Amedofe EP: The Church Building In Ghana's Volta Region Served Amedzofe For Over 100 Years

• Amedzofe is part of the Avatime Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana, with so much history
• The town is home to the oldest church in the traditional area, which is over 100 years old
• The chapel is now used for children's service on Sundays while the adults worship in another edifice

In 1886, two German missionaries travelled through Gbadzeme to Amedzofe. The missionaries stayed for some days and left.

They, however, returned in 1889 to evangelise to the people of the Avatime Traditional Area. The missionaries and converts put up the first chapel in that same year.

In a video, a presbyter of the EP Church in Amedzofe told Ghanaweb TV that the oldest church in the area is over one hundred years old.

Mr Dzato said tourists who come to the Volta Region visit the 'old church', which is still used by the children's ministry.

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The chapel is not only the oldest in the town but in the whole Avatime Traditional Area. After worshipping in the church for about 50 years, a new chapel was built to mark the golden jubilee of the congregation.

Mr Dzato said the church did not only introduce Christianity to the Avatime Traditional Area but also education and artisanship.

The missionaries built a school for catechists, which was converted into a college of education.

Mr Dzato said the first convicts were Mr Jacob Anku, baptized at the Basel Mission at Mayera near Accra, and Mr Dzokoto. The first converts received land away from the main settlement and named it Bethel. Other people later joined them as they converted to Christianity.

About the Avatime Traditional Area

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The people of the Avatime Traditional Area are believed to have migrated from the Axim area in the Western Region of Ghana. They made a home on mountain Gemi, the second-highest mountain in Ghana.

The Avatime traditional area is made up of seven communities, namely, Avatime Amedzofe, Avatime Vane, Avatime Gbadzeme, Avatime Biakpa, Avatime Fume, Avatime Dzokpe and Avatime Dzogbefeme.

These people live on mountain tops, considered the highest human settlement points in the country. The capital of the traditional area is Avatime Vane.

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Source: YEN.com.gh