Table 1.
Influence of New ReligiousMovements’ Televangelism
|
| Statements |
Frequency |
Percentage |
|
|
| Believing in televangelists preaching |
|
| Yes |
168 |
84.0 |
|
| No |
32 |
16.0 |
|
| Reasons for believing in televangelists preaching |
|
| They preach material things |
171 |
85.5 |
|
| They preach about the word of God |
29 |
14.5 |
|
| Televangelists encourage respondents to seek prosperity and more wealth |
|
| Yes |
112 |
56.0 |
|
| No |
88 |
44.0 |
|
| Reasons for not being encouraged to seek prosperity and more wealth |
|
| They preach and talk about wealth |
129 |
64.5 |
|
| Fake preaching |
66 |
33.0 |
|
| Others |
5 |
2.5 |
|
| Televangelism encourages women to develop virtues useful in cementing families together |
|
| Yes |
163 |
81.5 |
|
| No |
37 |
18.5 |
|
| Televangelists seeking popularity at the expense of espousing Christian Teachings |
|
| Yes |
143 |
71.5 |
|
| No |
57 |
28.5 |
|
| Influence televangelist exerts on youth and women |
|
| It makes them follow false teachings |
134 |
67.0 |
|
| Putting their trust in God and following God's words |
63 |
31.5 |
|
| Prosperity, money and travelling on youth and women |
3 |
1.5 |
|
| Televangelists use television and other mediums as means of promoting themselves and their ideology instead of Christian values |
|
| Yes |
182 |
91.0 |
|
| No |
18 |
9.0 |
|
| Usage of funds collected by televangelists through preaching on television |
|
|
| They used to buy luxurious cars and build mansions |
95 |
47.5 |
|
| Promoting ministry |
105 |
52.5 |
|
| Influence of televangelism being fostered by income, age, education, marital status or socio-economic factors |
|
| Yes |
114 |
57.0 |
|
| No |
86 |
43.0 |
|
| Televangelism has a future as far as Christian worship is concerned in Ghana |
|
| Yes |
159 |
79.5 |
|
| No |
41 |
20.5 |
|
| Government involvement in the regulation of televangelism in Ghana |
|
| Yes |
160 |
80.0 |
|
| No |
40 |
20.0 |
|
| Influence of televangelism on women |
|
| Women follow televangelism more than the teachings of their church |
124 |
62.0 |
|
| Televangelism has destroyed and broken the extended family |
19 |
9.5 |
|
| Others |
57 |
28.5 |
|
|
|
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