MISSION FIELDS IN GHANA: THE CHALLENGE OF UNREACHED PEOPLES

Although about 69% of Ghana’s population profess to be Christians, there are many distinct groups within the total population that are “unreached” by the Church. This is a great challenge confronting the Church in Ghana. Attention is drawn to three mission fields which I have come up with in the course of my study of the Ghanaian church scene. These are: a) The neglected mission field, b) The unnoticed mission field, c) The forgotten mission field. If the Church is to experience expansion (numerical) growth, extension growth and bridging growth, a consistent effort at reaching these groups of people with the gospel must be very high on the church’s agenda. Priority attention is required in order to face the challenge of unreached peoples. To say that the Church cannot experience rapid growth without priority attention to the neglected, unnoticed and forgotten mission fields is not an overstatement