Global InformationSamson Oppong information
Samson Kwame Oppong | |
|---|---|
 Samson Oppong | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Kwame Oppong c. 1884 Akuntanim, Gold Coast |
| Died | c.1960 or 1965 (aged 76 or 81) Akuntanim, Ghana |
| Religion | Christianity (evangelical Protestantism) |
| Denomination | Methodist |
| Profession | Evangelist |
| Organization | |
| Church | Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society |
| Senior posting | |
| Profession | Evangelist |
Samson Kwame Oppong also Sampson Opon or Opong (c. 1884 – c.1960 or 1965) was a controversial Akan Christian preacher-prophet on the Gold Coast in the 1920s.[1][2][3][4][5] His missionary zeal, unconventional and fiery ministry helped entrench Methodism in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo Regions of Ghana, through a large-scale spiritual awakening and revival.[6][7][8][9] Though his knowledge of Christian theology was minimal, he is known to have employed threats and other coercive techniques to proselytise in the Ghanaian towns and villages he worked in.[10][11]
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- ^ Debrunner, Hans Werner (1965). The story of Sampson Opong. Waterville Pub. House.
- ^ Anderson, Gerald H. (1999). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802846808.
- ^ Nigerian Heritage: Journal of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The Commission. 2000. p. 53.
- ^ The Tablet. Tablet Publishing Company. 1970. p. 663.
- ^ Debrunner, Hans Werner (1967). A history of Christianity in Ghana. Waterville Pub. House.
- ^ Bartels, F. L. The Roots of Ghana Methodism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Second ed., 2008.
- ^ Ofosu-Appiah, L. H., editor-in-chief (1997). The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Volume One Ethiopia-Ghana. New York, NY: Reference Publications Inc.
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