Reformed Christians across Africa were invited to submit their vision of the theme "That All may have Life in Fullness". Launched in January 2001, the logo contest garnered more than 100 entries. Emmanuel Som Tetteh, a young Ghanaian graphic designer and member of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana submitted the prize-winning logo.

At the centre of the logo is an Adinkra symbol known as Gye Nyame. Literally meaning "except God", the Gye Nyame represents God as the omnipotent and immortal source of all things.

The source of the symbol is an Adinkra proverb that says the "great panorama of creation dates back to time immemorial, no one lives who saw its beginning, no one will live to see its end, except God".

The Gye Nyame is circled by the Nyankonton Asante kente cloth design. Literally, the Nyankonton kente means "God's eyebrow" (the rainbow). It was created in exaltation of the beauty and mystery of the rainbow. It reminds us of God's covenant with Noah and all creation.

The egg shape of the design is a common African symbol for life.

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