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There are thousands of African-initiated churches (more than 10,000 in South Africa alone), and each one has its own characteristics. Ecclesiologists, missiologists, sociologists, and others have tried to group them according to shared characteristics, though disagreements have arisen about which characteristics are most significant and which taxonomy is most accurate.
Pages in category "African initiated churches" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Organization of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) is a Christian ecumenical organization founded in 1978. It is a member of the World Council of Churches. [1] It describes itself as "the representative body that brings together African Independent and Instituted Churches (AICs), offers them a forum for sharing their concerns and hopes, and enables churches to minister effectively to the ...
All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC, Conférence des Églises de toute l'Afrique or CETA) is an ecumenical fellowship that represents more than 200 million African Christians in 210 national churches and regional Christian councils in 43 African Countries. [1] AACC's head office is in Nairobi, Kenya, and there is a regional office in Lomé ...
Shembe was a member of the AFM for only a year in the Orange Free State, when the Ethiopian church that he preached for joined the AFM en masse. [6] In 1911 Shembe left the Free State and moved to Natal, where he used the AFM's faith healing techniques to build up a following across the province.
The African Israel Church Nineveh is one of the largest African Initiated Churches in Kenya.The Church was founded by David Zakayo Kivuli, who belonged to a small clan which though integrated into Bantu society was Nilotic in origin, being on the border of Luo and Luhya territory.
Legio Maria (ungrammatical Latin, "Legion of Mary")—also known as Legio Maria of African Church Mission, and Maria Legio—is an African initiated church or new religious movement among the Luo people of western Kenya. It emerged as an extension of an interpretation of the Three Secrets of Fátima to a new, specifically African, context.
The Salem and Bethel parts of the Church later merged under the name African Church Incorporated. Moves to incorporate similar African Churches (specifically, United Native African Church, U.N.A., and the United African Methodist Church, U.A.M.) nearly engulfed the African Churches in an internal crisis between 1927 and 1937.