Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
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Abstract

The Church and Ghana's Drive Towards Democratic Consolidation and Maturity

Van Gyampo RE

Generally, the Church has played a critical role in Ghana’s drive towards democratic maturity. The Christian Council of Ghana, one of the foremost and well respected umbrella Christian Church Organizations makes a positive contribution to Ghana’s democratic consolidation process. As part of a broader civil society, the Christian Council, in spite of its financial challenges, has played a democracy-supporting role of fighting authoritarianism and contributing to the nurturing of democracy in Ghana when it was attained. So, what is the Christian Council of Ghana’s mission? What specific role has the Council played in fighting authoritarian regimes since independence? How has the Council contributed to democratic nurturing, maturity and consolidation in Ghana? These are the critical issues that the paper seeks to address using a qualitative research approach that largely thrives on secondary sources of information and views gleaned from interviews with persons associated with the Christian Council