The Methodist Church of Ghana have donated a sum of Gh¢100,000.00 towards the National Cathedral project.
The donation was in fulfilment of an annual budgetary allocation towards the project initiated by President Akufo-Addo.
The donation was presented on behalf of the church by the Presiding Bishop, Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo and the Director of Finance Very Reverend Anthony Kwabena Cobbah.
Reverend Ebenezer Saka Ameyaw who is the Head of Church Relations and Executive Assistant at the Secretariat received the donation of behalf of the Board of Trustees of the national cathedral.
The National Cathedral of Ghana is an ongoing interdenominational Christian cathedral being built in Accra.
The Cathedral will have a 5,000 seater auditorium, chapels, baptistery, a music school, an art gallery, and a biblical museum.
The design of the cathedral would reflect the art and culture of Ghanaian ethnic groups consisting of the high pitched and staggered roof will be reminiscent of Akan inspired architecture and the facade will be concave and decorated with timber in imitation of Ashanti royal stools.
The architect for the project is the British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye, who also designed the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
