In 2021, Ghana ranked as having the third most LDS Church members per capita in Africa, behind Cape Verde and Sierra Leone.

He published a public plea for support in his religious efforts and a woman living in England read them.

[9] Without any official recognition from church headquarters, leaders established a primary school called the Brigham Young Educational Institute and congregations in Cape Coast.

[7] During Hilton's visit, he recalls members passing around a Book of Mormon that was so used, its pages were folded and dark.

In gratitude, Johnson sent a letter to Kimball, explaining that God had prepared the people in Ghana, and asked him to send missionaries to the members.

[14] From this point on, the congregations in Ghana were part of the official church, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

These changes included removing women who were leading congregations, like Rebecca Mould, who members called "the Mormon Prophetess."

New material was created as Priscilla Sampson-Davis translated the Book of Mormon and hymnbook into Fante for the church.

Emmanuel A. Kissi, who had been previously baptized in Manchester, England headed leadership in Accra, soon becoming district president.

An increased fear of American CIA operatives heightened tensions and caused worries about "the Mormons", as well as other foreign organizations like the Peace Corps and the International Catholic Youth Federation.

A damaging film created by former church member, Ed Decker, began showing on Ghana's public programming.

His film, The God Makers, connected the religion with paganism and the occult, and was even shown at a special event for state officials.

[17] Others were upset, because they perceived the church was indoctrinating members to accept their poverty and oppression instead of finding solutions within political and economic spheres.

Articles from the time show anger at the missionaries, who were thought to be colonizing the country with their religion, using it as a front for interest in Ghana's natural resources.

[18] Questions about the church's teachings began causing worry, particularly the idea that blacks were cursed and inferior.

[7] Amidst the discontent, church member and prominent schoolteacher, Stephen Abu, was called to step down from his position teaching at a Presbyterian middle school.

When the request was not complied to, those that opposed the church began praying to God to bring death to Abu and his brother, Kissi.

Abu was brought to trial, where he was charged with continuing to worship, despite the government asking him to cease, and having links with Americans with whom he illegally sold diamonds and gold at the Accra Airport.

[16] The same year, the Book of Mormon was translated into Twi, the most widely spoken native language in Ghana.

[6] In 1993, church president Gordon B. Hinckley visited Ghana for the first time and announced a new temple.

The projects have included drilling wells, building schools, working in orphanages, and distributing wheelchairs.

[6] In 2018, the LDS Church reported having 78,065 members, along with 4 missions, 51 family history centers, and 303 congregations in Ghana.

Despite this, the church's general conferences are translated into the Fante and Twi languages, indigenous to Ghana.

[25] Ghana is home to one of the church's 10 MTCs, which are facilities for training missionaries for a period between 3 and 12 weeks before they go out into the field.

Because of rapid church growth in Africa, in August 2017, the MTC was replaced with a bigger facility that could accommodate up to 500 missionaries and is located next to the Accra Ghana Temple.

[28] Namely: On January 11, 2004, the Accra Ghana Temple was dedicated by church president Gordon B. Hinckley.

The intent to build the Kumasi Ghana Temple was announced on April 4, 2021, by church president Russell M. Nelson.