The founding of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Akosombo, was linked with the implementation of the Volta River Project in 1961. In that year, Messrs. Impregilo Company Limited, one of the principal contractors, began work at Akosombo and with their activity came an influx of workers and their retinue amongst whom were Christians of the Presbyterian persuasion – both Presbyterian Church of Ghana and Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The history of the Reverend Friedrich Monninger Memorial Presbyterian Church began as a story of few Presbyterians who came to Akosombo in 1962 to seek material gain but did not forget their God in the process. They took the initiative and planted a church with 38 members.