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Article: Mission and democracy in Africa: the problem of ethnocentrism.
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
- Author:
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The history of the church in Africa reveals that socio-political involvement is an integral part of its mission in, to, and for the world. In the present decade support for democratic governance has reached a new level. Through sermons, interviews, and seminars African church leaders have expressed deep concern about the oppressive nature of the one-party political system operating on the continent.
In January 1990 Timothy Njoya, a Presbyterian minister in Kenya, preached a New Year's sermon in which he challenged African political leaders to reexamine their preference for single-party government. He drew attention to the rapid disintegration of the political ...