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The International Central Gospel Church – ICGC – is an
Evangelical, Charismatic Christian Church. It was
officially inaugurated as a church on the 26th of
February 1984, in Accra, Ghana. The first meeting was
held in a small classroom with an initial membership of
just about twenty people.
From February 1984 to April 1986, the membership grew to
about one hundred and eighty (180) adults in regular
attendance. The early meetings of the church were held
in several facilities which included classrooms, a
private residence, a public hall, a science laboratory,
a mechanical workshop and a cinema theatre.
In May 1986, the church settled in a rented scout hall –
the Baden Powell Memorial Hall – which became its home
for the next ten years.
During this ten-year period, the membership rose to over
4,000. This period also saw aggressive missionary church
planting activities with local assemblies established in
almost all the major towns and cities of Ghana. Several
other churches were also planted in cities in Europe and
the United States.
The first congregation which was established in February
1984, now designated as the Christ Temple Assembly, has
directly planted over forty other churches out of the
original congregation in the Accra - Tema metropolis of
Ghana alone.
In 1988, the ICGC established a ministerial institute to
train a new generation of leaders to carry out its
vision. From the initial six-month certificate in
ministry, the college has developed into the premier
private-owned University in Ghana known as the Central
University College.
Again in 1988, the church instituted an educational
scholarship scheme, known as Central Aid, to finance the
education of selected needy students in pre-tertiary
educational institutions. This scheme is now considered
the largest non-governmental scholarship programme for
students in pre-tertiary education in Ghana.
The International Central Gospel Church is a socially
conscious Christian church which upholds the philosophy
of Human dignity and Excellence. It engages in promoting
and staging events whose impact have reached to the
depths of the Ghanaian society and brought Christ to the
doorsteps of the people.
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