Ghana Baptist Convention


Introduction

The Ghana Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in Ghana. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Accra.

History

The Ghana Baptist Convention has its origins in a Baptist mission of Nigerian Baptist Convention in 1927 in Kumasi. It is officially founded in 1963 as the Ghana Baptist Conference. In 1964, it became autonomous from the Nigerian Baptist Convention and take the name of Ghana Baptist Convention
In 2006, it establishes the Ghana Baptist University College in Kumasi.
In 2016, it had 1,761 churches and 300,000 members.
In 2018, it opened a hospital in the Jomoro District, in Western Region.