“It was great to serve alongside Gideons and brothers in Christ from Ghana. Bill McAfee, a Gideon from Indiana, was inspired by the commitment of Ghana’s Gideons. One of the local Gideons from Accra was married two days prior to the event, and he chose to postpone his honeymoon in order to share Scriptures with people during the blitz. Some of these Gideons traveled for many hours to participate in the event. Scriptures were placed and distributed in schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, a local jail, and to military and police personnel. Several Gideons from other countries traveled to Ghana to participate in the November Scripture blitz.

Today, more than 890 Gideons and 370 Auxiliary in Ghana are reaching countless people for the cause of Christ. Since that time, over 34 million people there have received copies of the Word of God, with many coming to faith in Christ. Members of The Gideons have been reaching the people of Ghana with God’s Word since 1966. In the midst of this wide range of cultures, backgrounds, and religious diversity is The Gideons International, an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments. According to the Joshua Project, there are approximately 7.6 million evangelical Christians, representing 26% of the population in Ghana, and 6.5 million Muslims, representing 22% of the country’s population. The country of Ghana is located in West Africa and has a population of approximately 29.4 million people that spans a variety of ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups.

“I’ve never seen a country so hungry for the Word of God and communities so open to the Gospel.” This was the response of Doug Vaughan, a Gideon from Bellingham, Washington, who was part of a team of Gideons and Auxiliary that participated in a 2018 Scripture outreach event in Ghana, referred to as a blitz.

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