Akrofi-Christaller Institute

Coordinates: 5°58′23″N 0°05′09″W / 5.972972661856299°N 0.0857689388813296°W

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Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture
Location

P.O. Box 76, Akropong-Akuapem Eastern Region Ghana
Coordinates	5°58′23″N 0°05′09″W / 5.972972661856299°N 0.0857689388813296°W
Information
Type	Postgraduate research institute
Religious affiliation(s)	Reformed Protestant
Denomination	Presbyterian
Established	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Founder	Presbyterian Church of Ghana
School district	Akwapim North Municipality
Oversight	Ghana Education Service
Principal	The Rev. Dr. Benhardt Y. Quarshie
Campus type	Residential suburban setting
Website	https://www.aci.edu.gh/

The Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture (ACI), formerly known as the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research and Applied Theology, is a tertiary, postgraduate research and training institute located in Akropong-Akuapem in Ghana.^[1]^[2] The institute was set up to study and document Christian religious thought, history and theology through the lens of culture, historiography and life in Ghanaian society and Africa as well as scholarship on ecumenical relations between the continent and the rest of the world.^[1]^[2]

History

Akrofi-Christaller institute was founded in 1987 as an independent, self-financing entity, a company limited by guarantee and registered under the Companies Code as a non-profit educational institution. It is fully accredited by the National Accreditation Board of Ghana's Ministry of Education, with a full Presidential Charter to award its own degrees.^[1]^[2]

The university was named after two Christian ethnologists, Johann Gottlieb Christaller and Clement Anderson Akrofi who carried out extensive literary work on the Twi language.^[3]^[4] With roots in the Pietistic tradition of the Basel Mission, the Institute combines academic study with propagation of the Gospel in Ghana and Africa.^[1]^[2]

Akrofi-Christaller Institute occupies the buildings of the historic Akropong Seminary including the Basel House in Akropong-Akuapem, a campus that was built in the mid-nineteenth century, renovated in the early nineties and expanded by the turn of the millennium. The upgrade of the facilities include residential and dining buildings, a specialist reference library - the Johannes Zimmermann Library and lecture halls.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Notable alumni

Kwabena Opuni Frimpong - former General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Homepage, Akrofi-Christaller Institute". acighana. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture". acighana. Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
^ Bediako, Kwame. "Johannes Gottlieb Christaller 1827-1895 Basel Mission Ghana". Archived from the original on 2018-05-15.
^ Knispel, Martin; Kwakye, Nana Opare (2006). Pioneers of the Faith: Biographical Studies from Ghanaian Church History. Accra: Akuapem Presbytery Press.
^ "Johannes Zimmermann Library (ACI) – A reference library serving ACI's academic and pastoral programmes and research projects". library acighana. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ "About | Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni". Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2019-03-06.

External links

Official website

Christianity in Ghana

Christian groups

Protestant	Assemblies of God Ghana The Church of Pentecost Church of the Province of West Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana Ghana Baptist Convention International Central Gospel Church Methodist Church of Ghana Presbyterian Church of Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana United Denomination: Lighthouse Group of Churches
Roman Catholic	Catholic Church in Ghana
Other	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana

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