History of Christianity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Africa (19th–21st centuries) ==== [[File:Countries by percentage of Protestants 1938.svg|thumb|Countries by percentage of Protestants, 1938|alt=Map of Protestant Christianity in 1938]] [[File:Percent of Christians by Country–Pew Research 2011.svg|thumb|Christian distribution globally based on PEW research in 2011{{sfn|PEW Research Center|2022}}|alt=map of worldwide Christianity in 2011]] Western missionaries began the "largest, most diverse and most vigorous movement of cultural renewal in [the] history" of Africa writes historian Lammin Sanneh.{{sfn|Sanneh|2007|pp=xx–xxii}}{{sfn|Sanneh|2016|p=279; 285}} In 1900 under colonial rule there were just under 9 million Christians in Africa. By 1960, and the end of colonialism there were about 60 million. By 2005, African Christians had increased to 393 million, about half of the continent's total population at that time.{{sfn|Sanneh|2007|p=xx}} Population in Africa has continued to grow with the percentage of Christians remaining at about half in 2022.{{sfn|PEW Research Center|2022}} This expansion has been labeled a "fourth great age of Christian expansion".{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=[https://archive.org/details/historyofchristi0000isic/page/n13/mode/2up 1]}} Examples include Simon Kimbangu's movement, the [[Kimbanguism|Kimbanguist church]], which had a radical reputation in its early days in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]], was suppressed for forty years, and has now become the largest independent church in Africa with upwards of 3 million members.{{sfn|Fernandez|1979|pp=284, 285}} In 2019, 65% of [[Melillans]] in Northern Africa across from Spain identify themselves as Roman Catholic.{{sfn|Ponce Herrero|Martí Ciriquián|2019|pp=101–124}} In the early twenty-first century, [[Kenya]] has the largest yearly meeting of [[Quakers]] outside the United States. In [[Uganda]], more [[Anglicans]] attend church than do so in [[England]]. Ahafo, [[Ghana]] is recognized as more vigorously Christian than any place in the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=1}} There is revival in East Africa, and vigorous women's movements called ''Rukwadzano'' in [[Zimbabwe]] and ''Manyano'' in [[South Africa]]. [[Apostles of Johane Maranke|The Apostles of John Maranke]], which began in Rhodesia, now have branches in seven countries.{{sfn|Isichei|1995|p=2}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page