Billy Johnson (onye Mormon)

Joseph William Billy Johnson (17 Disemba 1934 - 27 Machị 2012) bụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ a nkwado na Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) na Ghana, ọ bụkwa otu n'etiti ndị isi mbụ na mba ahụ.  Tupu e mee ya baputizim, ọ bụ ọrụ ọtụtụ awụ iji hụ nke egwuregwu LDS nye ọtụtụ ndị obodo ya.  E mere ya baputiziiz isi isii mgbe ahụ nke 1978 gbasara ndị eze iwu ma bụrụkwa otu n'ime ndị mbụ e mere bapuziisi na ike dị na Ghana.

## Ndị isi chọọchị tupu baptizim
A mindi Johnson na Lagos, Nigeria na 17 December 1934. Ọ akara ngosi ya dị ka onye ma bụrụ onye ozi na Onyenwe anyị (Aladura).  Ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye na-ebubata ihe maka ụlọ ọrụ.  [1] N'afọ 1964, Johnson ejikọta akwụkwọ nke Mormon site n'aka Frank A. Mensah.  Mgbe ha natara akwụkwọ nke Book of Mormon, Johnson na Mensah kwusara ozi ọma site n'akwụkwọ ahụ wee ọgwụ "Latter-day Saint" na Ghana, na-mkọ na ngalaba nkọwa nke Mormon.  Mesnah nyere Johnson idu ndú nke echiche Cape Coast, mgbe ọ na-eduga otu ahụ na Accra na Rebecca Mold duziri otu na Sekondi-Takoradi.  Brigham Young Educational Institute bụ ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị na Bubiashie.  Mesnah mechara hapụ ahụ, hapụ Johnson iduzi ha niile.[2]: 18-19 [1] Johnson degaara isi ụlọ ọrụ ụka akwụkwọ ozi na 1964, na-ekiri ha ka ha zipụ ndị ozi ala ọzọ.  David O. McKay gwara ya na ndị na-ezi ndị ozi ala ọzọ, mana na Johnson kwesịrị iji ndidi chere maka oge kwesịrị ekwesị.[3]: 15 N'etiti ndị otu 500 na 1,000 gara ngwaọrụ Johnson.[4]:: 353  Johnson na ndị nna ya biri na ugbo ya, ezumike nká ya, na ụgwọ n'aka ndị na-.eso, mana ha dara ụzọ.  Johnson gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọnụ ya na 1969 wee kwusaa ozi ọma oge niile ruo 1979. Nwunye Johnson ụlọ ya mgbe ọ na-ekwu ikwusa ozi ọma oge niile.[3]: 15–16 

Ọ bụ ebe na enweghi ike ime ya baptizim n'oge ahụ, Johnson ikike Nkwado na agbamume n'iso ndị ọzọ si n'aka ndị Latter-day Saints bụ ndị mba ọzọ bi ma ọ bụ gaa Ghana mgbe ụfọdụ.  Nke a Akụkọ na Virginia Cutler, onye bụ prọfesọ ọzụzụ na Mahadum Ghana 1966-1969.  Merrill J. Bateman gakwara, ya na M. Neff Smart, Edwin Q. "Ted" Cannon na Lynn M. Hilton.  N'oge ndị ọhụrụ a, e wetara akwụkwọ ma gbaa ndị otu ume ka ha gaa n'ihu n'okwukwe.  Nleta ndị niile mere n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị.[1]: 22 

 N'afọ 1976, [1]:: xxvi  Johnson mgbasa ozi mgbasa ozi nke Latter-day Saints na Monrovia, Liberia wee ahazi Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church).  Johnson kwusara ha ozi ọma na mmadụ 35 ọnọdụra.[2]  Ha ntụ ntụ.  ọhụ ọtụtụ ndị nọ na Accra ozi nke Okpukpe Mormon, Johnson kwagara Cape Coast, Ghana, ebe o Mgbe o akara ala ngosi iri n'ebe ahụ na mpaghara ndị gbara ya gburugburu.  Ụfọdụ n'ime ndị otu Cape Coast nke ndị na-enye nwere onwe ha na Ghana Apostolic Divine Church of Ghana, mana ịrọ òtù a were nwayọn ole na ole.[1]:: xxvi  N'afọ 1977, arọrechi adị dị iche iche ime ka Johnson kwenye ka ọ bụrụ ya bụrụ nke ụka ha, ma nye ya ego iji mee ya.  Johnson arọ ha.  [1] 21 N'afọ sochirinụ, onye isi oche oche LDS Spencer W. Kimball Ejika 2 nke gbatịrị ọrụ ndu n'enye ndị ikom ikom kwesịrị ekwesị dị nsọ nọ na ahụ ahụ n'agbanyeghị ihe ma ọ bụ ụcha.  Johnson nwere obi ụtọ mgbe ọ na-akpọ ahụ na mgbasa ozi redio BBC.[2]  Kimball ikike ozi ala ọzọ Rendell N. Mabey na Rachel Mabey ma mmetụta ha Ghana.  Ha sonyeere Edwin Q. Cannon na Janath R. Cannon.[1]: 33–35

## Baptizim na ozi okpukpe mgbe e mesịrị
 E mee Johnson baputiziiz n'ime ikpeazụ LDS na Nọvemba 1978. [1]:: xxvi  A mgbaàmà ya dị ka onye ozizi ma nkwado bụ bụrụ onye isi oche mbụ mbụ.  O mechara bụrụ onye isi distrikti mbụ.  [1]:: 354  E mere ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ụka Johnson baputiziiz n'ime mkpụrụ LDS, mana ihe dị ka otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ.[2]: 23

N'afọ 1989, gọọmentị Ghana kpebiri ịkwụsị ọrụ ụka na mba ahụ. :: xxvii  N'oge a, chọọchị ahụ rụrụ ọrụ n'ụzọ dị iche na Ghana. Ndị ozi ala ọzọ si mba ọzọ pụọ ngwa ngwa na mba ahụ, gụnyere onye isi oche na-anọchite anya ndị ozi ala ọzọ. Ndị otu ahụ na-enwe nzukọ sakramenti n'ụlọ ha n'ụzọ ezinụlọ, kama n'ụlọ nzukọ. A kpọrọ Johnson na nwunye ya dị ka naanị ndị ozi ala ọzọ n'oge ahụ.

Mgbe njedebe nke oyi na Nọvemba 1990, a haziri osisi na Accra na Cape Coast.  A Shooson dị ka Master ndị bishọp mbụ na Ghana N'afọ 2004, a rụchara ụlọ nss Accra Ghana, ụlọ ns nke abụọ nke abụọ LDS a ga-ewu n'Africa.[1][2]:: xxviii  Ọ nwụrụ na 27 Machị 2012..

## Hụkwa

* Chọọchị Jizọs Kraịst nke Ndị Nsọ nke Ụbọchị Ikpeazụ na Ghana

## Ihe odide

## Ịgụ ihe ọzọ

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## Njikọ mpụga

* LDS Newsroom: Country Profile: Ghana
* Ihe omuma nke Onye isi ụka Joseph William Billy Johnson nke Ghana