Religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 82 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5088-4094-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christianity is the majority religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, followed by about 96% of the population. Denominations include Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant (including Kimbanguism) 39%, other Christian 7%, Muslim 1.5%, Animism 0.7%, and other 2.2%.Kimbanguism was seen as a threat to the colonial regime and was banned by the Belgians. Kimbanguism, officially "the church of Christ on Earth by the prophet Simon Kimbangu", now has about three million members, primarily among the Bakongo of Bas-Congo and Kinshasa. The largest concentration of Christians following William Branham is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is estimated that there are up to 2,000,000 followers. 62 of the Protestant denominations in the country are federated under the umbrella of the Church of Christ in Congo or CCC (in French, Eglise du Christ au Congo or ECC). It is often simply referred to as 'The Protestant Church', since it covers most...