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Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, with almost 80% of the population in 2001 professing to be Christian.No single denomination predominates, with mainstream Protestant churches, Pentecostal churches, African initiated churches, and the Catholic Church all having significant numbers of adherents.
The Nazareth Baptist Church (Alternatively called "The Nazarite Church" "iBandla lamaNazaretha") is the second largest African initiated church based in South Africa, founded in 1910. [1] It reveres Shembe as a prophet sent by God to restore the teachings of Moses, the prophets, and Jesus. Members are Sabbath-observers and avoid pork, smoking ...
Religion in South Africa is dominated by various branches of Christianity, which collectively represent around 85% of the country's total population. South Africa is a secular state with a diverse religious population. Its constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Many religions are represented in the ethnic and regional diversity of the ...
Roy Campbell, South African poet, Catholic convert, and critic of Stalinism, Nazism, and Apartheid. Ernest Cole (photographer), South Africa's first black freelance photographer. Blessed Benedict Daswa, a Catholic convert from the Lemba people. First South African Blessed & Martyr; Christopher Hope, South African journalist, playwright, and poet.
Category: Christianity in South Africa. 24 languages. ... South African Christians (13 C, 51 P) C. Christianity in Cape Town (3 C, 4 P) Christianity in Pretoria (2 C ...
The DRC decided to divide its mission work into a "home" and "foreign" mission. The first covered the Cape region, the second all the other provinces of South Africa, including Namibia. In each province separate churches for blacks and coloureds were formed. The Free State had its own mission church already in 1910.
A German pastor, Carl H. Gutsche, baptized J. D. Odendall, who founded the first Dutch-speaking Baptist church in South Africa in 1886. The Baptist Union was founded in 1877 by four English-speaking churches and one German-speaking church. [2] The South African Baptist Missionary Society was formed in 1892. [3]
Members of Christian churches, either past or present, in South Africa. ... South African Christian Zionists (3 P) Pages in category "South African Christians"