Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana ( Ewe: Presbyterian Nyanyui Hame le Ghana) was established in 1922 as part of the "Protestant Ewe Church."

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana ( EPChurch ) goes on, established at the first Synod of the missions in Kpalimé in May 1922 independent " Ewe Evangelical Church " back, the constitutional umbrella organization of Ghanaian EPChurch and the " Eglise évangélique presbytérienne du Togo " ( EEPT ) in the field of Togo.

After the former German colony of Togo was divided in the aftermath of the First World War in British and French mandate zone and the German missionaries were in 1921 expelled from the country, constituted the local representative of the Mission, the Evangelical Ewe Church as a constitutional umbrella organization and merger of the Christian community in the former German colony. The EPChurch, although only founded in 1922 as part of the "Protestant Ewe Church " refers to the present day to 1893 as the founding year of their churches, the year in which the North German Mission the first municipality in the area of present-day Togo founded ( Mission Tove ).

In the period 1923-1939 the British colonial power of the North German Mission Society Employees allowed to send. The outbreak of the Second World War interrupted but again the collaboration with the German missionaries. At this time the Church in British Togo comprised of about 40,000 members.

EP Church ( Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana ). Includes approximately 200,000 believers. The headquarters is located in Ho in the Volta Region. The church languages ​​are English, Ewe, Twi and Konkomba. Since 2001, E. P. Church an equal member of the North German Mission, composed of the Ghanaian EPChurch, the EEPT from Togo and four German churches. There are 13 overseas partnerships, inter alia, to churches in the United States, Britain and Korea.