African Initiated Churches

The African Initiated Churches recorded in this atlas, Christian churches independently started in Africa by Africans rather than chiefly by missionaries from another continent, including the Aladura churches of West Africa, the Kimbanguist Church of Central Africa and the Zion Christian Church of southern Africa. This group holds Aladura, Celestial Church of Christ, Kimbanguist Church, Zion Christian Church. Placing these churches together lets a reader compare one church family at a time, from the tradition as a whole to its national and denominational bodies, and follow how each body describes its own governance, worship and history. Each entry keeps its own description, sources and Browse By pages.