ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH-TEPA
HISTORY OF THE TEPA CHURCH
FOUNDERS: The following were said to be the founders of the Church between 1930 to 1940.
Namely:
1. Mr. Haywood
2. Mr. Arthur
3. Mr. Edwrad Owusu
4. Mr. Ebenezer Atta Aseidu
The founders built the Church through hard work in the early thirties.
The priest in charge was Rev. Fr. Evans (Whiteman) in 1938, from Kumasi. One Mr. Abraham Kwame Acheampong now blind said he was a Mass Servant in 1938 when the visiting Priest came from Kumasi and Kenyasi.
In the beginning, visiting priests from B.A. Kenyasi were occasionally present. Some of them were Late Rev. Fr. Anim and Late Rev. Fr. B. B. O. Bewaji who is now known as late Provost B.B. O. Bewaji of blessed memory in the early sixties.
The following were the visiting Priest and Catechists who did well to lift the image of the Church in the Kumasi Diocese in Tepa.
Namely:
Presently Madam Particia Mary Aidoo has been the practicing Catechist from 1986-2009.
Present People’s Warden Mr. Edward Owusu Pipim and Priest Warden Mr. Peter Boadi
Baptism from 1981 to 2006 257
Baptism from 1981to 2006 257
Baptism from 2006 to 2009 63
Roll of membership – 2009 200
Men 50
Women 90
Children 60
Outstation: Boagya-Jerusalem Church
The founder was Late Mr. James Kwabena Manu and family from 1985 to date. It is a family church in the rural area.