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considered conversion to Islam to have been principally motivated by economic considerations. This understanding was later revised, following Daniel Dennett's study on the poll tax (jizya) in the 1950s. Dennett convincingly showed that discriminatory taxes on non-Muslims were neither imposed consistently, nor uniformly conceived from the onset of Islamic rule. Thus, while acknowledging the role of economic growth in confessional change, Marshall Hodgson pointed to the great social advantages that were to be gained by conversion to Islam, underscoring the social mobility that went hand in hand with the new affiliation. In general, historians have come to the understanding that the phenomenon of conversion to Islam cannot be treated from a singular perspective.
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to prominence began with the padroado in the fifteenth century and continued until other European countries initiated missions of their own, threatening Portugal's status as sole patron of the continent. The favor of the Jesuits took a negative turn in the mid eighteenth century when Portugal no longer held the same dominion in Africa as it had in the fifteenth century. The Jesuits found themselves expelled from Mozambique and Angola, as a result, the existence of Catholic missions diminished significantly in these regions.
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nearly 658 million Christians in Africa, with 760 million expected by 2025, surpassing earlier estimates of 630 to 700 million for 2025. In 2020, Christians formed 49% of the continent's population, with Muslims forming 42%. As of 2023, there are an estimated 718 million Christians from all denominations in Africa, and the majority of Africans are Christian.
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with 24 million (47.7% of the population), these three countries add up to around 121 million Protestants. There are an estimated 60 million Anglicans and 23 million Lutherans in Africa. There are also approximately 10 million Baptists and another 25 million Methodists on the continent. Presbyterians
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The influenza pandemic of 1918 accelerated the Africanization of Christianity and hence its growth in twentieth century Africa. As many as five million Africans are estimated to have died. European governments, churches and medicine were powerless against the plague, boosting anti-imperial sentiment.
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The Jesuits went largely unchallenged by rival denominational missions in Africa. Other religious congregations did exist who sought to evangelize regions of the continent under Portuguese dominion, however, their influence was far less significant than that of the Christians. The Jesuit's ascendency
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in the territory of Zimbabwe. A modest sized group of Jesuits began to establish their presence in the area of Abyssinia, or Ethiopia Superior, around the same time of Silveira's presence in Southern Africa. Although Jesuits regularly confronted persecution and harassment, their mission withstood the
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was black and regarded symbols with different weight than the Catholic and Protestant Europeans. The common practice of placing crosses and crucifixes in churches was viewed as a graven image in their eyes or a form of idolatry. Also, according to Mazrui, Kimbanguists respected the roles of women in
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Reports of widespread conversions of Muslims to Christianity come from regions as disparate as Algeria, Albania, Syria, and Kurdistan. Countries with the largest indigenous numbers include Algeria, 380,000; Ethiopia, 400,000; Iran, 500,000 (versus only 500 in 1979); Nigeria, 600,000; and Indonesia,
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There has been tremendous growth in the number of Christians in Africa - coupled by a relative decline in adherence to traditional African religions. In 1900, there were only nine million Christians in Africa, but by the year 2000, there were an estimated 380 million Christians. In 2020, there were
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Christian missionaries were compelled to spread an understanding of their gospel in the native language of the indigenous people they sought to convert. The Bible was then translated and communicated in these native languages. Christian schools did teach English, as well as mathematics, philosophy,
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and his father Sekgoma in nineteenth-century Botswana. Young leaders formed ideas based on Christianity and challenged elders. Dona Beatriz, an African prophet, made Christianity political and eventually went on to become an African Nationalist, planning to overthrow the Ugandan state with the help
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was a woman from Central Africa known for her controversial views on the acceptance of polygamy – she argued that Jesus never condemned it – and she was burnt at the stake. European missionaries were faced with what they considered an issue in maintaining Victorian values, while still promoting the
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in the south of Tunisia up until the early 15th century, and in the first quarter of the 15th century texts state that the native Christians of Tunis, though much assimilated, extended their church, perhaps because the last Christians from all over the Maghreb had gathered there. However, they were
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ha-MizraαΈ₯it ha-YiΕ›reΚΌelit, αΈ€evrah (1988). Asian and African Studies, Volume 22. Jerusalem Academic Press. Muslim historians note the destruction of dozens of churches and the forced conversion of dozens of people to Islam under al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in Egypt ...These events also reflect the Muslim
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It is a process that has attracted the interest of modern scholars who have been primarily preoccupied with questions as to when conversions to Islam took place, how many people converted in a given period, and why they chose to do so. Early in the twentieth century, scholars such as C. H. Becker
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movement in Nigeria coincided with the pandemic. Evolving into the Christ Apostolic Church, it gave rise to many offshoots, which continued to emerge into the 1950s spreading with migrants around the world. For example, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, founded in 1952, has congregations in a
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heresy, and one theory proposes this as a factor that contributed to the early obliteration of the Church in the present day Maghreb. Proponents of this theory compare this situation with the strong monastic tradition in Egypt and Syria, where Christianity remained more vigorous. In addition, the
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In 2010, Pew estimated that there were around 300 million Protestants in Sub Saharan Africa. Other estimates range up to four hundred million. Protestantism is the largest Christian group in Africa, with 35.9% (more than a half) in sub-Saharan Africa. Protestant have grown to 35.9% of the whole
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around 680 AD as their administrative center after their conquest. A letter in Catholic Church archives from the 14th century shows that there were still four bishoprics left in North Africa, admittedly a sharp decline from the over four hundred bishoprics in existence at the time of the Arab
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test of time for nearly a century. Despite this confrontation, they found success in instituting Catholic doctrine in a region that, prior to the existence of their vocation, maintained strictly established orthodoxies. During the sixteenth century, Jesuits extended their mission into the
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were mostly of Spanish descent, and to a lesser extent of Portuguese, French and Italian ancestry. The U.S. State Department estimates the number of Moroccan Christians as more than 40,000. Pew-Templeton estimates the number of Moroccan Christians at 20,000. Most Christians reside in the
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Tunisia's Ministry of Religious Affairs estimates there are approximately 30,000 Christians residing in the country, of which the majority are foreigners and about 80% of whom are Roman Catholic. Approximately 7000 Christians are Tunisian Citizens, mostly Anglicans and other
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of Muslim-ruled territory occurred progressively over the next few centuries, though this process is not fully understood by historians. Restrictions on church building and demolition of churches in Egypt, along with occasional persecutions such as during the reign of
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In Kabylia people at the turn of the twenty-first century were reportedly converting to Christianity; new churches sprouted up. The deteriorating image of Islam, as violent and socially confining, had apparently persuaded some Berbers to consider an alternative
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Africans were largely against the Ahmadiyyas; the Ahmadiyyas were the first to translate the Quran into Swahili, and the Sunnis opposed that as well. There was a militarism developed in different groups and movements like the Ahmadiyyas and the
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as new missionary activities from Europe started, (Christian evangelists were intimately involved in the colonial process in southern Africa). In the 21st century, they constitute the bulk of the booming Christian community on the continent.
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Within African communities, there were clashes brought on by Christianization. As a religion meant to "colonize the conscience and consciousness of the colonized" Christianity caused disputes even amongst hereditary leaders, such as between
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period (10th to 12th centuries), Christians likely still constituted a majority of the population, although scholarly estimates on this issue are tentative and vary between authors. Under the reign of the Fatimid Caliph
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Den Heijer, Johannes; Immerzeel, Mat; Boutros, Naglaa Hamdi D.; Makhoul, Manhal; Pilette, Perrine; Rooijakkers, Tineke (2018). "Christian Art and Culture". In Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren (ed.).
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stated that "African Christianity was not just an exotic, curious phenomenon in an obscure part of the world, but that African Christianity might be the shape of things to come." The statistics from the
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Historians have considered many theories to explain the decline of Christianity in North Africa, proposing diverse factors such as the recurring internal wars and external invasions in the region during
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in the 1st century AD, and in the 21st century the majority of Africans are Christians. Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including
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and civilization. The conflicting branches of secularism and religiosity within the Christian schools represents a divergence between the various goals of educational institutions within Africa.
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population of the continent. Studies have suggested there are an estimated two hundred million evangelicals and charismatics in Africa. The three countries with more Protestant population are:
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church more than orthodox churches; they gave women the roles of priests and preachers. Members within these churches looked for practices in the Bible that were not overtly condemned, such as
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Al Hakim Bi-Amr Allah (r. 996β€”1021), however, who became the greatest persecutor of Copts.... within the church that also appears to coincide with a period of forced rapid conversion to Islam
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Egypt and Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid and Mamluk Eras IV: Proceedings of the 9th and 10th International Colloquium Organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in May 2000 and May 2001
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Engelke, Matthew. "The Book, the Church and the 'Incomprehensible Paradox': Christianity in African History." Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 2003, pp. 297–306.
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This contributed to growth of independent and prophetic Christian mass movements with prophecy, healings, and nationalist church restructuring. For example, the inception of the
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came into power, and the record shows demands made that the local Christians of Tunis convert to Islam. There are reports of Christian inhabitants and a bishop in the city of
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is around 202.29 million in 2015, being 35.32 percent of the continent's Christian population. The African Pentecostal population is expected to reach 257 million in 2025.
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because of the idea that missionaries were not sharing the power of their faith. They found power in reading these verses and put them into the context of their lives.
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Egypt has the Middle East's largest Orthodox population (an estimated 4 million Egyptians, or 5% of the population), mainly members of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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of these regions, as well as the speed at which conversions happened, is a complex subject. Among other rules, the Muslim rulers imposed a special poll tax, the
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of other prophets. According to Paul Kollman, teaching from missionaries was up to the interpretation of each person and took different forms when acted upon.
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Kollman, Paul. "Classifying African Christianities: Past, Present, and Future: Part One." Journal of Religion in Africa, vol. 40, no. 1, 2010, pp. 3–32.,
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vernacular and literacy. Missionaries largely condemned the controversial African views and worked against leaders branching out. Simon Kimbangu became a
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As of 2024, there are an estimated 734 million Christians from all denominations in Africa, up from about 10 million in 1900. In a relatively short time,
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who had attempted to re-establish the mission was killed in 1631. A Franciscan monastery built in 1637 was destroyed in 1659 after the downfall of the
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in the 7th and 8th centuries CE, who slowly converted to Islam. Other modern historians further recognize that the Christian populations living in the
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Pew projected that 53% of Africa's population would be Christian in 2020. Estimates of Christians on the continent range up to eight hundred million.
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for granting protection to the Christians and requested to allow them to create fortresses along the shores, but the Caliph rejected this request.
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Brett, Michael (2005). "Population and Conversion to Islam in Egypt in the Mediaeval Period". In Vermeulen, Urbain; Steenbergen, J. Van (eds.).
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Ukah, Asonzeh (6 February 2020). "Chapter 15: Sacred Surplus and Pentecostal Too-Muchness: The Salvation Economy of African Megachurches".
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Mazrui, Ali A. "Religion and Political Culture in Africa." Journal of the American Academy of Religion, vol. 53, no. 4, 1985, pp. 817–839.
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Maluleke, Tinyiko Sam. "The Quest for Muted Black Voices in History: Some Pertinent Issues in (South) African Mission Historiography" in
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urban areas. The majority of Christians in Morocco are foreigners, although some reports states that there is a growing number of native
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has gone from having a majority of followers of indigenous, traditional religions, to being predominantly a continent of Christians and
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Influencesβ€”Christian influences in Mauritanian society are limited to the approximately 10,000 foreign nationals living in the country
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The twentieth century outside Europe : the Americas, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa : the emerging world Christian community
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Some experts predict the shift of Christianity's center from the European industrialized nations to Africa and Asia in modern times.
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Bongmba, Elias Kifon. "Writing African Christianity: Perspectives from the History of the Historiography of African Christianity."
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Catholic Church membership rose from 2 million in 1900 to 140 million in 2000. In 2005, the Catholic Church in Africa, including
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In the 1990s the New Apostolic Church had almost 300 apostles with 60,000 congregations comprising 16 million members globally.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has an estimated 36 million adherents, nearly 14% of the world's total Orthodox population.
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By late 1012 the persecution had moved into high gear with demolitions of churches and the forced conversion of Christian ...
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with traditional beliefs and practices. Christianity is embraced by the majority of the population in most Southern African,
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Converted Moroccans β€” most of them secret worshippers, of whom there are estimated to be anywhere between 5,000 and 40,000 β€”
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Southern Africa : a factual portrait of the Christian Church in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland
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by different Muslim regimes. Islamization was likely slower in Egypt than in other Muslim-controlled regions. Up until the
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state after the expansion of Islam. The Ethiopian church held its own distinct religious customs and a unique canon of the
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in the late 19th century, these Christian communities and others began to flourish up and down the coast, as well as in
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and those who did not. These movements took place around 1980, resulting in violent behavior and clashes with police.
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questioned the order of religious deliverance- would God send a white man to preach? The Kimbanguist church believed
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Some scholars and media reports indicate that there been increasing numbers of conversions to Christianity among the
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for several centuries after the completion of the Arab conquest by 700. A Christian community is recorded in 1114 in
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Cinnamon, John M. "Missionary expertise, social science, and the uses of ethnographic knowledge in colonial Gabon."
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According to a 2006 Pew Forum on Religion and Public life study, 147 million African Christians were "renewalists" (
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Another phase of Christianity in Africa began with the arrival of Portuguese in the 15th century. After the end of
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Challenging Orthodoxies: The Social and Cultural Worlds of Early Modern Women: Essays Presented to Hilda L. Smith
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church chose portions of the Bible that closely resembled what his church found important. They read portions of
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The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt, where it has between 6 and 11 million members.
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constitute 14.5% of the population, and the Spanish Morocco was home to 113,000 Catholic settlers. Catholics in
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See "Ecclesiastical Cartography and the Invisible Continent: The Dictionary of African Christian Biography" at
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The History of Christian Mission: volume 3" ed by Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy. (Brill, 2021) pp 95–115.
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for defending their Christian faith through dramatic acts of resistance such as refusing to convert to Islam,
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The History of Christian Mission: volume 3" ed by Martha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy. (Brill, 2021) pp 39–66.
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Another group of Christians who came to North Africa after being deported from Islamic Spain were called the
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in the 4th century, states that St. Mark came to Egypt in the first or third year of the reign of Emperor
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denominations. The largest church auditorium, Glory Dome, was inaugurated in 2018 with 100,000 seats, in
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not in communion with the Catholic Church. The community of Tunisian Christians existed in the town of
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Romans and the Byzantines were unable to completely assimilate the indigenous people like the Berbers.
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to permit Lope and Franciscian friars to look after the Christians in those regions. He thanked the
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World Christianity : South Central Africa : a factual portrait of the Christian church
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The bishopric of Marrakesh continued to exist until the late 16th century and was borne by the
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At the beginning of the 3rd century the church in Alexandria expanded rapidly, with five new
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Johnson, Todd M.; Zurlo, Gina A.; Hickman, Albert W.; Crossing, Peter F. (November 2017).
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In the early 21st century the church claimed more than 30 million adherents in Ethiopia.
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There are approximately 97 million Christians in Africa independent from denominations.
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was the most important prophet, but not the last- departing from typical Muslim views.
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In addition to Africanizing Christianity, there were movements to Africanize Islam. In
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and other socio-economic pressures under Muslim rule, although Christians were widely
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Population Census Commission (4 June 2012).
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The Martyrs of CΓ³rdoba: Community and Family Conflict in an Age of Mass Conversion
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in the 1960s, more North African Christians of Berber or Arab descent now live in
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in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Eritrea to the newest African-Christian denominations of
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Mkenda, Festo. "Jesuits, Protestants, and Africa before the Twentieth Century."
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The early 4th century in Egypt began with renewed persecution under the Emperor
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Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah (Mozes en zijn Ethiopische vrouw Sippora)
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The growth of Catholicism in the region after the French conquest was built on
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and was still suffering from the aftermath of heresies including the so-called
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reached about 360,000 or about 4.1% of the population. In 1950, Catholics in
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There are reports that the Roman Catholic faith persisted in the region from
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churches, which were established in the sixth century within the kingdoms of
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declared Christianity the official religion after having been converted by
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The Next World War: What Prophecy Reveals about Extreme Islam and the West
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is a religion which started in Benin in the middle of the 20th century by
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hinted at a native Christian community in 14th century in the villages of
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make up a significant minority in Egypt. According to a 2018 study by the
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On Africa Trip, Pope Will Find Place Where Church Is Surging Amid Travail
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visited Africa, it was estimated at 158 million. Most belong to the
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multiple times at the hands of Arab Muslim officials and rulers. Many
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by the end of the 2nd century. The churches there were linked to the
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sections have formed throughout much of the continent, including the
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around 1150 AD - a significant event, since this city was founded by
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Before the independence in 1956; Morocco was home to half a million
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Local Christians came under pressure when the Muslim regimes of the
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A History of Christianity in Africa: From Antiquity to the Present
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Agbaw-Ebai, Maurice Ashley; Levering, Matthew (27 December 2021).
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Christianity also grew in northwestern Africa (today known as the
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Christianity reached Africa first in Egypt around the year 50 AD.
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In these first few centuries, African Christian leaders such as
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had been translated into three local languages. Christianity in
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The Great Century: North Africa and Asia 1800 A.D. to 1914 A.D.
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Syncretism/Anti-Syncretism: The Politics of Religious Synthesis
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The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit at the Monastery of St. Pau
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and African literary, dialectical and rhetorical traditions.
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in Africa are estimated to number more than twenty million.
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forced the Christians and Jews of Tunis to convert in 1159.
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Early Middle Ages: After the Muslim conquest of North Africa
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missions founded in Africa such as the UD-OLGC, founded by
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Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic
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Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa
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Office of International Religious Freedom (12 May 2021).
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Panorama das ReligiΓ΅es em Angola Independente (1975–2008)
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Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda – 1 million
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Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo
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movement and clashes between groups with opposing views.
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dozen African states, Western Europe and North America.
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Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit – 1.4 million
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attitude toward forced conversion and toward converts.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia
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churches are works of a Protestant reformation within
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became one of the first regions in the world to adopt
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Latin Expansion in the Medieval Western Mediterranean
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United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast – 1.08 million
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for the Christians to freely practice their faith at
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to Islam, which brought about a wave of conversions.
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and look after the affairs of Christians there. The
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A small Franciscan chapel and monastery in the 13141: 11662:Modern Evangelical African Theologians: A Primer 11497:Encyclopedia of Christianity in the global south 10655:"Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa" 9576: 8584:Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South 7559: 7067: 7065: 6427: 6310:Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. 6185: 5918:General Council of the Assemblies of God Nigeria 3227: 3036:, mostly Christians. The Christian community in 11175: 11032:Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History 10234:"Zimbabwe | The Lutheran World Federation" 10204:"Cameroon | The Lutheran World Federation" 10138: 10136: 10051:"Tanzania | The Lutheran World Federation" 9549: 8956:, Pew Research CenterReligion & Public Life 8645: 8201: 7500:West African Christianity: The Religious Impact 7473:West African Christianity: The Religious Impact 7328:West African Christianity: The Religious Impact 7301:Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century 6116: 6045:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 5883:United Congregational Church of Southern Africa 3102:church emerged. 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The 2889: 2884: 2814: 2806:Caliph al-Sa'id 2796:'s insistence. 2763:Dominican Order 2753: 2743:Priests of the 2677: 2594:and subsequent 2491: 2304: 2300: 2298: 2294: 2272:Pope Gelasius I 2205: 2199: 2190: 2152: 2147: 2146: 2082: 2072: 2071: 2052:Solomon Islands 1997: 1987: 1986: 1867: 1857: 1856: 1760:North Macedonia 1610: 1600: 1599: 1502: 1482: 1481: 1310: 1300: 1299: 1025: 997: 945:Southern Africa 828:due to special 779:Aksumite empire 732: 669: 668: 639:Other religions 599: 591: 590: 379: 378: 358: 357: 278: 277: 257: 256: 190: 180: 179: 140: 139: 121: 120: 86: 85: 12: 11: 5: 13163: 13153: 13152: 13135: 13134: 13132: 13131: 13126: 13120: 13118: 13114: 13113: 13111: 13110: 13105: 13099: 13097: 13096:Pivotal events 13093: 13092: 13090: 13089: 13084: 13079: 13074: 13069: 13064: 13059: 13054: 13052:Mission Africa 13049: 13044: 13039: 13034: 13029: 13024: 13019: 13014: 13009: 13007:Bethel Mission 13004: 12999: 12994: 12989: 12987:American Board 12983: 12981: 12975: 12974: 12972: 12971: 12969:Gottlieb Viehe 12966: 12964:William Taylor 12961: 12956: 12951: 12946: 12941: 12936: 12931: 12926: 12921: 12916: 12911: 12906: 12901: 12896: 12891: 12886: 12881: 12876: 12874:Joseph Merrick 12871: 12866: 12861: 12856: 12851: 12846: 12841: 12836: 12831: 12826: 12821: 12819:Carl Hugo Hahn 12816: 12811: 12806: 12801: 12796: 12791: 12786: 12784:Carl K. Becker 12781: 12776: 12771: 12766: 12760: 12758: 12754: 12753: 12748: 12747: 12740: 12733: 12725: 12716: 12715: 12709: 12706: 12705: 12703: 12702: 12696: 12694:Western Sahara 12691: 12684: 12678: 12671: 12665: 12658: 12652: 12646: 12640: 12634: 12631:Canary Islands 12627: 12625: 12611: 12610: 12608: 12603: 12598: 12593: 12588: 12583: 12578: 12573: 12568: 12563: 12558: 12553: 12548: 12543: 12538: 12533: 12528: 12523: 12518: 12513: 12508: 12503: 12498: 12493: 12488: 12483: 12478: 12473: 12468: 12463: 12458: 12453: 12448: 12443: 12438: 12433: 12428: 12423: 12418: 12413: 12408: 12403: 12398: 12393: 12388: 12383: 12378: 12373: 12368: 12363: 12358: 12353: 12348: 12343: 12338: 12336: 12330: 12329: 12327: 12326: 12321: 12316: 12311: 12306: 12301: 12300: 12299: 12292:Serer religion 12289: 12284: 12279: 12274: 12269: 12267:Lozi mythology 12264: 12259: 12254: 12249: 12244: 12239: 12234: 12229: 12224: 12219: 12217:Efik mythology 12214: 12212:Dogon religion 12209: 12207:Dinka religion 12204: 12199: 12194: 12189: 12184: 12182:Bono mythology 12179: 12174: 12169: 12164: 12159: 12154: 12148: 12147: 12132: 12130: 12126: 12125: 12118: 12117: 12110: 12103: 12095: 12086: 12085: 12082: 12081: 12079:Western Sahara 12076: 12059: 12046: 12037: 12023:Canary Islands 12019: 12018: 12016: 12011: 12008: 12007: 12005: 12004: 11999: 11993: 11991: 11986: 11983: 11982: 11980: 11979: 11974: 11969: 11964: 11959: 11954: 11949: 11944: 11939: 11934: 11929: 11924: 11919: 11914: 11909: 11904: 11899: 11894: 11889: 11884: 11879: 11874: 11869: 11864: 11859: 11854: 11849: 11844: 11839: 11834: 11829: 11824: 11819: 11814: 11809: 11804: 11799: 11794: 11789: 11784: 11779: 11774: 11769: 11764: 11759: 11754: 11749: 11744: 11739: 11734: 11729: 11724: 11719: 11714: 11708: 11706: 11702: 11701: 11694: 11693: 11686: 11679: 11671: 11665: 11664: 11659: 11654: 11649: 11642: 11641:External links 11639: 11638: 11637: 11630: 11623: 11613: 11606: 11594: 11591: 11590: 11589: 11579: 11565: 11555: 11542: 11518: 11500: 11493: 11487: 11472: 11462: 11452: 11445: 11435: 11425: 11413: 11410: 11407: 11406: 11392: 11381:on 21 May 2011 11366: 11340: 11329:on 21 May 2011 11314: 11303:on 21 May 2011 11288: 11277:on 21 May 2011 11262: 11232: 11201: 11188: 11168: 11156: 11121: 11101: 11089: 11076: 11056: 11049: 11021: 11010:on 21 May 2011 10995: 10984:on 21 May 2011 10969: 10958:on 21 May 2011 10943: 10928:. 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12349: 12347: 12344: 12342: 12339: 12337: 12335: 12331: 12325: 12324:Zulu religion 12322: 12320: 12317: 12315: 12312: 12310: 12307: 12305: 12302: 12298: 12295: 12294: 12293: 12290: 12288: 12285: 12283: 12280: 12278: 12275: 12273: 12270: 12268: 12265: 12263: 12260: 12258: 12255: 12253: 12250: 12248: 12245: 12243: 12240: 12238: 12235: 12233: 12230: 12228: 12227:Igbo religion 12225: 12223: 12220: 12218: 12215: 12213: 12210: 12208: 12205: 12203: 12200: 12198: 12195: 12193: 12190: 12188: 12185: 12183: 12180: 12178: 12175: 12173: 12170: 12168: 12165: 12163: 12160: 12158: 12157:Akan religion 12155: 12153: 12150: 12149: 12145: 12139: 12134: 12131: 12127: 12123: 12116: 12111: 12109: 12104: 12102: 12097: 12096: 12093: 12080: 12077: 12071: 12067: 12063: 12060: 12054: 12050: 12047: 12041: 12038: 12032: 12028: 12024: 12021: 12020: 12017: 12009: 12003: 12000: 11998: 11995: 11994: 11992: 11984: 11978: 11975: 11973: 11970: 11968: 11965: 11963: 11960: 11958: 11955: 11953: 11950: 11948: 11945: 11943: 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6507: 6499: 6492: 6487: 6468: 6462: 6460: 6451: 6447: 6443: 6439: 6435: 6431: 6424: 6417: 6412: 6404: 6400: 6394: 6387: 6383: 6381:9789774160936 6377: 6373: 6366: 6364: 6355: 6349: 6345: 6344: 6336: 6334: 6332: 6317: 6313: 6306: 6304: 6295: 6289: 6285: 6284: 6276: 6274: 6272: 6270: 6268: 6259: 6255: 6251: 6247: 6240: 6233: 6231: 6229: 6222:, p. 19. 6221: 6216: 6208: 6206:9780191081378 6202: 6198: 6191: 6189: 6180: 6174: 6170: 6163: 6155: 6151: 6146: 6141: 6137: 6133: 6129: 6122: 6120: 6115: 6098: 6094: 6084: 6081: 6079: 6076: 6074: 6071: 6069: 6066: 6064: 6061: 6059: 6056: 6055: 6046: 6043: 6042: 6040: 6027: 6024: 6021: 6018: 6015: 6013:– 3.6 million 6012: 6009: 6006: 6003: 6001:– 5.5 million 6000: 5997: 5994: 5991: 5988: 5985: 5984: 5983: 5981: 5971: 5960: 5957: 5956: 5947: 5944: 5943: 5941: 5928: 5926:– 1.2 million 5925: 5922: 5920:- 3.6 million 5919: 5916: 5913: 5911:– 4.5 million 5910: 5907: 5904: 5901: 5900: 5899: 5897: 5884: 5881: 5878: 5875: 5872: 5869: 5866: 5863: 5860: 5857: 5854: 5851: 5848: 5845: 5842: 5839: 5836: 5833: 5831:– 1.1 million 5830: 5827: 5825:– 2.5 million 5824: 5821: 5819:– 3.0 million 5818: 5815: 5813:– 3.5 million 5812: 5809: 5806: 5803: 5800: 5797: 5794: 5791: 5788: 5785: 5783:– 1.0 million 5782: 5779: 5777:– 1.3 million 5776: 5773: 5771:– 1.8 million 5770: 5767: 5765:– 2.5 million 5764: 5761: 5759:– 3.4 million 5758: 5755: 5753:– 3.8 million 5752: 5749: 5747:– 4.0 million 5746: 5743: 5742: 5740: 5727: 5724: 5721: 5718: 5715: 5712: 5709: 5707:– 1.7 million 5706: 5703: 5700: 5697: 5696: 5695: 5693: 5687: 5674: 5671: 5668: 5665: 5662: 5659: 5656: 5653: 5650: 5647: 5645:– 2.2 million 5644: 5641: 5639:– 3.0 million 5638: 5635: 5633:– 6.5 million 5632: 5629: 5627:– 8.3 million 5626: 5623: 5622: 5621: 5619: 5607: 5604: 5603: 5601: 5588: 5585: 5582: 5579: 5576: 5573: 5570: 5567: 5564: 5561: 5559:– 1.1 million 5558: 5555: 5553:– 2.0 million 5552: 5549: 5547:– 2.1 million 5546: 5543: 5541:– 2.5 million 5540: 5537: 5535:– 5.0 million 5534: 5531: 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