Twum-Barimah, Eric2025-09-232025-09-232022-05https://irepository.aua.ac.ke/handle/123456789/758Full text projectThe purpose of this study was to investigate the applicability of the concept of woman’s impurity during a menstruation period in modern settings and develop recommendations on how to address the debatable issues related to this concept at Prince of Peace Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, Dansoman, Ghana. After a presentation of some ancient Near East, Greco-Roman, and Jewish backgrounds, the study looked at purity and impurity issues in the Old and New Testaments. I arrived at the conclusion that ritual or ceremonial purity or impurity, especially as relating to women during menstruation, should not be observed today. The objectives that motivated the study were to investigate why some church members felt and believed that the menstruating woman was impure and could not partake in religious activities. What was the rationale for prohibiting the woman in her menses from approaching her Lord? This study investigated and brainstormed on the type of understanding required to prevent such thoughts that the Old Testament concept of impurity is not applicable to women in a modern setting. This is a historical, biblical, and theological study. Many have written on the topic of purity and impurity, but the researcher narrowed the study to the woman during her menstruation. The study concludes that now that the temple no longer exists so is the issue of purity and impurity. To the Lord, what mattered most was the cleanness and purity of the heart. The study recommends that members of the Prince of Peace SDA Church continue to have a biblical study on the issue of purity and impurity.enLeviticus 15Ritual ImpuritySeventh-day Adventist TheologyWomen in Ghanaian ChurchesThesis