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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Christian_denomination
religion in Africa
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gptkbp:AfricanIndependentChurches
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gptkb:Zion_Christian_Church
gptkb:Aladura_churches
gptkb:Ethiopian_churches
gptkb:Kimbanguist_Church
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:AIC
African Initiated Church
African Indigenous Church
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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African-initiated_church
African_Independent_Church
African_Instituted_Church
Christianity_in_Africa
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gptkbp:characteristic
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founded by Africans
incorporates African cultural practices
independent of mission churches
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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independent governance
African leadership
African cultural practices
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gptkbp:denomination
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gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:African_Independent_Churches
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gptkbp:distinctFrom
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gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Methodist_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Presbyterian_Church
mainline Protestant churches
mainline mission churches
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gptkbp:distinctiveFeature
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gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
mainline Protestant churches
mission-founded churches
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gptkbp:earlyCenters
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gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Carthage
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gptkbp:ecumenicalOrganizations
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gptkb:Organisation_of_African_Instituted_Churches
gptkb:All_Africa_Conference_of_Churches
gptkb:Fellowship_of_Christian_Councils_and_Churches_in_the_Great_Lakes_and_Horn_of_Africa
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gptkbp:emergedIn
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early 20th century
late 19th century
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gptkbp:emphasizes
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gptkb:spirituality
gptkb:prophecy
community life
spiritual healing
healing
charismatic worship
charismatic leadership
inculturation
African music and dance
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gptkbp:fastestGrowingReligion
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true
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gptkbp:festival
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gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Easter
gptkb:Pentecost
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Africans
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gptkbp:foundIn
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gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:hasMember
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millions
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gptkbp:historicalName
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1st century AD
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gptkbp:includes
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gptkb:African_Apostolic_Church
gptkb:Zion_Christian_Church
gptkb:United_African_Methodist_Church
gptkb:African_Church
gptkb:Aladura_churches
gptkb:Apostolic_Church_of_John_Maranke
gptkb:Celestial_Church_of_Christ
gptkb:Christ_Apostolic_Church
gptkb:Church_of_the_Lord_(Aladura)
gptkb:Ethiopian_churches
gptkb:Kimbanguist_Church
gptkb:Apostolic_churches
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:African_traditional_religions
gptkb:European_Christianity
Islam (in some regions)
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:African_Christianity
African art
African literature
African culture
African music
African identity
African politics
African society
African education
African social life
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gptkbp:languageOfWorship
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
English
Portuguese
local African languages
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gptkbp:largest_populations_in
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gptkb:Nigeria
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
gptkb:West_Africa
East Africa
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gptkbp:majorChallenges
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gptkb:military
persecution
poverty
syncretism
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gptkbp:notableEarlyChurches
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gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church
gptkb:Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church
gptkb:Nubian_Church
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Council_of_Carthage
Ethiopian adoption of Christianity (4th century)
arrival of Portuguese missionaries (15th century)
colonial era missionary expansion
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gptkbp:notableExample
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gptkb:Zion_Christian_Church
gptkb:Aladura_churches
gptkb:Apostolic_Church_of_John_Maranke
gptkb:Celestial_Church_of_Christ
gptkb:Church_of_the_Lord_(Aladura)
gptkb:Ethiopian_churches
gptkb:Kimbanguist_Church
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gptkbp:notableFigure
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gptkb:St._Augustine_of_Hippo
gptkb:Tertullian
gptkb:Origen
gptkb:Cyprian_of_Carthage
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gptkbp:notableInstitution
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gptkb:Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace,_Yamoussoukro
gptkb:St._Paul's_Cathedral,_Abidjan
gptkb:Holy_Trinity_Cathedral,_Addis_Ababa
gptkb:St._George's_Cathedral,_Cape_Town
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gptkbp:notableMissionarySocieties
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gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Evangelical_Church_of_West_Africa
gptkb:Anglican_Church_of_Kenya
gptkb:Baptist_Missionary_Society
gptkb:Assemblies_of_God
gptkb:Jesuits
gptkb:Presbyterian_Church_of_East_Africa
gptkb:Comboni_Missionaries
gptkb:Society_of_African_Missions
gptkb:Sudan_Interior_Mission
gptkb:Church_Missionary_Society
gptkb:White_Fathers
gptkb:American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions
gptkb:London_Missionary_Society
gptkb:Presbyterian_Church_of_Ghana
gptkb:Norwegian_Missionary_Society
gptkb:Methodist_Church_Nigeria
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gptkbp:notableMovement
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gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Charismatic_movement
gptkb:Evangelicalism
gptkb:African_Initiated_Churches
Prosperity gospel
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Africa
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gptkbp:population
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about 49% (as of 2020s)
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gptkbp:presentIn
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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:Equatorial_Guinea
gptkb:Eritrea
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Gabon
gptkb:Gambia
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Guinea
gptkb:Ivory_Coast
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Liberia
gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:Malawi
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Mauritius
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:Niger
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Rwanda
gptkb:Senegal
gptkb:Seychelles
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Somalia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:South_Sudan
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Togo
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:Guinea-Bissau
gptkb:São_Tomé_and_Príncipe
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gptkbp:separates
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mission churches
European missionary churches
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gptkbp:significantPopulationIn
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gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Uganda
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gptkbp:spreadTo
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gptkb:Dutch_missionaries
Portuguese explorers
French missionaries
British missionaries
European missionaries
German missionaries
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Roman_North_Africa
gptkb:Celestial_Church_of_Christ
gptkb:Church_of_the_Lord_(Aladura)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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