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Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD, and in the 21st century the 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.
The faith's historic roots on the continent stem from the time of Muhammad, whose early disciples migrated to Abyssinia (hijira) in fear of persecution from the pagan Arabs. The spread of Islam in North Africa came with the expansion of Arab empire under Caliph Umar , through the Sinai Peninsula .
The Portuguese sent missions into Africa. The most significant failure of Roman Catholic missionary work was in Ethiopia . Although its ruler, Emperor Susenyos , had publicly declared his conversion to Catholicism in 1622, the declaration of Roman Catholicism as the official religion in 1626 led to increasing civil war.
With Babylon destroyed, Rastas believe that humanity will enter a "new age", [140] a millennium of peace, justice, and happiness in which the righteous shall live in Africa. [141] In the 1980s, many Rastas believed that the Day of Judgment would happen around the year 2000. [ 142 ]
The three largest Pentecostal denominations that are present in South Africa include the Apostolic Faith Mission, the South African Assemblies of God, and the Full Gospel Church of God. [4] In the early 1990s, there was a surge of Nigerian, Kenyan, and Ghanaian preachers in South African townships.
In 2005, the Catholic Church in Africa, including Eastern Catholic Churches, embraced approximately 135 million of the 809 million people in Africa. In 2009, when Pope Benedict XVI visited Africa, it was estimated at 158 million. [3] Most belong to the Latin Church, but there are also millions of members of the Eastern Catholic Churches. By ...
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1857 – Bible translated into Tswana language; Board of Foreign Missions of Dutch Reformed Church set up; four missionary couples killed at the Fatehgarh mission during the Indian Mutiny of 1857; [273] Publication of David Livingstone's book Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa