About – Good News Bible Church

About Us

Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.

About Us

The Good News Bible Church – Ghana was started as a Bible Study Group by Rev John Bergen, an SIM missionary in the 1960s. It met on the premises of what is now Challenge Enterprises of Ghana at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra.

Many Ghanaian Christians were attracted by the solidity of evangelical Bible teaching at that time. As the number outgrew their place of meeting they moved in 1970 to the auditorium of Accra Technical Training Centre where the group was called Kokomlemle Bible Study Fellowship. It enjoyed vibrant fellowship and as they zealously shared the Gospel of Jesus in the neighbourhood, the membership increased rapidly. It became apparent that some of the new converts that joined them had no affiliation with any Church. Therefore, the leadership decided to turn the Fellowship into a Church in order to nurture the new converts.

As part of the growth and maturing of the Church, it has become necessary for the BCA to introduce the Financial and Administrative Policy Handbook to be the road map to managing internally generated funds, project and donor funds as well as administrative systems and procedures.

Our Core Values

We are …
– One body in Christ from different ethnic, social, Political or cultural background
– Ambassadors of Christ on earth
– Bible centred
– Mission-focused
– Evangelical in beliefs and practices
– People of love and value all mankind
– Stewards of God’s resources

In the 1970s, some SIM missionaries relocated from Ethiopia to Ghana ready to spread the Gospel of Jesus. On arrival, they realized that the impact of the Gospel in the Northern Regions of Ghana was minimal. Therefore, they went to the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana where they started evangelizing. In the course of their ministry, they also decided to form a Church. Consequently, a series of meetings was arranged between them and the leadership of the Fellowship in Accra. Subsequently, the Fellowship was turned into a Church and was registered in 1982 under the name Fellowship of Good News Churches of Ghana – a name that was later changed to Bible Church of Africa. It has spread to such suburbs of Accra as Nima, Achimota-Fishpond, Ashaiman, and Katapor. With the passage of time it has extended to many parts of the country. Presently, there are BCA Churches in all the ten Regions of Ghana except the Volta Region.

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