Influence of Televangelism on Ghanaian Women

Universal Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities | Vol 4, Issue 1

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