NO. | SOCIETY | LOCATION |
1. | WESLEY CATHEDRAL | ADUM |
2. | FREEMAN SOCIETY | MMROM |
3. | WHARTON SOCIETY | KO- MMROM |
4. | FANTE NEW TOWN SOCIETY | FANTE NEWTOWN |
5. | DAABAN NEW SITE SOCIETY | DAABAN NEW SITE |
6. | FRAFRA SOCIETY | K.O- MMROM |
7. | BUILSA SOCIETY | K.O - MMROM |
8. | GRACE SOCIETY | K.O -MMROM |
Kumasi Circuit- History
In 1901 the Rev'ds Frederick A Lees (a missionary) and John Baiden (Assistant African Minister) came to Kumasi to restart the Methodist mission. They made no converts that year but by 1902 the Ashantis had begun to give in. Of the 104 people who returned to the restored Church as full members, 32 were Ashantis who were very generous in support of the missionary work. The formal annexation of Ashanti as a British crown colony in 1902 brought political stability which rekindled missionary activity and brought steady growth and development of church work- ie. chapels, Sunday schools, and day schools in Ashanti. It was in this context that Wesley Chapel (now Cathedral emerged).
On 19th July 1904, the foundation stone of a new chapel for the members of the Methodist Church was laid and named after Rev. Somervillle. It was a small building which measured "18 feet long, 80 feet wide and 12 feet high". It was the old GNTC (Ghana National Trading Cooperation) Department Store was located on the Prempeh II Street. The chiefs and people donated 100 UK pounds towards the building which served the dual purpose of a church and school. The Church members numbered 166, with the Sunday school learners totalling 431.
With time it became necessary to move the chapel to a new site (where the Cathedral is presently located), because the Kumasi Health Board (later renamed Kumasi Municipal Council, and later Kumasi City Council) " needed the site for a meat market at Dominase which was originally part of the Central market."