hree Ghanaian Churches belonging to the Presbyterian, USA (PCUSA) have donated a total amount of $7900.00 toward the Presbyterian University, Akropong Campus. The United Ghanaian Community Church in the Presbytery of Philadelphia, PA headed by the Rev. Kobina Ofosu- Donkoh donated an amount of $3500.00, while the Brooklyn Ghanaian Presbyterian/Reformed Church in New York Presbytery under the Rev. Sam Atiemo donated $2250.00. The Ramseyer Presbyterian Church in Kyoto Valley Presbytery, Ohio under the Rev. Andrew Aboagye donated $2150.00.
These donations were made in line with the mission objectives of the Conference of Ghanaian Presbyterian Churches under the PCUSA, and in response to an appeal made by the Rev. Charles B. Ahwireng, Chairperson of the Akropong Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana during a visit to the USA in the company of Catechist Ebenezer Abboah-Offei and Mr. Samuel Asare both of the Grace Deliverance Center in Akropong Akwapim.
In a speech at the United Ghanaian Community Church in Philadelphia, the Akropong Presbytery Chairperson indicated that the Presbyterian Church of Ghana has launched a major educational campaign to reclaim its historical leadership in bringing formal education to the people of Ghana. Central to this campaign is the establishment of a Presbyterian University with campuses in Abetifi and Akropong, as well as a medical school in Agogo. The Rev, Ahwireng noted that millions of Ghanaians have benefited immensely from church missionary education in Ghana, and thus appealed to all Ghanaians abroad to endeavor to contribute to this worthy undertaking by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
Responding to the Presbytery Chairperson’s appeal, the Rev. Dr. Ofosu- Donkoh, founding Pastor of the UGCC, who also teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, pledged the continuous support of the UGCC to the Presbyterian University. He urged his congregants to heed in good faith to the appeal to “come over to Macedonia and help,” reiterating further that university education is of paramount importance to the development of Ghana.
