Spiritual Persecution
Adomako, after stating, "It's really easy to be a Christian in Ghana. The doors are open... You are welcome anywhere...There is no persecution," clarifies his position. He says that while there is not much government opposition, quite the reverse is true concerning the spiritual realm.
"Spiritual forces are high," Adomako says while shaking his head, and "the demons will fight against you." He tells a story of one of his missionary friends who met a little girl on his way to do ministry. The seemingly innocent girl looked up at him and told him that "where you are going, it won't happen because the car won't get there." The missionary shrugged, continued to the car, and started it up--but the car would not move forward.
In this case, all ended well, for the missionary just walked to his ministry location. Other pastors, however, have not been as fortunate. One group entered Ghana to preach, but they encountered spiritual forces and went completely mute.
Adomako also mentions the problem of Fetish priests in certain villages.As discussed by Jed Lipinski in his article "A Visit from the Devil," Fetish priests like Kwaku Bonsam seem to have "spiritual powers" and have a reputation for putting curses on people.
Apparently, they spread fear amongst the people, who still contact the priests for priests' special abilities, despite the people's fear. Not only so, but these Fetish priests will often oppose Christian missionary efforts, employing spiritual forces to impede the Christians' progress.
Overall, it looks like in order for the Ghanaian Christians to overcome these spiritual hindrances, they will have to rely on the Holy Spirit.
Political Problems
Adomako dejectedly points out that "pastors are getting influenced by political figures, knowingly or unknowingly; [they are] getting used to propagate political stuff." Rather than focusing on preaching the Bible, some pastors are getting caught up in supporting various platforms, candidates, and etcetera.
An instance of this seems to be found in one of the key leaders in the Ghanaian revival, pastor Mensa Otabil.In a somewhat extreme article at Modern Ghana, Ekun Wallis nevertheless appears to accurately exhibit Otabil's fervent declarations of God's imminent judgment. Wallis shows that these declarations seem to be less of an actual prophecy than they seem to be a scare tactic meant to stir up a political party to action for an upcoming election.
Most certainly, the more pastoral politicking that appears, the more believers in Ghana will have struggle to overcome this obstacle.
Resources--Or Not
Yet another challenge faced by Ghanaian Christians is a lack of resources.
Adomako mentions a multitude of stories in which the Christian workers, though persevering, are being hindered in their work because they simply do not have the resources needed.
As mentioned on the Demographics page, most of the people groups in Ghana do not have access to the Bible in their language.
And the Internet is not really an option either, insists Adomako. He describes how painfully slow and expensive communicating with his family back in Ghana is; however, he says that his experience is one of the best ones people can have with the Internet in Ghana. Many people do not even have access to the Internet, which is only located in certain urban areas.
Though this lack of resources is indeed a challenge for Ghanaian believers, they are working to overcome this as well.
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