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Title:Kimbanguism: its present Christian doctrine and the problems raised by it
Author:Kayongo, Léon NguapitshiISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:Exchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context
Volume:34
Issue:3
Pages:135-155
Language:English
Geographic term:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subject:African Independent Churches
External link:https://doi.org/10.1163/157254305774258672
Abstract:This paper provides insights into the latest developments within the Kimbanguist Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). For some years, the Kimbanguist Church, one of the most famous and best known African Independent Churches, has been in deep crisis. This is due to problems of leadership and succession, but even more to new teachings concerning its founder Simon Kimbangu and his three sons. The paper explains the theological, religious and contextual backdrop of the doctrine of the Trinity developed in the Kimbanguist Church, for in this church the Trinity is narrowly connected with Simon Kimbangu and his sons. Since 2001 these connections were made even more intense. Although there are some Biblical reasons for this, the Kimbanguist Church seems to lose doctrinal familiarity with other churches in the world through this evolution. The author, a theologian who was Dean of the Kimbanguist Faculty of Theology in Lutendele until mid-2003, was himself involved in the problems. Ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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