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The East African Revival (Luganda: Okulokoka) was a movement of renewal in the Christian Church in East Africa during the late 1920s and 1930s. [1] It began on a hill called Gahini in then Belgian Ruanda-Urundi in 1929, and spread to the eastern mountains of Belgian Congo, Uganda Protectorate (British Uganda), Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony during the 1930s and 1940s. [1]
Christianity arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD; as of 2024, a majority of Africans are Christians. [1] Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including Tertullian, Perpetua, Felicity, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian, Athanasius and Augustine of Hippo.
Balokole is an African evangelical Christian reform movement started by Simeon Nsibambi and John E. Church in the 1930s. [1] Biblically a revival is initiated by YHWH. At Pentecost for instance, Apostle Peter is not the one who "started" the revival, but it was an act of YHWH. [2]
Christian revival is defined as "a period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church" [1].Proponents view revivals as the restoration of the Church to a vital and fervent relationship with God after a period of moral decline, instigated by God, as opposed to an evangelistic campaign.
Between Babel and Pentecost: Transnational Pentecostalism in Africa and Latin America (Indiana University Press, 2001). Ganiel, Gladys. "Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity in South Africa and Zimbabwe: A review." Religion Compass 4.3 (2010): 130-143. Kalu, Ogbu. African Pentecostalism: An Introduction (Oxford UP, 2008) Köhrsen, Jens.
Christian revivalism was a key influence on Rastafari. [6] Many Afro-Jamaicans joined Christian churches during the Great Revival of 1860–61. [7] They brought with them many inherited African beliefs and rituals, which they syncretised with Christianity in various ways. [4]
Bishop Festo Kivengere. Festo Kivengere (1918–1988) was a Ugandan Anglican leader sometimes referred to as "the Billy Graham of Africa". [1] He played a huge role in a Christian revival in southwestern Uganda, but had to flee in 1977 to neighboring Rwanda in fear for his life after speaking out against Idi Amin's tyrannical behavior.
1863 – Robert Moffat, missionary to Africa with the London Missionary Society, publishes his book Rivers of Water in a Dry Place, Being an Account of the Introduction of Christianity into South Africa, and of Mr. Moffat's Missionary Labours; 1863 Seventh-day Adventist Church officially formed twenty 20 years after the Great Disappointment