Evangelicalism

===Africa===

In the 21st century, there are Evangelical churches active in many African countries. They have grown especially since independence came in the 1960s,<ref>{{Citation |last=Freston |first=Paul |title=Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America |pages=107–90 |year=2004}}.</ref> the strongest movements are based on [[Pentecostal]] beliefs. There is a wide range of theology and organizations, including some international movements.

==== Nigeria ====
[[File: Noah's Ark Auditorium.jpg|thumb|right|Worship service at Noah's Ark Auditorium, affiliated to the [[Full Life Christian Centre]], in 2019, in [[Uyo]], Nigeria]]
In [[Nigeria]] the [[Evangelical Church of West Africa|Evangelical Church Winning All]] (formerly "Evangelical Church of West Africa") is the largest church organization with five thousand congregations and over ten million members. It sponsors three seminaries and eight Bible colleges, and 1600 missionaries who serve in Nigeria and other countries with the Evangelical Missionary Society (EMS). There have been serious confrontations since 1999 between Muslims and Christians standing in opposition to the expansion of Sharia law in northern Nigeria. The confrontation has radicalized and politicized the Christians. Violence has been escalating.{{sfn|Ranger|2008|pp=37–66}}{{clarify|date=February 2018}}

==== Ethiopia and Eritrea ====
In [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], and the [[Ethiopians|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritreans|Eritrean]] diaspora, [[P'ent'ay]] (from [[Ge'ez]]: ጴንጤ), also known as Ethiopian–Eritrean Evangelicalism, or Wenigēlawī (from [[Ge'ez]]: ወንጌላዊ – which directly translates to "Evangelical") are terms used for Evangelical Christians and other [[Eastern Protestant Christianity|Eastern/Oriental-oriented Protestant Christians]] within [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]], and the [[Ethiopians|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritreans|Eritrean]] diaspora abroad.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The peace-making Pentecostal |url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/,%20https://www.eternitynews.com.au/opinion/the-peace-making-pentecostal/ |access-date=September 21, 2020 |website=www.eternitynews.com.au |date=October 15, 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Culture – Religion |url=http://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/ethiopian-culture/ethiopian-culture-religion |access-date=December 2, 2020 |website=Cultural Atlas |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bryan |first=Jack |title=Ethiopia Grants Autonomy to Evangelical Heartland |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/sidama-referendum-ethiopia-evangelicals-hawassa-snnpr.html |access-date=December 2, 2020 |website=News & Reporting |date=December 4, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Prominent movements among them have been [[Pentecostalism]] ([[Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church]]), the [[Baptists|Baptist]] tradition ([[Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church]]), [[Lutheranism]] ([[Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus]] and [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea]]), and the [[Mennonites|Mennonite]]-[[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] tradition ([[Meserete Kristos Church]]).<ref name=":6">{{cite web |title=Current Influences and connections of western and Ethiopian churches |url=http://www.worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/ethiopia/ET.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231751/http://www.worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/ethiopia/ET.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=March 22, 2016 |website=worldmap.org}}</ref>

==== Kenya ====
In [[Kenya]], mainstream Evangelical denominations have taken the lead{{dubious|date=May 2013}} in promoting political activism and backers, with the smaller Evangelical sects of less importance. [[Daniel arap Moi]] was president 1978 to 2002 and claimed to be an Evangelical; he proved intolerant of dissent or pluralism or decentralization of power.{{sfn|Ranger|2008|pp=66–94}}

==== South Africa ====
[[File:AFM Word And Life Boksburg worship.jpg|thumb|260px|Worship at the Word and Life Church in [[Boksburg]], South Africa]]
The [[Berlin Missionary Society]] (BMS) was one of four German Protestant mission societies active in South Africa before 1914. It emerged from the German tradition of Pietism after 1815 and sent its first missionaries to South Africa in 1834. There were few positive reports in the early years, but it was especially active 1859–1914. It was especially strong in the Boer republics. The World War cut off contact with Germany, but the missions continued at a reduced pace. After 1945 the missionaries had to deal with decolonization across Africa and especially with the apartheid government. At all times the BMS emphasized spiritual inwardness, and values such as morality, hard work and self-discipline. It proved unable to speak and act decisively against injustice and racial discrimination and was disbanded in 1972.<ref>{{Citation |last=Pakendorf |first=Gunther |title=A Brief History of the Berlin Mission Society in South Africa |journal=History Compass |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=106–18 |year=2011 |doi=10.1111/j.1478-0542.2009.00624.x}}.</ref>

==== Malawi ====
Since 1974, young professionals have been the active proselytizers of Evangelicalism in the cities of Malawi.<ref>{{Citation |last=van Dijk |first=Richard A |title=Young Puritan Preachers in Post-Independence Malawi |journal=Africa |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=159–81 |year=1992 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |doi=10.2307/1160453 |jstor=1160453 |hdl=1887/9406|s2cid=145118669 |hdl-access=free }}.</ref>

==== Mozambique ====
In Mozambique, Evangelical Protestant Christianity emerged around 1900 from black migrants whose converted previously in South Africa. They were assisted by European missionaries, but, as industrial workers, they paid for their own churches and proselytizing. They prepared southern Mozambique for the spread of Evangelical Protestantism. During its time as a colonial power in Mozambique, the Catholic Portuguese government tried to counter the spread of Evangelical Protestantism.<ref>{{Citation |last=Harries |first=Patrick |title=Christianity in Black and White: The Establishment of Protestant Churches in Southern Mozambique |work=Lusotopie |pages=317–33 |year=1988}}.</ref>

====East African Revival====
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The East African Revival was a renewal movement within Evangelical churches in East Africa during the late 1920s and 1930s<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ward |first=Kevin |title=The East African Revival: History and Legacies |publisher=Ashgate Publishing |year=2012 |location=Surrey, England |page=3}}</ref> that began at a [[Church Missionary Society]] mission station in the Belgian territory of [[Ruanda-Urundi]] in 1929, and spread to: Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya during the 1930s and 1940s contributing to the significant growth of the church in East Africa through the 1970s and had a visible influence on Western missionaries who were observer-participants of the movement.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacMaster |first=Richard K. |title=A Gentle Wind of God: The Influence of the East Africa Revival |publisher=Herald Press |year=2006 |location=Scottdale, PA}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2012}}