Full list of 10 most powerful pastors in Ghana today

Full list of 10 most powerful pastors in Ghana today

- Pastor Mensa Otabil of the International Central Gospel Church has topped the2017 social media rankings as the most influential pastor on social media

- Bishop Obinim was able to win a place in the ranking by clinging to the 10th position

- Bishop Dag-Heward Mills of Lighthouse Chapel came up second

The Ghana Social Media Rankings has measured the performance of all popular Ghanaian pastors who have official accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

In total, only ten top pastors made it to the list with Pastor Mensa Otabil of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) coming on tops with a total of over 2 million followers both on Facebook and Twitter.

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The newest entrant was Bishop Obinim of the Founder and Leader of International Godsway Church who came last as the powerful pastor in Ghana with about 100, 000 followers on both Facebook and Twitter.

Below is the full list of top ten pastors:

Below are the 2017 Top 10 Most Influential Radio Stations on Social Media:

1. Dr. Mensa Otabil

2. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

3. Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams

4. Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah

5. Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare

6. Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah

7. Prophet Kakra Baiden

8. Bishop James Kwaku Saah

9. Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng

10. Bishop Daniel Obinim

The pastor to have taken the second place was Bishop Dag-Heward Mills of the Lighthouse Chapel International with Bishop Duncan Williams of the Action Chapel coming up third with about 870,000 followers on both Facebook and Twitter.

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The ranking which is based on the GSMR Score was analysed from their Social Media followings, Growth Difference, Engagements, Post Reaches and Mentions.

The 2017 Ghana Social Media Rankings was conducted by Avance Media, CliQAfrica, eazzysocial and Dream Ambassadors Foundation GH in partnership Pearl Richards Foundation.

This ranking helps us understand how much of a mini-congregation these pastors get to preach to on social media. What this means is that the number of followers by these pastors largely impact on their power and influence across the country.

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Nii Ayi Ayitey Nii Ayi Ayitey, aka Charles Ayitey, is an experienced journalist who covered Current Affairs news for Yen.com.gh from 2015-2021. He also worked for such companies as Multimedia Group Limited, Scooper, and Face2Face Africa. Nii Ayi Ayitey holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (2015). Currently, he's studying at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.