This page presents information and resources on the history of Methodism in Ghana. The cover image is taken from a Methodist Library resource. A timeline describes the major events in the development of Methodism in Ghana. Key terms and people link to research resources, and the books listed at the bottom of the page can be found in the Methodist Library.

1831: Fante Bible Band organized.

1835: Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Church founds mission in Ghana.

1838: Thomas Birch Freeman opens the first church in Ghana. 

1910: Methodist evangelization of Northern Ghana began.

1942: The church and the Presbyterian and Evangelical Presbyterian churches of Ghana co-founded the Trinity Theological Seminary.

1961: The Methodist Church in Ghana gains autonomy from British Methodists. 

1999-2000: At the Methodist Conference held at Koforidua, articles of Episcopacy were signed and a Proclamation Service for the Episcopacy was held at the Wesley Methodist Chapel in Accra.

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• Gold Coast (colonial name)
• Joseph Rhodes Dunwell (First Methodist Missionary to Ghana, 1807-1835)
• William DeGraft (Leader of the Bible Band)
• George Maclean (Governor, 1801 to 1847)
• Harriet Wrigley (Methodist Minister's wife, 1850-1909)
• Thomas Birch Freeman ( British Methodist Missionary, 1809-1890)