African Independent Churches

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African-initiated church Christian denomination

African Independent Churches are Christian denominations in Africa that emerged under African leadership, blending Christian beliefs with indigenous cultural and religious practices.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
African-initiated churches	1
Apostolic churches	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-initiated church ⓘ Christian denomination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AICs NERFINISHED ⓘ African Indigenous Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ African Initiated Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ African Instituted Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfOrigin	desire for African cultural expression in Christianity ⓘ nationalist movements in Africa ⓘ racial discrimination in mission churches ⓘ resistance to European missionary control ⓘ
characteristic	African leadership ⓘ charismatic worship ⓘ emphasis on healing ⓘ inculturation of Christian theology ⓘ indigenous cultural practices ⓘ prophetic leadership ⓘ rejection of foreign missionary control ⓘ syncretism of Christianity and African religions ⓘ use of local African languages in worship ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of North Africa ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Aladura churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Apostolic churches ⓘ Ethiopian churches ⓘ Zionist churches NERFINISHED ⓘ prophetic-healing churches ⓘ spiritual churches ⓘ
influencedBy	African traditional religions NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
originPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
practice	exorcism ⓘ faith healing ⓘ prophecy ⓘ use of sacred objects such as staffs and robes ⓘ vibrant music and dance in worship ⓘ
relatedMovement	African Christian nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentecostalism in Africa ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis	Holy Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ community solidarity ⓘ deliverance from evil spirits ⓘ holistic salvation ⓘ miracles ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sotho-Tswana peoples → religion → African Independent Churches ⓘ

Christianity in Nigeria → hasDenomination → African Independent Churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-initiated churches

Ivory Park → hasReligion → African Independent Churches ⓘ

South African Council of Churches → hasMember → African Independent Churches ⓘ

Christianity (Mutare area) → hasDenomination → African Independent Churches ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apostolic churches

Christianity (Mutare area) → hasDenomination → African Independent Churches ⓘ