African Independent Churches

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/African_Independent_Churches

GPTKB entity

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:African_Initiated_Churches gptkb:African_Indigenous_Churches gptkb:African_Instituted_Churches
gptkbp:characterizedBy	African leadership incorporation of African cultural practices independence from European missionary control
gptkbp:distinctFrom	mission-founded churches
gptkbp:emergedIn	early 20th century late 19th century
gptkbp:emphasizes	gptkb:community gptkb:prophecy spiritual gifts healing African identity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	African Independent Churches
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
gptkbp:notableExample	gptkb:Zion_Christian_Church gptkb:Aladura_churches gptkb:Apostolic_Church_of_John_Maranke gptkb:Celestial_Church_of_Christ gptkb:Christ_Apostolic_Church gptkb:Church_of_Jesus_Christ_on_Earth_by_His_Special_Envoy_Simon_Kimbangu gptkb:Church_of_the_Lord_(Aladura) gptkb:Ethiopian_churches gptkb:Kimbanguist_Church
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	millions
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Protestantism gptkb:African_traditional_religions gptkb:Charismatic_movement
gptkbp:significance	gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Angola gptkb:Benin gptkb:Botswana gptkb:Burkina_Faso gptkb:Burundi gptkb:Cameroon gptkb:Cape_Verde gptkb:Central_African_Republic gptkb:Chad gptkb:Comoros gptkb:Congo gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo gptkb:Djibouti gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea gptkb:Eritrea gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Gabon gptkb:Gambia gptkb:Ghana gptkb:Guinea gptkb:Ivory_Coast gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:Liberia gptkb:Libya gptkb:Madagascar gptkb:Malawi gptkb:Mali gptkb:Mauritania gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:Mayotte gptkb:Morocco gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:Namibia gptkb:Niger gptkb:Nigeria gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo gptkb:Reunion gptkb:Rwanda gptkb:Sao_Tome_and_Principe gptkb:Senegal gptkb:Seychelles gptkb:Sierra_Leone gptkb:Somalia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:South_Sudan gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Swaziland gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Togo gptkb:Tunisia gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Western_Sahara gptkb:Zambia gptkb:Zimbabwe gptkb:Guinea-Bissau
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:religious_art
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4