James McKeown (missionary)
James McKeown | |
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| Born | James Mckeown 12 September 1900 Glenborg, Scotland |
| Died | 4 May 1989 (aged 88) Ballymena, Ireland |
| Spouse | Sophia Mckeown |
| Parent(s) | William John McKeown Elizabeth Thompson |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | The Church of Pentecost |
Offices held | Founder & First Chairman, The Church of Pentecost |
| Title | Pastor |
Reverend James McKeown (12 September 1900 – 4 May 1989) was an Irish missionary who spent considerable time in the Gold Coast, now Ghana. He was the first Pentecostal missionary to come to Ghana from the United Kingdom and was instrumental in the establishment of The Apostolic Church - Ghana. In the 1950s he founded the Church of Pentecost, the church with the biggest denomination in Ghana and which has branches all over the world. He is considered a "pioneer of Ghanaian Pentecostalism".