African Initiatives In Christianity

Author : John S. Pobee,Gabriel Ositelu
Publisher : World Council of Churches
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021421743

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African Initiatives in Christianity by John S. Pobee,Gabriel Ositelu Pdf

In the continent where Christianity is experiencing its most rapid growth, a great deal of this expansion is taking place in churches founded by Africans for Africans. These churches are often referred to as 'independent' or 'indigenous' churches, to distinguish them from the 'historic' or 'mission-founded' churches planted during the colonial period by evangelists from Europe and North America. Diverse as they are, the attractiveness of these African Initiatives in Christianity (AICs) stems from the serious attempt they make to express and live out their faith in genuinely African cultural forms and styles. In this new book, two African theologians and church leaders -- one from an historic church, one from an AIC -- offer an insightful introduction into this phenomenon. While their main focus is on what the growth of African Initiatives in Christianity implies for the future of the ecumenical movement in Africa and around the world, they also examine some key teachings of the AICs and trace their roots in African church history since the first century.

Author : M. L. Daneel,Dana Lee Robert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122194140

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African Christian Outreach: African initiated churches by M. L. Daneel,Dana Lee Robert Pdf

Author : Rufus Okikiolaolu Olubiyi Ositelu
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 3825860876

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African Instituted Churches by Rufus Okikiolaolu Olubiyi Ositelu Pdf

One of the striking features of the changed demography of world Christianity has been the emergence and growth of the African Instituted Churches (AICs). This book is therefore provided for those who desire to study the African initiatives in Christianity. The book is intended to serve as a valuable material to teachers and students of African Instituted Churches. The customs, culture and traditions of the African or any other peoples of the world are to serve as beautiful compliments to the Christian faith and belief, and not diametrically opposed to it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Department of Church History University of Pretoria
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122302206

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African Christianity by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Wesley Zwomunondiita Kurewa
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780881776034

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An African Pilgrimage on Evangelism by John Wesley Zwomunondiita Kurewa Pdf

Author : Ezra Chitando,Masiiwa Ragies Gunda ,Lovemore Togarasei
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863097356

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Religion and Development in Africa by Ezra Chitando,Masiiwa Ragies Gunda ,Lovemore Togarasei Pdf

"What is development? Who defines that one community/ country is "developed", while another community/ country is "under-developed"? What is the relationship between religion and development? Does religion contribute to development or underdevelopment in Africa? These and related questions elicit quite charged reactions in African studies, development studies, political science and related fields. Africa's own history, including the memory of marginalisation, slavery and exploitation by global powers ensures that virtually every discussion on development is characterised by a lot of emotions and conflicting views. In this volume scholars from various African countries and many different religions and denominations contribute to this debate."--

Author : J. N. Kanyua Mugambi,Laurenti Magesa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Christianity
ISBN : IND:30000021398601

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The Church in African Christianity by J. N. Kanyua Mugambi,Laurenti Magesa Pdf

Author : Lilian Dube,Stephen T. Hayes,Tabona Shoko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Case studies
ISBN : 1868885666

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African Initiatives in Healing Ministry by Lilian Dube,Stephen T. Hayes,Tabona Shoko Pdf

Healing ministry is becoming more prominent in many different Christian traditions in Southern Africa. In the past, it was largely confined to the 'Spirit-type' African Independent Churches (AICs), where it was (and still is) a recruitment technique par excellence. For these denominations, healing is central to the mission, and the church is primarily seen as a healing institution. In the Western Initiated Churches (WICs), healing was earlier seen as peripheral, but has become more central in recent years. This book focuses on churches' healing ministries in Zimbabwe, looking at the historical setting and the background to Christianity. The book examines the traditional religion among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, as well as the healing traditions in African independent churches in general. It consists of four case studies of healing in different Christian denominations in Zimbabwe: two African independent churches and two Western-initiated churches (Roman Catholic and Anglican). The book also looks at the wider application of the case studies, and the general implications for Christianity in Africa.

Author : M. L. Daneel,Dana Lee Robert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122194132

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African Christian Outreach by M. L. Daneel,Dana Lee Robert Pdf

Author : Lamin Sanneh
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331499

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West African Christianity by Lamin Sanneh Pdf

Author : Mwita Akiri
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783688029

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Christianity in Central Tanzania by Mwita Akiri Pdf

In the telling of the history of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Tanzania, the initiatives, contributions, and experiences of indigenous teachers have too often been neglected in favour of stories of sacrifices of Western missionaries. Bishop Mwita Akiri redresses this bias by using a socio-historical approach, written from an Afro-centric tradition, to evaluate the contributions and experiences of indigenous agents in the growth of Christianity in Tanzania. This book underscores the significance of oral tradition in African historiography and challenges the claim that foreign missionaries succeeded in destroying African cultures, when they are in fact alive and well. This much-needed research also provides a model for dialogue between the perspective of Christian missions and that of African religious and social heritage in order to continue forward with a Christianity that is authentic and also distinctly African.

Author : J. N. Kanyua Mugambi,John Mutiso-Mbinda,Judith Vollbrecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Christian union
ISBN : UVA:X000675431

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Ecumenical Initiatives in Eastern Africa by J. N. Kanyua Mugambi,John Mutiso-Mbinda,Judith Vollbrecht Pdf

Author : Rodney L. Reed
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783684748

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African Contextual Realities by Rodney L. Reed Pdf

Everyone who has “eyes to see” acknowledges the growing importance of the African church to the future of global Christianity. But what does it mean for the church to take root in Africa? How should the message of the gospel and the practice of Christianity be contextualized for Africa? African Contextual Realities addresses many of the questions surrounding contextualization from a practical point of view and is the fruit of the 6th Annual Conference of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology held in Nairobi in 2016. The book explores such questions as: • In what ways should the mission of God be universally recognizable in every cultural context? • In our efforts to contextualize, how do we avoid compromising the very gospel we are to proclaim? • How can the African church wean itself away from dependency on the Western church? • How does Christianity speak into some of the cultural and social issues arising out of contemporary African settings – issues like widow cleansing, Christian-Muslim relations, and peace-building? All those who are interested to learn more about the contextualization of African Christianity will find this volume to be an important resource.

Author : David Wesley Ofumbi
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781619962088

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Identity and Transformation by David Wesley Ofumbi Pdf

David Ofumbi is convinced biblically that, Christian faith covers the entire realm of human existence. There is no dichotomy between private life and public life, or spiritual life and secular life, or an individual and a community. In fact, the whole of human life is the visible expression of the invisible God. Therefore, respective indigenous cultures and the gospel must engage and impact each other. On the one hand, Christians in respective indigenous cultures engage and adapt the gospel to the deep-level meaning and the surface-level forms of their cultures; on the other hand, the gospel transforms respective cultures continuously. African understanding and practices of Christian faith ("Africa Christianity") in this respect is both the outcome of the reciprocal impact between respective indigenous cultures and the gospel and the basis of authentic Christian response to human needs ("Christian Community Transformation"). In the first two chapters, he identifies and discusses briefly the challenges and hopes that characterize local communities in East Africa. He also defines and discusses the phrases "African Christianity" and "Christian Community Transformation". David particularly highlights that the impact of African understandings and practices of Christianity on "Christian Community Transformation" strive: (1) to instill self-confidence in native peoples by enabling them to recover and reassert their true human identities, to restore their true self-dignity, and to build just relationships; (2) to encourage the development and the use of local resources; (3) to bolster robust and enabling faith community structures and proactive responses compatible with the African Christian/ human ethos; and (4) to galvanize global relevance and impact. David Ofumbi is the team leader of Leadership Development Initiative Africa (Leadia), an indigenous leadership development ministry based in Kampala, Uganda. Leadia envisions a community of competent Christian leaders transforming ordinary people into effective followers of Christ courageously transforming Africa. He is currently pursuing post graduate studies focusing on the reciprocal influence between followership and leadership.

Author : Vincent Pascal Gucha
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9783656824275

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An Initiative of the African Christians in Berlin and Brandenburg by Vincent Pascal Gucha Pdf

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2014 in the subject African Studies - Miscellaneous, University of Göttingen, course: Intercultural Theology, language: English, abstract: This is a qualitative research carried out in a Christian organization known as the African Christian Council of Berlin and Brandenburg (RACIBB) and it is a product of narrative description and explanation of the life experiences’ and perceptions of the informants. The research has used migration and religion trajectories; the two trajectories are deemed appropriate for the study because of the nature of the organization (RACIBB). It is an organization founded by the people and for the people with African migrant backgrounds and at the same time operates as a faith-based organization although not in the manner it serves the people. Migratory movement has often resulted into formation of macrostructures, according to Adogame, macrostructures are the informal social networks developed by the migrants to assist them in adjusting to the migration and settlement e.g. the informal networks can be family or community ties (the community can be religious, cultural, ethnic and social ties). As realised during the study some of these macrostructures are later developed to formal Organizations under the state law of the host country. One of the advantages when founded within the perimeters of the law is that the organization is free to implement its activities and can apply for financial assistance from any funding institution. Most of the migrant founded organizations like RACIBB are multi-functional by nature depending on the needs of the members hence their functions can be categorised as follows: Ethno-solidarity, Ethno-cultural, Ethno-specific religious and Ethno-specific political Diaspora activities. Ethno-solidarity activities aim at addressing social and integration issues among its members, for example, it provides members with the information about the host country; what is expected of them and what they can do to live comfortably in the host society.