For information about the release of AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY RISING: STORIES FROM GHANA visit our website page at jamesault.com/documentaries/africa-project/. From here the story goes inside Calvary Hill Christian Ministries led by Pastor Fred and his wife and music leader, Sister Rose.

Calvary Hill, a newly founded independent charismatic church, is one of several communities portrayed in our recently released documentary film AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY RISING: STORIES FROM GHANA. We follow their efforts to help members solve economic and family problems, and to grow and be relevant in their community. For more, visit jamesault.com.

Part of our follow-up filming of the story of Fred and Rose's young Pentecostal church in Akropong in 2006. Camera: James Ault. Sound: Francis Kwakye. Local government in the provincial capitol of Akropong, Ghana, is still provided by the King of Akuapem's regular Adae, or council meeting, an ancient, yet still vital, institution. This day discussion ranged from problems with the town's water supply--from which they were getting some financial support from Ghanaians in Rotary International in the USA--to the problem of curses, especially among young people, which were crowding business in a local court.
From "African Christianity Rising: Stories from Ghana" (75:22) with reflections from then Bishop Peter Sarpong, Ghanaian pioneer in introducing African cultures into Christian worship . © 2011 James Ault Productions.

The opening of STORIES FROM GHANA from our JUST-RELEASED two-part AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY RISING series, on Christianity's explosive growth in Africa and its meaning for the world church and the world. For more, visit jamesault.com/documentaries/africa-project/.

Principal camera, David Lyman. Additional camera, Trust Mashoro and Jim Ault. Editor, Kate Purdie. The opening music is from the great Zimbabwean Gospel musician, Machanic Manyeruke, from his song, "Ndaiti Ndazorora" (Gramma Records). In 2011 we were finally able to return to Zimbabwe to do follow-up filming with all our characters there. Pieces of that have now been woven into the final film running 73:30. © 2013 James Ault Productions

A short passage from our recently released documentary film, AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY RISING: STORIES FROM ZIMBABWE (73:30) following some of our key characters, Mrs. Bwawa, a school teacher, and her neighbor and friend, Mrs. Bingepinge, to an annual revival of the women's association of the United Methodist Church of Zimbabwe. This passage shows the kind of all-night worship, or "pungwe," drawing on traditional religious practice, that has by now been embraced by most mainline, mission-founded churches in Zimbabwe. For more visit jamesault.com