| Summary: | The study is an examination of the conversion challenges confronting Akan
Christian Royals in Ghana. The Western missionaries and missionary established
churches demand that as part of their conversion requirements, Akan Royals must
reject and disassociate themselves from the Black Stool, ancestors and all ancestral
related activities. The Royals who claim that their families have become Christian
royal families insist that authority symbols like the Black Stools and ancestral
ceremonies like the Adae do not take the place of the sovereignty of God and
the Lordship of Christ in their belief system. Moreover, participation in Palace
services prepares them for traditional leadership and does not take them away
from their faith in Christ. The traditional leadership institutions and the Royals that
welcomed the Western missionaries, provided them with hospitality, security and
resources for the missionary work have come to be considered as unchristian and
an anathema to the Christian faith. The position of the church has created tensions
within Akan Christian Royal and put the genuineness of their conversion in doubt.
The study which is qualitative in nature uses both primary and secondary methods
in its information gathering. Its findings provide responses to some contemporary
tensions in gospel and culture studies in African Christianity.
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