |
| 13 | OLD TAFO | 9.47 | 11.76 | 9.10 | 9.93 | 10.15 | 10.08 |
| 14 | ANTOA | 8.72 | 12.03 | 11.47 | 10.42 | 6.63 | 9.85 |
| 15 | ANWOMASO | -3.55 | 13.82 | 16.41 | 10.18 | 11.76 | 9.72 |
| 16 | DOME PANKRONO | 19.18 | 0.94 | 12.59 | 6.61 | 8.06 | 9.47 |
| 17 | KOKOFU | -29.52 | 24.71 | 11.81 | 21.61 | 18.58 | 9.43 |
| 18 | NYINAHIN | 22.62 | 3.28 | -8.01 | 22.68 | 5.80 | 9.27 |
| 19 | SANTASI | 13.31 | 7.35 | 4.09 | 5.51 | 13.39 | 8.73 |
| 20 | ATONSU | 9.27 | 8.07 | 12.59 | 7.15 | 6.34 | 8.68 |
| 21 | BOHYEN | 10.90 | 6.27 | 0.72 | 16.97 | 8.10 | 8.59 |
| 22 | ASOKWA | 5.39 | 7.31 | 8.07 | 9.63 | 10.72 | 8.22 |
| 23 | TANOSO | 6.23 | 16.73 | 5.17 | 2.21 | 9.27 | 7.92 |
| 24 | ASONOMASO | 11.96 | 3.97 | 1.95 | 7.51 | 10.60 | 7.19 |
| 25 | OFORIKROM | 3.49 | 8.79 | 12.49 | 6.02 | 3.90 | 6.93 |
| 26 | BANTAMA | 9.70 | 1.31 | 11.48 | 6.14 | 5.96 | 6.91 |
| 27 | MANKRANSO | -2.97 | 17.58 | 3.16 | 11.55 | 3.68 | 6.60 |
| 28 | KWASO | 6.02 | 7.29 | 10.64 | 7.30 | 0.65 | 6.38 |
| 29 | EJISU | -2.11 | 8.58 | 6.12 | 9.61 | 7.82 | 6.00 |
| 30 | ADUKROM | 5.90 | 10.48 | 3.27 | 5.83 | 3.41 | 5.77 |
| 31 | KUMASI | 6.91 | 7.28 | 5.68 | 6.58 | 2.11 | 5.71 |
| 32 | AKOMADAN | 12.38 | 9.49 | -13.78 | 11.13 | 7.26 | 5.29 |
| 33 | ASUOYEBOA | 1.32 | 8.56 | 3.65 | 4.88 | 3.98 | 4.47 |
| 34 | AKROPONG | -2.45 | 15.65 | -4.34 | 4.49 | 6.54 | 3.97 |
| 35 | ASAWASI | -3.70 | 7.69 | -1.77 | 7.15 | 7.77 | 3.42 |
| 36 | BUOKROM ESTATE | 2.96 | 0.78 | -7.25 | 5.41 | 7.18 | 1.81 |
| 10.50 |
- Percentage growth of the Presbytery in the last 5 years
Year % Growth
2013
2014 10.06
2015 6.19
2016 10.34
2017 8.55
Conclusion
Looking at the growth pattern with two Presbyteries curved out with a total membership of 33,370 moving out, the use of the BluePrint has seen some remarkable improvement in the area of Mission and Evangelism as a whole in Asante Presbytery.
SEPTEMBER 2018 _ INFROMATION
