The Impact of Deduako Community on Giving in the Church: A Mathematical Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze “giving” among the members of the Deduako-Kodiekrom Society of the Methodist Church using mathematical tools in the analysis.Deduako-Kodiekrom is a community in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and is well endowed. Farming is part of the life of the people of the community and an appreciable number of them are teachers, doctors, businessmen and woman, lawyers, pastors, traders and a host of others. The analysis was based on data obtained from the church being the amounts given by members of the church in the last five Appeal-for-Funds held by the Church in the Church. Upon analysis, it was found out that there is a high level of giving in the church. At any of the appeal-for-funds held, the average amount given by each individual in the Church ranges between 7.10 GHC and 10.80 GHC which is good. The people are really generous in terms of giving to the Church in the Community. The study contributes to the literature by providing data-based evidence documenting the extent to which the importance of giving held in the church have really gone down well with them.