CAMPUS MINISTRY IN GHANAIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF BAPTIST STUDENTS AT THE KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI.

Abstract

The study entails a description and analysis of the structure and activities of Christian campus ministries in Ghanaian tertiary level institutions with special reference to National Union of Baptist Students (NUBS) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). An attention is given to the relationship between NUBS and its mother denomination – Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC). It employed case study approach as its method of investigation. The key finding of the study is that, NUBS at KNUST has a solid and adequate organizational structures derived both from its mother church, Ghana Baptist Convention and other campus ministries at KNUST. Such a structure has helped NUBS to carry out effective evangelistic activities for the Ghana Baptist Convention both on campus and other places outside the campus. Like the other campus ministries in Ghana, NUBS has helped GBUC to raise future leaders for the denomination. Obviously, campus ministry influences its mother denomination either positively or negatively